In new version was added support for MSN 6.0 and GAIM messengers.

! bug fixed
+ improvement/modification

Advanced Instant Messengers Password Recovery

+ updated support for latest versions of messengers:
  + MSN Messenger Service v6.1
  + Praize Messenger v4.0
  + Miranda 0.3.2
  + Ipswitch IM v1.0.3.20 Built 2003.08.29
  + Simple Instant Messenger v0.9.1
  + Gaim v0.74
+ new menu buttons

Advanced ACT Password Recovery

+ improved user interface
+ checking for updates through the Internet
+ support for Windows XP visual styles (themes)

! bug fixed
+ improvement/modification

! Problems with extended statistics (access violation on long passwords)
! "Unknown file format" error on some Outlook PST files
+ Debug logging while opening PST files
+ Extended dictionary with about 240,000 words and common passwords

! bug fixed
+ improvement/modification

+ added support for Windows Server 2003 encryption
+ decrypting keys of domain users
+ recognising and parsing of all encryption keys types
+ using autologon password to decrypt keys
+ using password stored in WinLogon process memory (Windows 2000)
+ added "Select highlighted" option on "Encrypted files" tab
! probing direct disk access permissions when system drive is not 'C'
! incorrect information for some EFS-related files (on double-click)
! extracting password hashes from some SAM/SYSTEM files
! decrypting some specific private keys

For more details visit Advanced EFS Data Recovery product page

! bug fixed
+ improvement/modification

Version 2.0.6.170

+ saving SOFTWARE Registry branch
+ dictionary (wordlist) with about 240,000 common passwords
! incorrect total/free memory numbers in "System information"
! saving Registry in UNICODE
! Windows NT (without Service Packs) compatibility
! extracting logon password under certain circumstances
! a few problems in "awprserv.dll"

For more detail please visit Advanced Windows Password Recovery product page. 

! bug fixed
+ improvement/modification

+ instant recovery of "User" password if "Owner" password is known
+ showing informative error messages instead of error codes
+ showing PDF file version
! processing files with improper information in encryption dictionary
! keyboard hotkeys and TAB functionality in dialogs

For more information visit Advanced PDF Password Recovery product page!

For more details visit Advanced WordPerfect Office Password Recovery product page.

! bug fixed
+ improvement/modification

Advanced Internet Explorer Password Recovery

+ Interface: new toolbar and system menu design
+ Interface: splitter in Autocomplete form
+ IE Passwords: improved IE passwords report
+ Autocomplete: generating AutoComplete strings report
! Autocomplete: program crash on large Autocomplete strings
! Autocomplete: processing Autocomplete strings with some ASCII symbols
! Interface: improved Windows 95/98 compatibility

Advanced Outlook Express Password Recovery

+ Interface: new toolbar and system menu design
+ Generating accounts report
+ Generating Identities report
! Interface: improved Windows 95/98 compatibility

+ improved user interface
+ improved Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 compatibility
+ added support for Windows XP visual styles (themes)
+ added support for latest version of TheBat!
+ added support for latest version of Becky
+ added support for latest version of IncrediMail
! fixed problems with simultaneous pop3/imap emulation
! recover passwords containing some special chars

For more information visit Advanced Mailbox Password Recovery product page. 

+ updated support for latest versions of messengers:
  + ICQLite 4.0
  + Trillian 2.012
  + PalTalk 5.0 final build 524
  + Miranda 0.3.3
  + Ipswitch IM 1.0.4.30 Built 2003.12.15
  + Simple Instant Messenger 0.9.3
  + Gaim 0.76
  + Global-IM 2.0.2
+ added support for Psi Jabber client (0.9.1)

+ improved user interface
+ informative error messages instead of error codes
+ instant recovery of "User" password when "Owner" password is found
fixed error with processing files with improper information in encryption dictionary

For more details please visit  Advanced PDF Password Recovery (Professional) product page.

! bug fixed
+ improvement/modification

+ preliminary attack:
  + passwords equal to user names
  + cached passwords (HelpAssistant, VUSR_*, IIS_* etc)
  + autologon password
  + password saved in WinLogon process memory
  + simple dictionary and bruteforce attacks
+ show disabled and locked accounts
+ attack by multiple dictionaries
+ show additional information about active attack
+ an ability to clear log window
+ an ability to remove users from list
+ faster and more reliable dump from local computer memory
+ an ability to select all users with recovered NTLM passwords
  (Edit | Highlight accounts with recoverd passwords)
! checking for Administrator privileges
! resuming brute-force attacks with non-US chars in staring password
! correct error message when trying to dump from locked SAM/SYSTEM files
! missing tooltips for toolbar buttons
! entering registration code through the nag screen

For more informaton please visit Proactive Windows Security Explorer product page. 

+ new toolbar and system menu design
+ detecting (installed) Outlook 2003
! a few minor fixes and enhancements

For more details please visit Advanced Outlook Password Recovery home page.

+ added support for Yahoo! Messenger 6.0
+ added support for MSN Messenger Service 6.2

For more details please visit Advanced Instant Messengers Password Recovery product page

-  improved user interface, new icons
- improved code for CD key extraction
- recovery of icorrect PWL file names through system.ini
- fixed incorrect (cut) logon password under certain circumstances
- a lot of minor fixes and enhancements

Fore more details please visit Advanced Windows Password Recovery product page.

! bug fixed
+ improvement/modification

+ decrypting files over 2Gb in size
+ an option to change AEFSDR process priority
+ log file now contains Windows and Application Data folder locations
+ an ability to add passwords in hex
+ processing passwords with control characters (Alt + keypad number)
+ adding passwords using the list (dictionary)
! selecting proper private key for FEK decryption
! problems in extracting user password from WinLogon memory
! trying to decrypt the file even if FEK has not been decrypted
! processing some specific encryption keys

For more detail please visit Advanced EFS Data Recovery product page

! bug fixed
+ improvement/modification

+ improved user interface
+ support for Windows XP visual styles (themes)
+ added support for Quicken 2002/2003 (UK)
+ added support for Quicken 2003/2004 transaction password
+ added support for Quicken 2004 (US, Canadian, German, Australian, New Zealand)
+ added support for Quicken 2005 (German)
+ added support for QuickBooks 3.0 (for DOS)
+ added support for QuickBooks 2003 (Australian and New Zealand)
+ added support for QuickBooks 2004 (US and German)

Fore more details please visit Advanced Intuit Password Recovery product page.

 For more detail please visit Advanced Outlook Password Recovery product page.

- added support for MSN Messenger Service on Windows XP SP2
- show SN/UIN/ID/Sign-in name where available
- fixed user interface problems when large fonts are set

For more details please visit Advanced Instant Messengers Password Recovery product page.

! bug fixed
+ improvement/modification

+ dump password hashes from SAM and SYSTEM binary files (with SYSKEY support)
+ extracting secrets from binary SECURITY files
+ manual decryption of Net passwords
+ improved Registry Reader (with optional compression)
+ an ability to change or reset passwords in external Registry files
+ decrypting .NET Passport password (auto and manual)
+ decrypting .NET Framework built-in account password (in secrets)
! running the program with SYSTEM privileges on Windows 2000
! saving Registry in text format when there are very long hive names
! extracting password history hashes under certain circumstances
! saving some options incorrectly

For more information please visit Advanced Windows Password Recovery product page.

