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BulletsPassView, Reveal Hidden Passwords

Martin Brinkmann — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 10:56:09 +0000

Passwords are usually concealed or hidden behind bullets or asterisks on computer systems. This is done largely to prevent access to those passwords by other users. These hidden passwords do however cause problems for the owner of the password as well. When I worked in tech support I had numerous cases where users received a password incorrect message because of an activated caps lock key. The asterisks prevented them from seeing what they entered in the password field.

BulletsPassView is a brand new Nirsoft application that enables the user to view passwords behind bullets and asterisks in Windows. The program works with text boxes in Windows and password fields in Internet Explorer. The program does not work in third party applications like Firefox, Thunderbird or Google Chrome that rely on other means to hide the passwords. It does however work with many ftp programs and other programs that use the native way of hiding passwords.

Long time readers may remember a similar application by Nirsoft called Asterisks Logger. BulletsPassView is the successor which offers Windows Vista and Windows 7 support, support for Internet Explorer passwords and command line options.

The program works automatically. All that needs to be done is to start the portable application after unzipping it. It will automatically refresh the interface whenever a new password is recognized.

The password is displayed in clear text with options to copy it from the application interface to the Windows clipboard.

BulletsPassView can be run from the command line as well to save passwords from currently open password windows to a file on the local computer. Other than that it offers the usual Nirsoft exporting options to export the current list into various formats including HTML.

The portable software is available for download at the Nirsoft website.

Password Asterisk Logger

Martin Brinkmann — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:53:20 +0000

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.

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.

Reveal Saved Internet Explorer Passwords

Martin Brinkmann — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 16:54:50 +0000

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.

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.

Forgot your password ? Try Snadboys Revelation

Martin Brinkmann — Fri, 12 May 2006 05:37:05 +0000

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.