VB.NET application and MySQL database

I have an VB.NET app that connects to MySQL database. I use Apache server from Xampp to manage the MySQL database on localhost

For the moment I use the user root and no password ... to connect from VB app to database

But I will install the application on other computers and I want some kind of security system ...

I want to know exactly if one can find my user and pass stored in the localhost of the computer I install

I dont know if I should put this thread here or in a PHP site ... so I put it on a xampp site also

Hope someone will give me a little bit of help on this ...

It sounds like your question is to do with the security of MYSQL not Vb.net/PHP.

If you passwords are strong enough and are not stored as text any where on the machine. I don't think you have much to worry about.

Pino