! bug fixed
+ improvement/modification

+ new user interface
+ improved Windows XP compatibility (themes)
+ extracting passwords to ftp/proxy sites
+ added support for Freelance graphics files (*.prz)
+ extract all Organizer passwords (Owner/Assistant/Reader)
! some problems with specific 1-2-3 and WordPro files

For more information please visit Advanced Lotus Password Recovery product page.

+ manual Secrets decryption
+ manual decryption of RAS entries
+ manual decryption of RAS cached passwords
+ bug report now contains program version
+ manual bug report and suggestion report sending
! compatibility with some Windows 9x systems
! a few user interface problems

For more information please visit Advanced Windows Password Recovery product page.

Version 1.7.0.198

+ added support for TheBat! version 3.0
+ added support for latest versions of:
   + Pegasus (4.21c)
   + BeckyMail (2.11.02)
   + MailThem Pro (7.1)

For more details please visit Advanced Mailbox Password Recovery product page.

! bug fixed
+ improvement/modification

+ added support for Messenger2
+ updated support for latest versions of messengers:
  + ICQ 4.12 Lite Edition build 1836
  + Trillian 2.013
  + T-Online Messenger 5.5
  + Praize Messenger 4.1
  + PalTalk 5.0 final build 553
  + Indiatimes Messenger 5.0
  + Ipswitch IM 2.0
  + Gaim 1.0.0
  + Global-IM 2.0.5
  + Psi Jabber client 0.9.2

For more information please visit Advanced Instant Messengers Password Recovery product page.

! bug fixed
+ improvement/modification

+ extracting ACT! password saved in Registry (last entered)
+ improved 'About' box

For more information please visit Advanced ACT Password Recovery product page

+ added support for Quicken Lawyer 2001/2002/2003
+ added support for Quicken Willmaker Plus 2004
+ added support for Quicken 2005
+ added support for more international versions of Quicken:
   + Quicken 98 German
   + Quicken 2000 Spanish
   + Quicken 2002 UK
   + Quicken 2004 French
+ added support for more international versions of QuickBooks
   + QuickBooks 2000,2002,2004 UK
   + QuickBooks 2001,2003,2004 Canadian
   + QuickBooks 2005 German

Fore more details please visit Advanced Intuit Password Recovery product page.

! bug fixed
+ improvement/modification

+ complete Windows XP SP2 compatibility
+ command line switches (see help file for details)
+ manual decryption (RAS, hashes, secrets etc): points (by default)
  to current Registry files, and works even when they're locked
+ Logon password, Hashes: show password remonder (if set)
+ cosmetic user interface improvements
! reading from binary Registry files
! manual decryption of password history hashes
! auto logon: set domain name
! handling access righs when saving Registry
! error message on starting PWL attack (about BF_LOG file)

Fore more details visit Advanced Windows Password Recovery product page.

Fixed bugs with:

- incorrect passwords for some RAR 1.3 archives
- crash on some RAR 2.9 and 3.x archives in low memory environment

For more information please visit Advanced Office Password Recovery product page.

For more details please visit Advanced Intuit Password Recovery product page

adds support for Picasa Hello, and has updated support for latest versions of ICQ Pro (2003b Build 3916), MSN Messenger (7.0 beta), Trillian (3.0), Jabber Messenger (3.0.0.171), PalTalk (7.0), Indiatimes Messenger (6.0), Ipswitch IM (2.01), Gaim (1.1.1), Psi Jabber client (0.9.3), Messenger2 (1.4), Excite (3.0).

For more details please visit Advanced Instant Messengers Password Recovery product page

- improved user interface;
- starting the attack immediately when the file is opened (with default options);
- files with PivotTables now processing without errors.

Fore more information please visit Advanced Office Password Breaker product page.

Following problems were fixed:
- processing subst'ed drives
- problems with large fonts settings
- crash when program starts
- problems on decrypting files that are larger than 1,7 Gb (DESX and 3DES) or 367 Mb (AES)
- error on decrypting zero-sized files
- error message on scan for encrypted files (while actually there is no error)

For more information, free trial download please visit Advanced EFS Data Recovery product page.

- "Clear" buttons have been removed 
- Added support for Russian and Polish languages (setup and user interface) 
- Added Polish help file 
- Fixed problems with PowerPoint "password to save" on some files 
- Fixed problem with saving empty starting password.

For more information Click Here.

 For more information about product and free trial Click Here.

+ added support for iWon
+ added support for Blowsearch
+ added support for MessageMate
+ updated support for latest versions of messengers: 
- Trillian 3.1
 - Praize Messenger 4.5
- Gaim 1.2.1
- Global-IM 2.5.0.13 (incl. password stored in Registry) 
-  Messenger2 1.5
- Picasa Hello 1.0

For more information click Here

Advanced Intuit Password Recovery 

Advanced ACT! Password Recovery

- optimized RC4, MD4, MD5, SHA algorithms: better recovery speed;
- Domain Cached Credentials password recovery;
- support for SYSKEY not stored on floppy disk or generated from startup password;
- manual recovery of CDKEY (from binary Registry files);
- extracting/decrypting CDKEY for all Microsoft products, not only Windows and Office;
- crypto APIs are not required to be installed in the system anymore (now built-in into the program);
- checking from Administrator privileges at startup, informing about possibility to escalate them;
- many other improvements and bug fixes.

For more information please visit Proactive System Password Recovery product page. 

• Version 2.70 can be installed and used under accounts without Administrator privileges,
• Added support for latest versions of messengers: Yahoo! IM 7.0, PalTalk 8.0, Miranda 0.4.0.1, Rediff Bol 7.0,
  Ipswitch 2.03, Gaim 1.3.1.

For moe information please visit Advanced IM Password Recovery product page.

For more informaton please visit Proactive Password Auditor product page

• fixed a problem with empty RAS passwords,
• adds program password protection,
• extracts WEP and WPA-PSK encryption keys,
• added new technology - intelligent password recovery subsystem.

For more information please visit Proactive System Password Recovery product page.

For more information visit  Advanced IM Password Recovery product page

New version of Advanced Archive Password Recovery  has the following improvements and new features:

• improved user interface
• added support for strong WinZip encryption (AES)
• better speed on ZIP archives with classic encryption:
  - on AMD Athlon: 12% increase
  - on PII/PIII: 15% increase
  - on P4 Northwood: 45% increase
  - on P4 Prescott: 10% increase
• fixed a few problems with RAR/WinRAR 3.x archives (including ones with headers protection)

For more information, visit dvanced Archive Password Recovery product page.

- Added complete support for Money 2006 files
- Added Support for MS Passport passwords stored by Money 2006
- Dictionary attack: uppercase/Lowercase convertion now works for most languages (if appropriate language is set as current locale)
- Added "Get Dictionaries" button
- Benchmarks are more accurate on fast processors now
- Fixed: some controls were displayed incorrectly with "Large fonts"
- Fixed: password length values (min, max) were 0 by default
- Fixed: problem with dictionary options (Smart mutations etc)
- Fixed: program could crash after Money and OneNote password recovery

For more information please visit Advanced Office Password Recovery product page.

