Wow! Thanks for the amazingly fast turn around on that question!
It is typical of MS. They include 256 bit AES in Office, but simple reversible HASH’s for desktop encryption. They talk security but don’t live it. Like you, I too hope they have done better in Win8. They have had enough time to do it, so they have no excuse.
Although Bitlocker (and Applocker) seems like a reasonable suggestion it fails in the real world because it is not available. BitLocker and AppLocker are reserved for Windows Enterprise and Windows Ultimate, which almost no one has, including enterprises! Too bad they don’t get smart and move features like that down to the base Windows Business release.
These findings and your comments convinced me to consider writing a series of articles about encryption solutions for people who don’t own an Ultimate or Enterprise version of Windows 7. However, it will take us a while as other stuff is lined up right now. Thanks for the dialogue. I hope more of our readers will comment and share their questions. It helps us a lot in providing useful content to everybody.
Kent
12 years ago
Well, Ciprian. I have a list of passwords stored in credential manager but this network password recovery didn’t pull a single one. So I am not sure where I went wrong here.
While it’s clear that Network Password Recovery is not malware, maybe it’s worth mentioning that some antivirus applications will react to this utility being present on your computer. Other than that, this is another great application from nirsoft 😉
Sunbelt Vipre didn’t like the file I tried several sites and got the same results. Trojan. I even added Nisoft as a exception. The only way I could download it was to turn Vipre off. Now we will see what luck I have installing it.
ARG
11 years ago
does not work in windows 8 64bit
Keith Brooks
5 years ago
I guess I have my pc configured really safe.
This found no passwords on my pc and trust you I have alot that I use with a password manager in Windows 10.
Wow! Thanks for the amazingly fast turn around on that question!
It is typical of MS. They include 256 bit AES in Office, but simple reversible HASH’s for desktop encryption. They talk security but don’t live it. Like you, I too hope they have done better in Win8. They have had enough time to do it, so they have no excuse.
Although Bitlocker (and Applocker) seems like a reasonable suggestion it fails in the real world because it is not available. BitLocker and AppLocker are reserved for Windows Enterprise and Windows Ultimate, which almost no one has, including enterprises! Too bad they don’t get smart and move features like that down to the base Windows Business release.
These findings and your comments convinced me to consider writing a series of articles about encryption solutions for people who don’t own an Ultimate or Enterprise version of Windows 7. However, it will take us a while as other stuff is lined up right now. Thanks for the dialogue. I hope more of our readers will comment and share their questions. It helps us a lot in providing useful content to everybody.
Well, Ciprian. I have a list of passwords stored in credential manager but this network password recovery didn’t pull a single one. So I am not sure where I went wrong here.
Cheers.
Did you run it as administrator?
Yes, I did.
If you are using a 64-bit edition of Windows, then make sure you download the 64-bit version of the tool. Maybe you are using the 32-bit one.
Right…haha…I was using 32bit version on my 64-bit windows. it’s pulling all my passwords now.
Salut Ciprian,
I downloaded the zip version of Network Password Recovery from nirsoft.net and right after extracting its contents, Microsoft Security Essentials got upset saying this:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/Threat/Encyclopedia/Entry.aspx?name=HackTool%3aWin32%2fNetpass&threatid=2147605535
While it’s clear that Network Password Recovery is not malware, maybe it’s worth mentioning that some antivirus applications will react to this utility being present on your computer. Other than that, this is another great application from nirsoft 😉
Keep up the good work!
That is a very good tip. Thank you very much!
Sunbelt Vipre didn’t like the file I tried several sites and got the same results. Trojan. I even added Nisoft as a exception. The only way I could download it was to turn Vipre off. Now we will see what luck I have installing it.
does not work in windows 8 64bit
I guess I have my pc configured really safe.
This found no passwords on my pc and trust you I have alot that I use with a password manager in Windows 10.
That is great news. 😉 keep doing what you are doing. 🙂
There seems to be no download link. It’s just a graphic image.
With Win10 ver 20.04 it does not work.