Word 2000 password cracker

John2002 · 05-09-2003 10:40AM #1

Hi guys,

I have a word file that has a password and I need to get in to it. Genuine reason for cracking it, it's a file belonging to my mother and she has forgotten her password.

I've searched the web but all I've come across is applications which I would have to pay for. Does anybody know of a free app that will enable me to open this file? I don't necessarily want to find out the password but just want to be able to access the file.

Thanks,

John

Heresy · 05-09-2003 10:46AM

I've been warned before about advertising dodgy software so what i'll do is tell you about a dodgy website - www.cracks.am
Be warned, it's full of pop-ups and trickery, so be careful. On behalf of this community i'd like to say - this site and it's contents are not supported in any way by boards.ie

Dr. Dre · 05-09-2003 10:49AM

I have heard that these password cracker things can run from anywhere between a few hours to a few days.

Heresy · 05-09-2003 10:51AM

In this case, I think a few minutes will do.

John2002 · 05-09-2003 03:11PM

Thanks Heresy, I'll take a look at that website when I get home from work.

Inspector Gadget · 05-09-2003 03:46PM

I'm afraid I can't recommend any dodgy web sites (nor would I if I could, because of the potential mess it could cause for the proprietors of this site), but I can tell you two things:

Word 97 & higher requires "brute force" dictionary-based cracking, so it could take a while.
Elcomsoft (Russian) do a good (payware) tool for this... I think it's called Office Password Recovery.

HTH,
Gadget

gerire · 06-09-2003 04:19AM

Just DL the evalu copy of this, works in a few mins. http://www.vdgsoftware.com/uzc.html

Word 2000 password cracker

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