• added support for Meca Messenger
• added support for Qnext
• added support for Bubbler (Five Across)
• added support for Easy Message

For more information, visit dvanced Advanced Instant Messengers Password Recovery  product page.

• fixed a problem with incorrect ZIP password when the password is last in the given range
• fixed a problem with RAR 2.9/3.x archives on Windows 9x system

For more information, visit dvanced Advanced Archive Password Recovery product page.

• - improved user interface
• - setup program is now digitally signed
• - better speed on ZIP archives with classic encryption:
  - on AMD Athlon: 12% increase
  - on PII/PIII: 15% increase
  - on P4 Northwood: 45% increase
  - on P4 Prescott: 10% increase

For more information please visit Advanced ZIP Password Recovery produxct page

For more information, visit Advanced Instant Messengers Password Recovery product page.

• brute-force and mask attacks (LM and NTLM) are now multi-threaded for better performance on SMP systems, dual-core processors and processors with HyperThreading technology;
• better speed of brute-force and mask attacks (LM) on Pentium 4 - about 1,5 times faster!;
• multilingual user interface;
• saving all program parameters in HKEY_CURRENT_USER instead of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE;
• rainbow tables generation: more options (charsets); show the size of every individual table (not just the total size);
• hot keys: Ctrl+A to select all users, Ctrl-U to clear selection;
• new column in user list: audit time (for every user account);
• an ability to run the program even when DEP is enabled (some options are disabled, though: dump from local memory, and using Credential Manager passwords in User Info attack);
• when the attack is multi-threaded, the new window with every thread status (speed, current password, passwords checked);
  support SAM and SYSTEM files from Windows Vista;
• An ability to add several rainbow tables at once;
• added a feature to hide the passwords that have been found (show asterisks instead);
• added "Passwords by time - running total" report;
• trial period is extended to 60 days;
• "Use SYSKEY" option has been changed to "Don't use SYSKEY (NT4 prior to SP3)";
• improved BartPE compatibility;
• fixed: saving the status of the users selected for attack after dumping more password hashes;
• fixed: starting Brute-force and Mask attacks without selecting character set first;
• fixed: incorrect detection of what LM password halfs have to be checked;
• fixed: option "Disable hints in user list" has been eliminated;
• fixed: open rainbow tables from read-only media;
• fixed: dump password hashes from some SAM files without SYSKEY encryption.

The Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery™ is designed for distributed recovery of forgotten or lost passwords of different documents. It allows to:

• restore passwords of different documents by means of distributed processing
• work in local and global networks
• administer the password recovery server remotely
• install and uninstall agents to remote computers
• manipulate agents' work time and priority
• launch the agents and the server as system services
• keep count of machine time
• keep track of one's own actions and look through the log if necessary

More information about Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery

For more information, visit Advanced Instant Messengers Password Recovery product page.

For more information, please visit Advanced PDF Password Recovery product page.

For mor information visit Advanced ACT! Password Recovery product page.

For more informaton visit Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery  product page

For more information please visit Advanced VBA Password Recovery product page.

• Improved Windows Vista compatibility
• IPR (Intelligent Password Recovery) subsystem; see help file for details
• SmartDic (Smart Dictiobary) feature; see help file for details
• Resuming brute-force and dictionary attacks
• New attack types on logon password hashes; now there are eight in total:
  • brute-force
  • dictionary
  • user names (with mutations)
  • digits
  • data/time combinations
  • repeated symbols
  • keyboard combinations (like "qwerty", "zxcvbn" etc)
  • IPR (all passwords previously found in the system, with mutations)

Besides, a few problems have been fixed: with ProtectedStorage in WinPE & BartPE, long WPA-PSK passwords, cached domain credentials and Remote Assistance.

For more information please visit Proactive System Password Recovery page.

Unlock Adobe PDF Files with Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery

Elcomsoft, a leader in password recovery, has added Adobe Acrobat PDF file support to Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery. The program offers administrators a comprehensive solution for recovering passwords to MS-Office documents, Personal Information Exchange certificates, PGP encryption keys, and now PDF files. It's vital to recover these passwords when employees forget their passwords, or when they deliberately add passwords to documents in an effort to sabotage their companies.

PDF file support is included in the latest version. The program can recover a file's user password, which is required to open and view a password-protected PDF file. The program can also recover the file's owner or master password, which is needed to modify the permissions that allow users to print a file, copy its contents to the clipboard, edit it, or perform similar operations.

If the PDF file's password uses 40-bit encryption, it is guaranteed that Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery can find the lost or missing password, regardless of the password's length or complexity. It is with files that are protected with 128-bit encryption that the program shows its unique strength. PDF passwords can only be recovered using brute force decryption. Because this method takes a very long time, Elcomsoft's Distributed Password Recovery product is the ideal solution.

Before Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery, the most effective way to recover a lost password was to put the locked file on the fastest machine in the company, and use brute force to attack the password. Distributed Password Recovery lets you coordinate all of the unused computing power of every computer on your LAN or WAN, and use distributed processing to restore the lost password.

Distributed Password Recovery installs "Agents" onto as many computers on the network as the user desires. Each of these Agents uses brute force to try to recover the lost password. The program ensures that these Agents work together, and combine their computing power to find the lost password. The more computing power available, the faster the recovery speed.

Another module of the program, the Console, is designed to manage the Agents. This solution is best for big enterprises with thousands of clients, when employees leave without un-protecting their mission-critical documents.

According to Elcomsoft, the program restores passwords for Word and Excel documents encrypted with 40-bit keys (Office 97/2000 compatible), as well as more recent documents (Office XP/2003) encrypted with CSP. Office 97/2000 documents can also be decrypted by recovery of encryption keys instead of password, and that type of attack gives a guaranteed result regardless of password length and complexity. The program can also handle Personal Information Exchange certificates, and PGP encryption, including PGP secret key rings (.SKR files), PGP disks (.PGD files), and PGP self-decrypting archives.

Distributed Password Recovery can be easily installed in enterprise networks with thousands of computers and generates little traffic. The Agents work in the background without harming other programs. That is, they use the CPU only when it is in its idle state. An administrator can get a report about the work that is done. When a password is restored or a document is decrypted, the program informs the administrator by e-mail, and starts processing the next task. Using the Console, an administrator can also keep statistics.

The software has a plug-in architecture and can be easily extended to support more document formats and types of encryption. Future releases will support ZIP and RAR archives, Intuit Quicken, operating systems passwords, and other applications that use strong encryption.

Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery v. 1.3 runs under Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003 and requires 5 MB of hard disk space on the server, and 3 MB on every client. The program interface may be set to run in English, Russian, German, and Japanese. Prices begin at $599(US) for networks with up to 20 clients/Agents.

For more information and a free trial version please visit Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery product page.

Advanced IM Password Recovery 3.20  supports three new messengers: Windows Live Messenger, MySpaceIM and Exodus.
Besides, there are a few changes related to last versions of ICQ, Jabber, PalTalk, Miranda, Rediff Bol, Ipswitch IM, Google Talk, MecaMessenger, QIP, Gizmo and AIM Triton.

