For password management and/or malware security, it also helps if you use a password that it completely separate from all your other ones for GW2 (ESPECIALLY the one on your linked e-mail).
And never go to any external site to put your password in. If you get an e-mail from Anet telling you that they need your info, it is most likely false…they already have it. So if you need to get account stuff done, don’t follow the link given to you, navigate externally to guildwars2.com and go from there
Just a little hint about the password…sometimes random strings of letters/numbers aren’t the strongest. My suggestion is to use words/numbers/symbols not letters, because it makes the overall password longer. If someone want to hack your password, they won’t do it themselves, they will run a program. Thus, the longer the password the better.
(http://xkcd.com/936/ – always good to have a bit of fun with it :P)
Really helpful post for newer players overall, not just new to GW2 Hope this helps a lot of people
- Phreakie