Thursday, 11 July 2002

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I password protected a compressed archive and can't remember the password. Is there any hope?

If you've really wracked your brain and still can't recall what it might be, a last resort is to go in search of a password cracking program such as The Password Recovery Kit or Advanced Zip Password Recovery. Shareware versions of which can be downloaded from their respective home pages. These applications operate by bombarding the archive file, using a database of potential passwords, at speeds...