Advanced Outlook Password Recovery1.34 adds support for Office 2007 (beta), includes a few bug fixes related to some specific PST files, ang got a new installer and HTML-based help file.

Proactive System Password Recovery 4.8 is now able to extract Microsoft Internet Information Services passwords from IIS metabase, can decrypt passwords for some new built-in accounts (IUSR_*, ILS_*) and has its own implementation of all crypto functions that were imported from advapi.dll. Besides, a few problems have been fixed: with CD key decryption, password reset, IIS passwords stored in secrets, and some Protected Storage operations.

For more information about products please visit:

Advanced IM Password Recovery
Advanced Outlook Password Recovery
Proactive System Password Recovery

• New: Predefined characters sets are incuded: Arabic, Armenian, Czech, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Korean (Hangul Jamo), Japanese (Katakana), Japanese (Hiragana), Russian (Cyrillic)
  
• Improved: Preliminary attack is on machines with Japanese and Russian locales.
  
• Improved: Support of Office 2007 (beta) and Corel Draw 12 in VBA backdoor
  
• Improved: Default path for file opening is "My Documents" folder now
  
• Fixed: Long character sets could be displayed incorrectly in "Custom charset" dialog
  
• Fixed: Password recovery error for PowerPoint R/O passwords on certain documents
  
• Fixed: Incorrect saving of some project files
  
• Fixed: "Password not found" message on certain password-protected Outlook (PST) files
  

• New: Added support for QuickBooks 2006 (remove password only)
  

For more information please visit Elcomsoft Password Recovery Bundle.

Moscow, Russia - October 23, 2006 - Elcomsoft, a leader in password recovery, has added Windows Logon Password support to Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery. The program offers administrators a comprehensive solution for recovering passwords to documents and files when employees forget their passwords, or when they deliberately add passwords to documents in an effort to sabotage their companies. In addition to supporting Microsoft Word, Excel, PDF files, PKCS#12 certificates and PGP, the program now supports the LM/NTLM hashes used in Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 Logon Passwords.

Under most circumstances, it is not necessary to recover Windows Logon passwords because the network administrator can simply reset them. However, after a password is reset, EFS, Credentials, and Private Keys from certificates are unavailable, and can only be made available by recovering the lost Windows Logon password. If the password is long and complex, a single computer's brute force attack may not be powerful enough to recover it. Elcomsoft's Distributed Password Recovery product is designed to recover passwords in situations such as these.

Before Distributed Password Recovery, the most effective way to recover a lost password was to put the locked file on the fastest machine in the company, and use brute force to attack the password. Distributed Password Recovery lets you coordinate all of the unused computing power of every computer on your LAN or WAN, and use distributed processing to restore the lost password.

Distributed Password Recovery installs "Agents" onto as many computers on the network as the user desires. Each of these Agents uses brute force to try to recover the lost password. The program ensures that these Agents work together, and combine their computing power to find the lost password. The more computing power available, the faster the recovery speed.

Another module of the program, the Console, is designed to manage the Agents. This solution is best for big enterprises with thousands of clients, when employees leave without un-protecting their mission-critical documents.

The program restores passwords for PDF files, Word and Excel documents encrypted with 40-bit keys (Office 97/2000 compatible), as well as more recent documents (Office XP/2003) encrypted with CSP. Office 97/2000 documents can also be decrypted by recovery of encryption keys instead of password, and that type of attack gives a guaranteed result regardless of password length and complexity. The program can also handle Personal Information Exchange certificates (PKCS#12) and PGP encryption, including PGP secret key rings (.SKR files), PGP disks (.PGD files), and PGP self-decrypting archives.

Distributed Password Recovery can be easily installed in enterprise networks with thousands of computers and generates little traffic. The Agents work in the background without harming other programs. That is, they use the CPU only when it is in its idle state. An administrator can get a report about the work that is done. When a password is restored or a document is decrypted, the program informs the administrator by e-mail, and starts processing the next task. Using the Console, an administrator can also keep statistics.

The software has a plug-in architecture and can be easily extended to support more document formats and types of encryption. Future releases will support ZIP and RAR archives, Intuit Quicken files, PasswordSafe containers, and more.

Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery v. 1.4 runs under Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003 and requires 6 MB of hard disk space on the server and 3 MB on every client. The program interface may be set to run in English, Russian, German, and Japanese. Prices begin at $599(US) for networks with up to 20 clients/Agents. For more information and a free trial version of Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery, please visit http://www.crackpassword.com/products/prs/integpack/edpr/.

Advanced ACT! Password Recovery 2.20: added support for ACT! 2007; now also works with ACT! *.pad files and non-local ACT! databases.

Advanced Instant Messengers Password Recovery 3.30: added support for new messengers (Gadu-Gadu, AIM Pro, Mail.Ru Agent, ScatterChat, Just Another Jabber Client, Maple Messenger); updated support for latest versions of MSN Messenger, Google Talk and AIM.

Advanced VBA Password Recovery 1.62: added support for Office 2007 VBA projects (through the "backdoor").

Advanced Intuit Password Recovery 1.41: added support for Quicken 2007; improved support for QuickBooks 2006 (incl. Enterprise Edition).]]> ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/114.html http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/115.html Wed, 20 Dec 2006 09:00:00 +0300 Proactive Password Auditor 1.70 include full UNICODE compliance, allowing the program to work with user names and passwords in all of the Asian languages; and Rainbow Attack for NTLM as well as LM authentication, allowing you to create pre-computed hash tables that dramatically reduce the amount of time required to find most passwords. Besides, new version is now able to work on machines with DEP (Data Execution Prevention) feature enabled, and supports Windows Vista. The other improvements are:

• Program options can be password-protected.


• Pre-computed hash tables now can be generated and used for Rainbow attack not only for LM, but also for NTLM hashes.


• 'Users passwords' report is now fully customizable (what fields to include).


• Added an ability to show/hide user account properties, or change their order, saving the state between program sessions.


• LM hash and NT hash fields have been added to the main window (and can be also saved in report).


• Lots of another minor improvements and fixes.

• The program is full UNICODE compliant now.


• Multilingual user interface has been added.


• Added an ability to search (for encrypted files) the given folder only.


• 'Select encrypted' option has been added to 'File tree' tab.


• Personal keys encrypted with DES algorithms are now supported.


• 'EFS related files' representation is now more informative.


• New folder can be created on the disk where decrypted files are saved.


• Lots of another minor improvements and fixes.

Microsoft Office documents security is considerably enhanced in version 2007. The encryption information block is the same as in Office XP/2003, but Office 2007 always uses AES encryption (is the strongest industry-standard algorithm available) with 128 bit key and SHA-1 hashing; besides, new version improves the algorithm of converting passwords into keys: 50000 SHA-1 sequential iterations are being performed now. You would never notice it when opening a file because the whole process requires less than a second. But in a password recovery process, the speed drops significantly: one can test only about 500 passwords per second even on cutting-edge processors such as Intel Core 2 Duo. Thus, one computer can find 4-5 letter passwords only, and so the only way to recover longer passwords to Office 2007 documents is using a cluster. 1000 computers are able to maintain the speed at 500,000 passwords -- comparable to the speed of password recovery on a single computer for older Microsoft Office documents.

