Asterisk Password Spy is the FREE tool to instantly reveal the
hidden
password behind asterisks (*****).
It's user friendly interface can help you to easily
find the passwords from any Windows based application.You can simply
drag the 'search icon' to any password box to find the
real password hidden by those asterisks.
Most applications do not display real password in the login box
for security reasons and instead they show the asterisks (****). But often there is need to know the actual
password especially if you have forgotten password
that you have entered while ago.
In such cases,
AsteriskPasswordSpy will help you to easily find out the real
password hidden behind asterisks.
AsteriskPasswordSpy comes with Installer for local installation &
un-installation. It works on wide range of platforms starting from
Windows XP to latest operating system Windows 7.
Features
Here are some of the smart features of AsteriskPasswordSpy
Instantly reveal the hidden password behind asterisks.
Support most of the windows based applications
Nice user
friendly GUI interface makes it easier & faster
Show password of any length & complexity
Sort feature to quickly arrange and search through discovered
passwords.
Save the recovered password list to HTML/XML file.
Support for local Installation and uninstallation of the software.
Installation & Uninstallation
AsteriskPasswordSpy comes with
Installer so that you can install it locally on your system for regular
usage. It has intuitive setup wizard (as shown in the screenshot below) which
guides you through series of steps in completion of installation.
At any point of time, you can uninstall the product using the
Uninstaller located at following location (by default)
AsteriskPasswordSpy is easy to use with its simple GUI interface.
Here are the brief usage details
Launch AsteriskPasswordSpy on your system
Now simply drag the 'search icon' to any password box to reveal
the passwords.
When you place it over the password box, it will
automatically highlight it and password is added to list as shown in
the screenshot below.
Finally you can save all recovered password list to HTML/XML file by clicking on 'Export' button and then select the type
of file from the drop down box of 'Save File Dialog'.
Screenshots
Here are the screenshots of
AsteriskPasswordSpy
Screenshot 1:AsteriskPasswordSpy is showing all
the recovered passwords from password boxes of various Windows
applications.
Screenshot 2: AsteriskPasswordSpy is
trying to get the password from Google Talk login box
Screenshot 3: Exported list of of recovered
passwords by
AsteriskPasswordSpy in HTML format.
Known Limitations
It does not work with non-windows based applications such
as GTK, Flash, Adobe Air or applications not using standard edit box
for the password.
Also it will not work with the application where password is not
actually present. Some times applications do not put password in the
password box to hide from these tools.
It does not work with HTML pages in the browsers such as IE,
Firefox etc. Support for the same is planned for the future
releases.
Release History
Version 1.5 : 25th Mar 2012
Support to export recovered password to XML file along with HTML file. Enhanced user interface with cool new banner.
Version 1.0 : 2nd April 2011
First public release of AsteriskPasswordSpy
Acknowledgements
I want to covey my special thanks to authors Brian Friesen
of "Password Spy" [Reference 1] & Zhefu Zhang of
"Password Spy++" [Reference 2] projects. This tool is based on their
impressive work.
Disclaimer
AsteriskPasswordSpy is not a hacking tool as it can recover only
your stored passwords. It cannot recover the passwords for other users
unless you have right credentials.
Like any tool its use either good or
bad, depends upon the user who uses it. However Author or
SecurityXploded is not
responsible for any damage caused due to misuse of this tool.
