Yahoo Password Decryptor is the FREE software to instantly recover
Yahoo Login passwords stored by
popular web browsers and instant messengers.
Most of these applications store the login passwords so that user
don't have to remember and enter the password every time. Each of
these use their own local storage format and proprietary encryption
mechanism to store the login passwords. YahooPasswordDecryptor
automatically crawls through each of these
applications and instantly recovers all of the stored Yahoo Login
passwords.
It presents both GUI interface as well as command
line version, the later is more helpful for Penetration
testers in their work. Apart from normal users who can use it to
recover their lost password, it can come in handy for Forensic
officials who can get hold of any stored Yahoo Login passwords and
then use that information to extend their
investigation.
It comes with
Installer to make it easy to install
it locally and works on wide range of platforms starting from Windows
XP to
latest operating system Windows 7.
Features
YahooPasswordDecryptor supports recovery of
Yahoo Login passwords from these applications
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Google Chrome
Opera
Apple Safari
Flock Browser
PaltalkScene IM
Pidgin (Formerly Gaim)Messenger
Miranda Messenger
Note that it is not possible to decrypt the password storedy by
Yahoo Messenger as it does not store the password directly. You can find
more details here.
Here are the highlights of top features of YahooPasswordDecryptor
which makes it stand apart from other similar tools including commercial
ones.
Instantly decrypt and recover stored encrypted passwords from
popular web browsers & messengers.
Comes with both GUI interface as well as
Command-line
version.
Recover password of any length and
complexity.
Automatically discovers all supported Applications and recovers
all the stored
passwords.
Sort feature to arrange the recovered
passwords in various order to make it easier to search
through 100's of entries.
Save the recovered password list to HTML/XML/Text file for transferring to other system or for
future use.
Easier and faster to use with its enhanced user
friendly GUI interface.
Support for local Installation and uninstallation of the
software.
Installer for assisting in local Installation & Uninstallation.
Video Demonstration
This video shows how to instantly recover stored Yahoo Login
Passwords using YahooPasswordDecryptor both GUI as well as command line
version.
Installation
& Uninstallation
YahooPasswordDecryptor 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.
At any point of time, you can uninstall the product using the
Uninstaller located at following location (by default)
YahooPasswordDecryptor is easy to use with its simple GUI interface.
Here are the brief usage details
Using GUI Version
Launch YahooPasswordDecryptor on your system
Next click on 'Start
Recovery' button and all stored Yahoo Login passwords from various
applications will be recovered & displayed as shown in screenshot 1
below.
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
HTML/XML/Text
file by clicking on 'Export' button and then select the type
of file from the drop down box of 'Save File Dialog'.
Using Command-line Version
Here is the typical usage of command line version
YahooPasswordDecryptor.exe "<output_file path>"
Here are some of the examples
//Writes recovered
password to text file in current directory
YahooPasswordDecryptor.exe output.txt
//Writes recovered
password to HTML file in current directory
YahooPasswordDecryptor.exe output.html
//Writes recovered
password to TEXT file YahooPasswordDecryptor.exe "c:\my
test\passlist"
It automatically detects the mode (text or html) by using the extension
of the specified file (txt or html). By default (or if no extension is
specified) it uses the TEXT mode. For more examples refer to Screenshot
2
below.
Screenshots
Here are the screenshots of
YahooPasswordDecryptor
Screenshot 1:YahooPasswordDecryptor is showing the
recovered Yahoo Login passwords for popular
applications. Passwords are not shown being sensitive data, you can turn
on by clicking on 'Show Password' button below.
Screenshot 2: Command line usage of YahooPasswordDecryptor
showing various examples.
Screenshot 3: Exported list of of recovered
Yahoo Login passwords by
YahooPasswordDecryptor in HTML format.
Release History
Version 2.0 : 18th Jan 2012
Support for report generation in XML and
Text format along with existing HTML format. Export XML feature works in
both GUI as well as command-line mode.
Version 1.6 : 29th Mar 2011
Added new logo & links for
passwordforensics.com in about section and few code changes
Version 1.5 : 12th Jan 2011
Support for password recovery from Apple Safari, Flock browsers. Fixes for Chrome, Firefox.
Included portable version along with Installer.
Version 1.0 : 25th Dec 2010
First public release of YahooPasswordDecryptor
Disclaimer
YahooPasswordDecryptor 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.