Farther information and evaluation copy available on Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery page.]]> ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/122.html http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/123.html Mon, 12 Mar 2007 09:00:00 +0300 Elcomsoft has released the Professional version of Elcomsoft System Recovery, a boot-disk application that makes it easy to access your computer's Windows password settings. If you're locked out of your computer, Elcomsoft System Recovery will give you access and let you troubleshoot problems that are preventing you from running Windows. Elcomsoft System Recovery now works not only with local computer accounts, but also with domain controllers running Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server, as well as Windows Server 2003, with full Active Directory support.

Under a special agreement with Microsoft, Elcomsoft System Recovery is based upon Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE), a hardware-independent minimal Windows system that replaces the antique DOS boot disk that was used to set up new computer systems.

Elcomsoft System Recovery is completely self-contained, allowing you to access each of your computers without the need for third-party or proprietary software. Now you can troubleshoot all of your computers with a single, easy-to-use program. Simply insert the CD, and boot your computer. If you don't have a CD or DVD drive, you can set Elcomsoft System Recovery to boot from a USB Flash Drive.

It's easy to dump password hashes from SAM/SYSTEM files or from the Active Directory database, and write them to a text file for further analysis and password recovery. You can get a list of all user accounts (local or from the Active Directory database) and their properties, including Administrator accounts. It's simple to reset and change the passwords of any of these accounts, including the account of Domain Administrator.

You can look up account privileges, detect accounts with empty passwords, and assign Administrator privileges to any (local) user account. It's easy to enable or unlock accounts that have been disabled or locked. The program will instantly recover passwords for special accounts such as IUSR_ and HelpAssistant, and can even recover passwords to many user accounts in a matter of seconds using effective pre-configured brute-force and dictionary attacks.

The program supports Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista. With full Unicode compliance, Elcomsoft System Recovery supports all US and non-US versions of Windows, with multilingual user names and passwords. The program detects which version of Windows you're using, and gives you access to your Registry files. Elcomsoft System Recovery is completely compatible with all PC hardware, including RAID and SCSI devices.

Elcomsoft System Recovery Professional costs $599(US) for a single-user license, includes express delivery worldwide, and comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee. The Standard version (without Active Directory support) is also available. For more information, please visit http://www.crackpassword.com/products/prs/mswin/esr/.]]> ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/123.html http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/124.html Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:00:00 +0300 ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. has released an Enterprise version of its award-winning Advanced PDF Password Recovery software. This program makes it easy to remove both password encryption and usage restrictions from Adobe Acrobat PDF files. APDFPR Enterprise now comes with support of all Adobe Acrobat versions (up to 8.0), including those that use AES encryption, and super-fast guaranteed recovery of PDF files with 40-bit encryption using state-of-the-art "time-memory trade-off" technology.

With the increasing popularity of PDF formatted file, comes an increasing number of problems which occur when authors forget the passwords to their source documents. ElcomSoft has revised version 3.0 of all three editions of its Advanced PDF Password Recovery software (Enterprise, Professional, and Standard) to allow the seemingly impossible recovery of passwords for these documents. This software package handles both owner and user passwords used to protect PDF documents. The latest addition to ElcomSoft's family of password recovery software allows business managers to recover lost and destroyed passwords. It also helps in dealing with employees who, intentionally or unintentionally, are unable to edit and print password-protected PDF files.

APDFPR is also a state-of-the-art computer forensics tool that could be used by law enforcement, military and intelligence agencies to open secure documents. PDF documents protected with access restriction passwords can be decrypted instantly, allowing full access to the document. For documents with "user" passwords (that could not be opened without that password), the program blazes through brute-force password attempts at a rate of a few hundred thousand passwords per second!

The code has been effectively optimized for most CPUs such as Pentium II/III, Pentium 4, Intel Core/Core 2 (Duo) and Athlon. More sophisticated methods are available, such as applying all words from a dictionary. ElcomSoft's website has dictionaries for more than 20 different languages, from English to Swahili.

Even if the above methods fail because the password is too long and complex, the program runs a special key search attack which gives a 100% success rate on files with 40-bit encryption (used in all Adobe Acrobat 4 files, and most files from more recent versions). This may take some time to run, but is well worth the time if your document is very important. If you have a dual processor system, APDFPR takes advantage of it to double the performance of this software.

On modern systems with Intel Core Duo CPUs, the document can be recovered in maximum 3-4 days, regardless of the password length and complexity. And in APDFPR Enterprise, ElcomSoft has introduced a new "rainbow attack" subsystem -- it is shipped with a DVD that contains special pre-computed hash tables that will allow you to decrypt most (an estimated 99.6 percent) PDF files in just minutes instead of days, even on slow computers.

Advanced PDF Password Recovery Enterprise costs $999(US) for a single-user license and includes express delivery worldwide. Professional and Standard versions, with reduced feature sets, are available at affordable prices. The program runs under Windows 95/98/Me/NT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista. For more information, please visit http://www.crackpassword.com/products/prs/othersoft/pdf/.]]> ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/124.html http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/125.html Mon, 28 May 2007 09:00:00 +0400 Proactive System Password Recovery supports Windows Vista.

New version of Advanced Instant Messengers Password Recovery adds support for Imeem, IMVU and Gajim messengers. Besides, there are a few changes related to latest versions of AIM, Windows Live Messenger, Trillian, Praize Messenger, PalTalk, Miranda, SIM, Pidgin (former Gaim), Meca Messenger, Qnext, QIP, MySpace IM, Gadu-Gadu, AIM Pro, Mail.Ru Agent.]]> ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/125.html http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/126.html Tue, 29 May 2007 09:00:00 +0400 Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery has been released, now compatible with Windows Vista.]]> ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/126.html http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/127.html Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:00:00 +0400 Advanced Intuit Password Recovery now available.

Beginning with Quicken 2003, Intuit protected its Quicken files withvery strong encryption. This protection made it impractical for people to use brute force techniques to discover passwords that would unlock Quicken files.

It appears, however, that Intuit included a backdoor in the product. This backdoor allows Intuit to offer their own affordable service whereby Intuit will unlock a customer's file. To deliver this service, Intuit uses a 512-bit RSA key known only to Intuit. Before Elcomsoft's discovery of Intuit's backdoor, Intuit was the only organization that could unlock their customers' files. We used the advanced decryption technology to uncover Intuit's undocumented and well-hidden backdoor, and to successfully perform a factorization of their 512-bit RSA key. Advanced Intuit Password Recovery 2.0 provides instant removal of Quicken passwords for versions 2003 through 2007, regardless the password length and complexity.]]> ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/127.html http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/128.html Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:00:00 +0400 Basic version of Elcomsoft System Recovery, an easy-to-use boot-disk application that makes it simple to access your Windows computer if you've been locked out because of password problems. Unlike the Standard and Professional versions of Elcomsoft System Recovery, which are designed for network administrators and power-users, the Basic version give business owners and home users a foolproof solution to system recovery. Purchase the program online, download the software, burn it to a CD-ROM, boot your computer, and reset the Administrator's password.]]> ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/128.html http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/129.html Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:00:00 +0400 Advanced Office Password Recovery 3.14 adds support for Outlook .PST files larger than 2 gigabytes, and has a few minor improvements and bugfixes.]]> ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/129.html http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/130.html Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:00:00 +0400 Advanced ACT! Password Recovery 2.30 support ACT! installation with "SQL Native Client" only, has improved error diagnostics, more reliable handling of ACT! 2007 passwords stored in Windows Registry, and a few other improvements and bug fixes.]]> ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/130.html http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/131.html Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:00:00 +0400 Advanced MailBox Password Recovery 1.9 adds support for TheBat! Voyager (in manual mode only, when master password is supplied), and updates support for the latest versions of IncrediMail, Pegasus, Calypso, Foxmail.]]> ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/131.html http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/132.html Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:00:00 +0400 Advanced PDF Password Recovery 3.10 includes command line for batch processing, additional dictionaries (German and Russian), and fixes some bugs.]]> ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/132.html http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/133.html Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:00:00 +0400 Advanced Office Password Recovery (AOPR) v. 4.0, an application that allows business managers, information technology support administrators, and law enforcement officials to gain access to Microsoft(R) Office(R) password-protected documents that have been accidentally or purposefully password protected.

