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About OperaPasswordDecryptor
OperaPasswordDecryptor is the FREE tool to instantly recover the passwords stored by all versions of Opera. Like other internet browsers such as IE, Firefox etc Opera also stores the username/passwords for websites visited by user. However passwords are stored only if the user opts to save password during authentication. This is very useful feature as it prevents user from hassle of entering password everytime.
Opera stores the passwords along with username, website and other related information in the password file (wand.dat) in an encrypted format. OperaPasswordDecryptor automatically detect the secret password file location and decrypts the passwords instantly.

Current version comes with 'Setup Wizard' for local Installation & Uninstallation of the software. Includes automatic software updater to detect new versions. Also presents catchy GUI interface with new banner.

OperaPasswordDecryptor works on wide range of platforms starting from Windows XP to latest operating system Windows 7.
 
 
 
Features of OperaPasswordDecryptor
Here are the highlights of top features of OperaPasswordDecryptor which makes it stand apart from other similar tools including commercial ones.
  • Instantly decrypt and recover stored encrypted passwords from 'Opera Secret Store' for all recent versions of Opera.

  •  Provides support for recovering stored opera passwords from different system also.User can specify remote system's wand.dat file path to recover the passwords.

  •  Automatically discovers 'Opera Password File' (Wand.dat) based on installed version of Opera.

  •  By default passwords are not displayed in clear text as it is sensitive information. However user can view the same using 'Show Password' option.

  •  On successful recovery operation, username, password along with a corresponding login website is displayed.

  •  Provides option to sort the displayed password list by username, password or website which makes it easy to search through 100's of stored account entries.

  •  User can save the displayed Opera sign-on password list to either Text file or HTML file for future use.

  •  Completely Portable Tool which also comes with optional Installer for assisting you in local Installation & Uninstallation.
 
 
Internals of OperaPasswordDecryptor
Opera stores the password in encrypted format in the file called 'Wand.dat' at its profile location. The Opera profile location is different for different versions. Here are the password file (wand.dat) location for recent versions of Opera.

For Opera Version 10 and above
[Windows NT/2K/2k3/XP]
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Opera\Opera\wand.dat

[Windows Vista/Windows 7]
C:\users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Opera\Opera\wand.dat
 
For Opera Version less than 10
[Windows NT/2K/2k3/XP]
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Opera\Opera\profile\wand.dat

[Windows Vista/Windows 7]
C:\users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Opera\Opera\profile\wand.dat
 
Opera stores following information in the password Wand file for each of the stored entry in the following order,
  •  Login URL of website
  •  Main URL of website
  •  Username field ID
  •  Username
  •  Password field ID
  •  Password
All these information are stored in the encrypted format in wand.dat file. Opera uses Triple-DES algorithm along with static salt data to encrypt these secret information.
 
For more details on how to decrypt these stored passwords from 'Opera Secret Store' refer to following research article,
       'Exposing the Secret of Decrypting Opera Passwords'
 
 
 
Installing OperaPasswordDecryptor
Though OperaPasswordDecryptor is a Portable tool, it 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 use Uninstaller to remove the software from the system.
 
OperaPasswordDecryptor Installer
 
 
 
Using OperaPasswordDecryptor
OperaPasswordDecryptor is the standalone application and it does not require any installation. You can just run it by double clicking on the executable file.

Here are the brief usage details.
  • On launch, OperaPasswordDecryptor tries to automatically discover the Opera password file (wand.dat). In case of failure or remote system password recovery, you can manually specify the Wand file location.

  • Once password file is specified, click on 'Start Recovery' button and OperaPasswordDecryptor will instantly decrypt & recover any passwords stored in the specified wand.dat file.

  • By default passwords are not shown for security reasons as it is sensitive data. However you can click on 'Show Password' button at the bottom to view these passwords.

  • Finally you can save all recovered password list to TEXT or HTML file by clicking on 'Save as Text' or 'Save as HTML' button respectively.
You can also use OperaPasswordDecryptor to recover passwords from different system. In that case you can copy opera wand file from the remote system and then manually specify that path in 'Opera Wand File' field.
 
 
 
Screenshots of OperaPasswordDecryptor
Here are the screenshots which gives glance of OperaPasswordDecryptor in action.
 
Screenshot 1: OperaPasswordDecryptor showing the recovered passwords from Opera password store. Note that passwords are hidden by default for security reason.
 
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Screenshot 2: Showing the hidden passwords recovered by OperaPasswordDecryptor.
 
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Screenshot 3: Opera recovered password list exported in HTML format by OperaPasswordDecryptor.
 
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Release History
Version 1.6 :  29th Mar 2011
Added new logo & links for passwordforensics.com in about section and few code changes
 
 
Version 1.5 :  12 Nov 2010
Added 'Setup Wizard' for local Installation & Uninstallation of the software. Includes automatic software updater to detect new versions. Also presents catchy GUI interface with new banner.
 
 
Version 1.0 :  14rd April 2010
First public release of OperaPasswordDecryptor. Supports recovery of passwords from all versions of Opera across the platforms starting from Windows 2000 to latest operating system Windows 7.
 
 
 
 
Acknowledgements
Special thanks to sna@reteam.org for original work on decryption of Opera password file. This tool is based on his great piece of work.
 
 
 
Disclaimer
OperaPasswordDecryptor is the free tool and designed for good purpose to help users to recover the lost outlook account passwords. Like any other tool its use either good or bad, depends upon the user who uses it. However author is not responsible for any damage caused due to misuse of this tool.
 
 
 
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License  : Freeware
Platform : Windows XP, 2003, Vista, Win7

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