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About TrillianPasswordDecryptor
TrillianPasswordDecryptor is the FREE software to instantly recover account passwords stored by Trillian or Trillian Astra. Trillian is the most popular universal messenger with rich 450+ features. It supports almost all IM clients including Gtalk, Windows Live, AIM, Yahoo, ICQ etc. It also supports popular social networks such as Facebook, Twitter which makes it one stop tool for keeping track of all your IM/Social/Email activities.

Like most of messengers, Trillian also stores user account details including passwords in the local disk for subsequent logins so that user do not have to enter the password every time.
TrillianPasswordDecryptor helps in recovering all such stored passwords. It can automatically detect correct password location based on installed version of Trillian and recover the passwords instantly using the right decryption method. It supports all Trillian version starting from 3.x to latest beta version 5.x.

Current version comes with 'Setup Wizard' for local Installation & Uninstallation of the software.

TrillianPasswordDecryptor works on most of the Windows platforms starting from Windows XP to latest operating system, Windows 7.
 
 
 
Features of TrillianPasswordDecryptor
Here are the highlights of top features of TrillianPasswordDecryptor which makes it stand apart from other similar tools including commercial ones.
  •  Instantly decrypt and recover stored encrypted passwords by Trillian.

  •  Passwords are not shown by default for security reasons as it is sensitive data. However user can toggle this behavior using 'Show Password' button.

  •  On successful recovery operation, messenger account type, username and password is displayed.

  •  Sort feature to arrange the displayed password list by username and password which makes it easy to search through 100's of entries.

  •  User can save the recovered password list to HTML file for transferring to other system or for future use.

  •  Easy and faster to use with its enhanced user friendly interface.

  •  Completely Portable Tool which also comes with optional Installer for assisting you in local Installation & Uninstallation.

 
 
Internals of TrillianPasswordDecryptor
Like most instant messengers, Trillian stores main account password in the secret password file so that user do not have to enter the password every time. This password is stored only if user has selected 'Save Password' at login time.

Latest version of Trillian Astra (Version 4.x - Version 5.x) stores only main account passwords (called as Identity or Astra password) in the 'accounts.ini' file at below mentioned location. But all other IM account passwords (such as Yahoo, Gtalk, AIM, MSN etc) are stored on the servers.
[Windows XP]
C:\Documents and Settings\<user_name>\Application Data\Trillian\users\global\

[Windows Vista & Windows 7]
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Trillian\users\global\
 
For more technical details on how Trillian encrypts the password and how we can decrypt it manually, refer to following research article Exposing the Password Secrets of Trillian
 
 
 
 
Installing TrillianPasswordDecryptor
Though TrillianPasswordDecryptor is a Portable tool, it comes with Installer so that you can install it locally on your system for regular usage. This installer has intuitive 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.
 
TrillianPasswordDecryptor Installer
 
 
 
Using TrillianPasswordDecryptor
TrillianPasswordDecryptor is the very simple tool to use even for home users. Here are the typical usage steps
  •  On running the application, click on 'Start Recovery' button to begin the password recovery process.

  •  It will automatically scan and recover the password and display it as shown in the screenshot below.

  •  By default passwords are hidden for sensitive reasons. You can click on 'Show/Hide password' button at the bottom to view/hide the passwords.

  •  Finally you can save the complete recovered password list to HTML file for future usage.

 
Screenshots of TrillianPasswordDecryptor
Here are the screenshots of TrillianPasswordDecryptor
 
Screenshot 1:TrillianPasswordDecryptor is showing the recovered password list for all accounts stored by Trillian.
 
TrillianPasswordDecryptor showing recovered passwords
 
 
Screenshot 2:  Exported list of of recovered Trillian account passwords by TrillianPasswordDecryptor in HTML format.
 
Exported Trillian Accounts to HTML
 
 
Release History
Version 1.6 :  4th Apr 2011
Added links to PasswordForensics.com in about section & few minor bug fixes.
Version 1.5 :  17th Nov 2010
Support for Setup Wizard for local Installation & Uninstallation of the software.
 
Version 1.0 :  24th Oct 2010
First public release of TrillianPasswordDecryptor
 
 
Disclaimer
TrillianPasswordDecryptor is designed for good purpose to help users to recover the lost Trillian account passwords. Like any 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.

Read complete License & Disclaimer terms here.
 
 
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License  : Freeware
Platform : Windows XP, 2003, Vista, Win7

Win 7 Compatible
 
 
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