This new product combines the latest and the most advanced cryptanalysis algorithms developed by ElcomSoft's research department. AOPR is capable of instantly recovering passwords for a wide range of Microsoft's business and office applications, including all components of MS Office, from the very first DOS versions to Office 2007 programs, including the ones for Windows, Mac, Pocket PC and localized versions. More than 30 different types of password encryption methods are supported. In addition to unlocking the file "open" passwords, version 4.0 gives you access to all Office Suite passwords, from Word document "save" protection to Excel workbook and sheet passwords.

Microsoft Office document security has been enhanced considerably in its 2007 version. The encryption information block is the same as in Office XP/2003, but Office 2007 always uses AES encryption, the strongest industry-standard algorithm available, with 128 bit key and SHA-1 hashing. AOPR is specially designed to deal with Office Suite's enhanced security.

In addition to being extremely fast, AOPR is very conservative of system resources. Unlike some resource-hogging applications bloated with extraneous features, AOPR is remarkably easy, very user-friendly, and comes with a wealth of customization options especially designed for encryption and PC forensics specialists.

AOPR Professional v. 4.0 runs under Windows 2000/XP/Vista/2003. AOPR Professional costs $199 (US) for a single-user license, with affordable Home and Standard versions available. A free trial version is also available.

For more information, visit Advanced Office Password Recovery web page.]]> ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/133.html http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/134.html Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:00:00 +0400 Advanced PDF Password Recovery software. This program makes it easy to remove both password encryption and usage restrictions from Adobe Acrobat PDF files. APDFPR Enterprise supports all Adobe Acrobat versions (up to 8.0), including those that use AES encryption, and super-fast guaranteed recovery of PDF files with 40-bit encryption using state-of-the-art "time-memory trade-off" techniques.

ElcomSoft has introduced new technology that ensures that all 40-bit encryption keys can be unlocked in minutes. Using the old-fashioned "brute force" technique, PDF files could be opened in four to five days. Earlier this year, ElcomSoft introduced a revolutionary "rainbow attack" subsystem. This "rainbow attack" system unlocked an estimated 99.9 percent of locked PDF files. Version 4 of Advanced PDF Password Recovery software, with its new "thunder tables" ™ technology (patent pending), raises the success rate from 99.9 to 100 percent of locked PDF files. While the additional .001 may not seem like a huge change, it adds certainty to the process, a critical factor for business managers and law enforcement officials.

ElcomSoft's "thunder tables" technology involes pre-computing the decryption information that the software uses to unlock passwords. 40-bit encryption allows more than one trillion (two to the 40th power) possible keys. ElcomSoft's new thunder tables technology ensures that all of these possibilities can be created from its pre-computed tables. The latest version of Advanced PDF Password Recovery software ships with a DVD that contains four gigabytes of pre-computed hash tables that will allow you to decrypt all PDF files in just minutes instead of days, even on slower computers. The DVD data can be read on any standard DVD drive, or moved to a flash drive.

Using a modern business computer, ElcomSoft tested its thunder tables technology on 10,000 PDF files with randomly-created passwords. The success rate was, of course, 100 percent. The average time to unlock a file was less than 30 seconds, with times ranging from a few seconds to nearly 15 minutes.

APDFPR 4.0 (Professional and Enterprise editions) also adds PDF content management features. Without using a PDF editor such as Adobe Acrobat, you can remove some elements from PDF files, such as forms, JScript code, and digital signatures.

Advanced PDF Password Recovery Enterprise costs $999(US) for a single-user license and includes express delivery worldwide. Professional and Standard versions, with reduced feature sets, are available at affordable prices. The program runs under Windows 2003/Vista/XP/2000. For more information, please visit Advanced PDF Password Recovery web page.]]> ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/134.html http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/135.html Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:00:00 +0400 ElcomSoft, a leader in software cryptology and forensics, offers a wide range of password recovery solutions. Used by businesses, law enforcement agencies, and intelligence organizations worldwide, ElcomSoft has pioneered many software innovations that have made it easier for officials to recover lost passwords from the operating system, Microsoft Office products, and dozens of other popular software applications. Their latest discovery will enable organizations to recover passwords much more quickly, without expensive hardware or software.

Using the "brute force" technique of recovering passwords, it was possible, though time-consuming, to recover passwords from popular applications. For example, the logon password for Windows Vista might be an eight-character string composed of uppercase and lowercase alphabetic characters. There would about 55 trillion (52 to the eighth power) possible passwords. Windows Vista uses NTLM hashing by default, so using a modern dual-core PC you could test up to 10,000,000 passwords per second, and perform a complete analysis in about two months. With ElcomSoft's new technology, the process would take only three to five days, depending upon the CPU and GPU.

Until recently, graphic cards' GPUs couldn't be used for applications such as password recovery. Older graphics chips could only perform floating-point calculations, and most cryptography algorithms require fixed-point mathematics. Today's chips can process fixed-point calculations. And with as much as 1.5 Gb of onboard video memory and up to 128 processing units, these powerful GPU chips are much more effective than CPUs in performing many of these calculations.

In February 2007, NVIDIA®, the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies, launched CUDA, a C-Compiler and developer's kit that gives software developers access to the parallel processing power of the GPU through the standard language of C. NVIDIA® GPUs (GeForce® 8 and above) act as multiprocessors, with multiple registers and shared memory and cache. ElcomSoft has harnessed their computing power, and will be incorporating this patent-pending technology into their entire family of enterprise password recovery applications. Since high-end PC mother boards can work with four separate video cards, the future is bright for even faster password recovery applications.

Preliminary tests using Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery product to recover Windows NTLM logon passwords show that the recovery speed has increased by a factor of twenty, simply by hooking up with a $150 video card's onboard GPU. ElcomSoft expects to find similar results as this new technology is incorporated into their password recovery products for Microsoft Office, PGP, and dozens of other popular applications.]]> ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/135.html http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/136.html Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:00:00 +0300 Advanced IM Password Recovery 3.60 adds backup/restore feature (to transfer IM account credentials to other computer), and updates support for latest versions of AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger (Windows Live), Trillian, PalTalk, Miranda, Gaim, Psi Jabber client, Qnext, QIP Gizmo Project, MySpace IM, Mail.Ru Agent, IMVU, Gajim.

