function checkPasswordSecurity(target) {
	var TestWords = false;
	var TestNumberOfChars = false;
	var TestUppercaseChars = false;
	var TestLowercaseChars = false;
	var TestDigits = false;
	var TestSpecialChars = false;
	var TestCounter = false;
	var TestWhiteSpaces = false;
	var TestSecondPassword = false;

	var counter = 0;
	strInput = target.value;
	objImage = document.images.PasswordSecurity


	/* Check if length of password is greather then 8 */

	if(strInput.length >= 8) {

		if(!TestNumberOfChars) {		// do it only if the counter is 8, if it's greather, the TestNumberOfChars will be true and the right image is shown

			TestNumberOfChars = true;

		}
	} else {

		TestNumberOfChars = false;

	}


	/* check uppercase Letters */

	if(strInput.match(/[A-Z]/)) {

		TestUppercaseChars = true;

	} else {

		TestUppercaseChars = false;

	}

	/* check lowercase letters */

	if(strInput.match(/[a-z]/)) {

		TestLowercaseChars = true;

	} else {

		TestLowercaseChars = false;

	}


	/* check for digits */

	if(strInput.match(/[0-9]/)) {

		TestDigits = true;

	} else {

		TestDigits = false;

	}


	/* check special chars */

	if(strInput.match(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/)) {

		TestSpecialChars = true;

	} else {

		TestSpecialChars = false;

	}


	/* Check for whitespaces and ESC-Sequences */

	if(strInput.match(/\s/)) {

		TestWhiteSpaces = true;

	} else {

		TestWhiteSpaces = false;

	}


	if(TestUppercaseChars) { counter++; }
	if(TestLowercaseChars) { counter++; }
	if(TestDigits)         { counter++; }
	if(TestSpecialChars)   { counter++; }
	if(TestWhiteSpaces)   { counter++; }
	if(TestNumberOfChars)   { counter++; }

	if(counter == 0) { objImage.src = "images/skin1/images/pwdsec0.gif"; }
  if(counter == 1) { objImage.src = "images/skin1/images/pwdsec1.gif"; }
  if(counter == 2) { objImage.src = "images/skin1/images/pwdsec2.gif"; }
  if(counter == 3) { objImage.src = "images/skin1/images/pwdsec3.gif"; }
  if(counter == 4) { objImage.src = "images/skin1/images/pwdsec4.gif"; }
  if(counter == 5) { objImage.src = "images/skin1/images/pwdsec5.gif"; }
  if(counter == 6) { objImage.src = "images/skin1/images/pwdsec6.gif"; }

}