gHacks technology news » reveal-passwords http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:22:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Password Asterisk Logger http://www.ghacks.net/2008/12/12/password-asterisk-logger/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/12/12/password-asterisk-logger/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:53:20 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=8951 Most software programs display passwords in asterisks to prevent bypassers from accidentally identifying the typed in password. That feature is however superfluous if there are no other users who can accidentally spot the password. Still, asterisks are displayed whenever the password is entered.

Problems can arise if a user is forgetting the password that he used in the application. This can lead to all kinds of problems like having to reinstall a software program or losing encrypted data.

Asterisk Logger is a portable software program that runs quietly in the background. It monitors and logs windows with password forms. Asterisk Logger basically records passwords and related information giving the user access to those information in case of lost passwords.

It does that for many applications in Windows but not for all. It is up to the user to find out about the limitations. Generally speaking it works with most password text-boxes but not with applications that use additional security including web browsers like Firefox or Internet Explorer.

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The application is not only logging the password but also the window title, application where the password has been entered and the time. These information can be exported to html.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2008/12/12/password-asterisk-logger/feed/ 4 Reveal Saved Internet Explorer Passwords http://www.ghacks.net/2007/03/10/reveal-saved-internet-explorer-passwords/ http://www.ghacks.net/2007/03/10/reveal-saved-internet-explorer-passwords/#comments Sat, 10 Mar 2007 16:54:50 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2007/03/10/reveal-saved-internet-explorer-passwords/ It is very convenient to save login passwords for internet sites such as forums, blogs or paysites to login quicker to those websites. That is, it is great until you can’t remember the password anymore but would like to know it again. This could be the case if you want to switch from Internet Explorer to Firefox or Opera for instance. Protected Storage Pass View does not only reveal passwords that have been saved in Internet Explorer while accessing protected sites or using the auto complete form but also passwords that have been saved in Outlook Express and MSN Explorer.

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All of the passwords are encrypted and possibly hidden in the registry and Pass View automatically scans and displays all the information that it can find in the registry. Internet Explorer passwords are shown next to the url and the username which is all the information one needs to access the site again.

Please note that only the passwords of the user who is currently logged into the system are revealed in this manner. Click here to download protected storage pass view and ie pass view.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2007/03/10/reveal-saved-internet-explorer-passwords/feed/ 10 Forgot your password ? Try Snadboys Revelation http://www.ghacks.net/2006/05/12/forgot-your-password-try-snadboys-revelation/ http://www.ghacks.net/2006/05/12/forgot-your-password-try-snadboys-revelation/#comments Fri, 12 May 2006 05:37:05 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2006/05/12/forgot-your-password-try-snadboys-revelation/ Sometimes it´s a small utility that helps you the most. Did you ever forget a password from an email account, a forum account or another piece of software ? What did you do to find it out again ? Maybe the software / script had a function to mail you your password, but what if it had no option like that ?

The password is right there, but you can´t read it, it´s just ******. Snadboys Revelation helps you in this case. It is able to reveal the password behind the stars. Just fire it up, move the pointer over the password field and the password will be revealed in the revelation software. There are other tools out there that do the same, for instance pants off.

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