Proactive System Password Recovery 5.1 improves "Intelligent Password Recovery" subsystem, and fixes several problems.

Advanced ACT Password Recovery 2.35 is a bug-fix release.]]> ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/136.html http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/137.html Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:00:00 +0300 New Year’s congratulations from ElcomSoft team!

It is a great pleasure and privilege for us to work for your needs and develop new products to facilitate your computer work.

We wish you happy holidays and the fulfillment of all your dreams and expectations in the year 2008! We hope the New Year will boost your income and increase your desire to buy our software as well.

We are delighted to have you as our customer and hope to establish a long term relationship. We are happy to offer a 50% discount (make no mistake, fifty percent off!) on the following products:

• Elcomsoft Password Recovery Bundle (Standard and Forensics Editions)

• Elcomsoft System Recovery (Professional)

• Advanced PDF Password Recovery (Enterprise)

• Advanced Office Password Recovery (Professional) + Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery

Besides, we offer 20% discount on all other products we have!

In order to get the discounts mentioned above, please use the following order form (valid till January 20, 2008):

Proactive System Password Recovery 5.2 improves exporting Domain Cached Credentials in Windows Vista (for further processing in [Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery]), and fixes several minor problems.]]> ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/138.html http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/139.html Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:00:00 +0300 Advanced Archive Password Recovery 4.0 supports archives larger than 4 GB and all modern compression methods (WavPack, BZip2, PPMd). Besides, further speed optimization on archives with AES encryption has been implemented: now the program is 2.5 to 3 times faster!]]> ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/139.html http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/140.html Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:00:00 +0300 ElcomSoft Co.Ltd. has released Advanced Office Password Breaker (AOPB) v. 2.0, an application that makes it easy to gain access to Microsoft Word password-protected documents that have been accidentally or purposefully password protected. The software is used by information technology support administrators, business managers, and law enforcement officials to protect their organizations from the perils of losing access to critical documents.

In addition to the brute-force, dictionary attack, and key recovery techniques used throughout ElcomSoft's password recovery applications, Advanced Office Password Breaker uses the company's "rainbow attack" subsystem. The enterprise version of AOPB is shipped with a DVD that contains special pre-computed hash tables that will allow you to decrypt an estimated 99.5 percent of Word documents in just minutes instead of days, even on slow computers. By pre-computing these hash tables, and providing them on a DVD or a 4-Gigabyte thumb drive, AOPB makes short work of password-protected Word documents that use 40-bit encryption.

The vast majority of Word documents can be opened in minutes, because most of them use 40-bit encryption. In Office 97 and Office 2000, 40-bit encryption was the strongest available. While Office XP and Office 2003 offer stronger encryption regimens, few people use them. By using the older 40-bit encryption, business people maintain compatibility across all versions of Word, as well as compatibility with many software products that import Word documents. The default setting in Office XP and 2003 is 40-bit encryption, and most people leave that setting intact.

For more information, visit AOPB home page. A trial version is available, without charge. AOPB v. 2.0 runs under Windows 2000/XP/Vista/2003/2008.]]> ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/140.html http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/141.html Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:00:00 +0300 ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. has released the Professional version 4.0 of Advanced EFS Data Recovery (AEFSDR Pro) for Windows, a powerful data recovery application that makes it easy to recover (decrypt) files encrypted on NTFS (EFS) partitions created in Windows 2003, XP, 2000, Vista, and 2008. In addition to all of the capabilities of the Standard version, AEFSDR Pro can perform low-level disk scanning at the sector level, enabling data recovery and forensics specialists to find encryption keys that have been deleted, even on drives that have been reformatted.

The Professional version of AEFSDR lets data experts recover files where users have set up multiple logical disks, for example when a 'C' Drive that contains Windows plus a 'D' Drive that holds data. When the system has serious problems, users will often reformat the 'C' Drive, and reinstall Windows, knowing that their data is safe on the 'D' partition. However, EFS encryption stores its encryption keys in certificates that are located on the system drive. After reinstalling Windows, encrypted data files on the 'D' Drive are no longer accessible.

AEFSDR Pro can search all of the sectors on the 'C' Drive, one-by-one, and find the deleted certificates, even if the drive has been reformatted.

With both the Standard and Professional versions of AEFSDR, protected files can be decrypted, even when the system is not bootable so you cannot log on, or when some encryption keys (private or master) have been tampered with. In addition, decryption is possible even when Windows is protected using SYSKEY. AEFSDR effectively (and instantly) decrypts the files protected under all versions of Windows 2000, Windows XP (including Service Pack 2), Windows 2003, and Windows Vista.

The program includes faster decryption speeds under all versions of Windows, as easy-to use Wizard that lets computer novices and experts quickly identify and decrypt files, and improved support for non-US versions of Windows including Japanese, Chinese, and other versions that use UNICODE.

For more information and free trial version, please visit AEFSDR homepage.]]> ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/141.html http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/142.html Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:00:00 +0300 Elcomsoft System Recovery, a boot-disk application that makes it easy to access your computer's Windows password settings. If you're locked out of your computer, Elcomsoft System Recovery will give you access and let you troubleshoot problems that are preventing you from running Windows. Elcomsoft System Recovery works with local computer accounts, as well as with domain controllers, supporting the full range of Windows operating systems: Windows NT4, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and now Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1 released recently.

The new version of Elcomsoft System Recovery includes built-in drivers for third-party SATA, RAID, and SCSI adapters from the most popular vendors, including Intel, NVIDIA, VIA, SiS, Adaptec, Promise, and LSI. For most PCs, there is no need to search the Internet for the latest hardware drivers. They are already contained in the Elcomsoft System Recovery boot disk. If necessary drivers are still missing, you can load them right from the ESR, supplying driver files on the floppy disk, CD or USB flash drive.]]> ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/142.html http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/143.html Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +0400 Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery offers password recovery solutions for all Microsoft Office documents, Microsoft Money and OneNote, Adobe Acrobat PDF files, PKCS#12 certificates, LM/NTLM hashes used in Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 logon passwords, PGP, Lotus Notes ID files, MD5 hashes, and UNIX and Oracle users' passwords.

Today, with support for the multiple cores found in all current AMD and Intel processors, Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery can operate significantly faster than before. Modern PCs have motherboards that can accommodate one, two, or four CPU chips. Since current CPU chips have two or four cores (which are, in fact, separate processors), one computer can run Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery sixteen times faster than before.

Before Distributed Password Recovery, the most effective way to recover a lost password was to put the locked file on the fastest machine in the company, and use brute force to attack the password. Distributed Password Recovery lets you coordinate all of the unused computing power of every computer on your LAN or WAN, and use distributed processing to restore the lost password.

For more information and a free trial version of Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery, please visit EDPR home page.]]> ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/143.html http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/144.html Thu, 29 May 2008 09:00:00 +0400 PSPR now comes with mail/FTP server emulation (to capture plaintext passwords) and has improved WPA-PSK support on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Besides, several bugs have been fixed.]]> ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/144.html http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/145.html Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:00:00 +0400 Advanced EFS Data Recovery adds support for Personal Information Exchange certificates - PKCS #12 (.PFX). Besides, several bugs have been fixed.]]> ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/145.html http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/193.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:00:00 +0400 Advanced Office Password Recovery now supports Microsoft Project 2007.]]> ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/193.html http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/146.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:00:00 +0400 Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery 2.60 adds support for Microsoft Access 2007, Microsoft Project 2007 and OpenDocument files.

For more information on OpenDocument format (ODF), please visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument; full list of software that supports ODF is available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument_software.

Besides, EDPR 2.60 now includes GPU acceleration for Microsoft Office 2007 (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) password recovery. The acceleration technology developed by ElcomSoft allows the execution of mathematically intensive password recovery code on the massively parallel computational elements found in latest NVIDIA graphic accelerators. The GPU acceleration is unique to Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery, making password recovery up much faster compared to password recovery methods that only use the computer's main CPU. For Office 2007 files, recovery speed achieves about about 1400 passwords per second on GeForce 8800GT cards, and about 2500 passwords per second on GeForce 8800GTX cards (compare it with 160 passwords per second on Intel Core2 Duo CPU - about 15 times faster)!

For more information and a free trial version of Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery, please visit EDPR home page.]]> ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/146.html http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/194.html Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:00:00 +0400 Advanced Office Password Breaker has been released: now with Thunder Tables™ technology for Microsoft Word files - guaranteed decryption in a matter of minutes!]]> ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/194.html http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/197.html Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:00:00 +0400 Advanced SQL Password Recovery! Instantly change or reset any user or administrative password protecting databases in Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005 or 2008 formats. Accessing master.mdf directly, Advanced SQL Password Recovery works with or without SQL Server installed.]]> ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/197.html http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/265.html Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:00:00 +0400 Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery, a high-end password recovery solution to recover a variety of system and document passwords, is now available. The new release reaches the recovery speed of one billion passwords per second by employing several NVIDIA video accelerators. Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery can recover a variety of system passwords such as NTLM and startup passwords, crack MD5 hashes, unlock password-protected documents created by Microsoft Office 97-2007, PDF files created by Adobe Acrobat, as well as PGP and UNIX and Oracle user passwords. With the newest GPU acceleration upgrade of Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery the passwords will be recovered up to 50 times faster than by using CPU-only mode.]]> ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/265.html http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/268.html Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:00:00 +0400 ElcomSoft patent-pending GPU acceleration technology implemented in Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery allows using laptop, desktop or server computers equipped with supported NVIDIA video cards to break Wi-Fi encryption up to 100 times faster than by using CPU only.

With the latest version of Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery, it is now possible to crack WPA and WPA2 protection on Wi-Fi networks up to 100 times quicker with the use of massively parallel computational power of the newest NVIDIA chips. Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery only needs a few packets intercepted (with any network sniffer that can export data in tcpdump format) in order to perform the attack.

Advanced ACT Password Recovery 2.40 now includes support for ACT! 2009, and is able to work with ACT! files/databases directly, without ACT! itself and ODBC drivers.
 
Advanced SQL Password Recovery 1.01 fixes a minor problem when master.mdf file was not properly unlocked under certain circumstances.

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Several software updates are also available:

Proactive Password Auditor 2.0 supports 64-bit systems (on the servers to dump password hashes from) now! The program itself is still 32-bit (so runs on both platforms), though.

Advanced EFS Data Recovery 4.30 is now based on a new kernel working with NTFS — faster and more reliable. Besides, debug log is now more compact.

Advanced PDF Password Recovery 5.01 fixes several problems related to simultaneous work of multiple CPUs and GPUs.

Why Password Recovery Tambourine

Passwords affect people’s lives. Lost and forgotten passwords can cost a life or a job. Strived to provide a solution to improve peoples’ lives, ElcomSoft makes software for helping its customers recover passwords they’ve lost or forgotten. The company’s password recovery tools are extremely effective, and literally save lives and jobs every other day. However, not all types of encryption are created equal. Some companies make exceptionally good effort protecting information, and use really secure algorithms from time to time. If a really secure password is used with those algorithms, the protected data is as good as gone.

Background

Universal cryptanalysis methods do exist. Government agencies, intelligence services and, in some countries, even police have successfully used methods such as rubber-hose cryptanalysis for years. Rubber-hose cryptanalysis allows passwords and keys to be discovered in a surprisingly short time. The method is quite computationally inexpensive. However, commercial use of this method is limited due to legal restrictions in most countries. ElcomSoft started a quest to develop a universal cryptanalysis method that is at least as effective as rubber-hose, but comes with no penalty of being inhumane or restricted to exclusive use by government agencies.

Development History

Several unsuccessful attempts were made to design the ultimate password recovery tool. Using a crystal ball seemed like a great idea at first, but was quickly rejected. Rabbit’s foot seemed a better idea for some time, but subsequent tests demonstrated that the foot could only solve certain network problems with corporate LANs, and only when used by qualified system administrators. A voodoo doll was a total nightmare, doing anything but recovering passwords.

The first ray of hope shined after one of ElcomSoft’s employees was sent to Yakutia, a freezing province in Russia with real bears. He brought a shaman’s tambourine that was used regularly by the local tribe’s shaman to find missing things. ElcomSoft has conducted a full-scale scientific research of the new tool, spending endless hours chatting with Yakutia locals and shamans who use tambourines more often than we use our toothbrushes. Over than two hundred ritual dances have been performed, and today, ElcomSoft is proud to announce that the ultimate tool to recover lost passwords that cannot be recovered it in a traditional way has emerged.

About Elcomsoft Password Recovery Tambourine

Elcomsoft Password Recovery Tambourine is anything but easy to use. A special supervised training program must be completed, stunts and tricks have to be learned, and spells in Yakutian language must be mastered. The price is barely affordable. A variety of models is available.

Standard model works for most users without special needs. Simple, reliable, not too expensive. Corporate model is based on the standard tambourine, and it can work with hundreds and thousands documents at the time. Special team training is required. Pocket version is easy to take on a trip, but it has some restrictions supporting less exotic formats than its bigger siblings. A comprehensive, 200-page manual is shipped with every tambourine.

To order or get more information on Elcomsoft Password Recovery Tambourine visit http://tambourine.elcomsoft.com/

About ElcomSoft Co.Ltd.

Founded in 1990 in Moscow, Russia, ElcomSoft Co.Ltd. develops state-of-the-art computer forensics tools, provides computer forensics training and computer evidence consulting services. Since 1997, ElcomSoft has been providing support to businesses, law enforcement, military, and intelligence agencies. ElcomSoft tools are used by most of the Fortune 500 corporations, multiple branches of the military all over the world, foreign governments, and all major accounting firms. ElcomSoft and its officers are members of the Russian Cryptology Association. ElcomSoft is a Microsoft Certified Partner and an Intel Software Partner.

Our visitors were rather surprised (well, of course we too) seeing our wall paper being torn off by organizers at our booth K35 when the exhibition opened. The answer is simple: PGP Corporation, which happened to be our neighbor at the event, was not quite happy. Not because of trademark issues or copyright violation, though. Yes, we did introduce PGP® password recovery acceleration using GPUs, so what? Wall paper removal does not make password protection (or encryption) more secure.

The questionnaire is quick and convenient, with prepared answers for busy bees and additional spaces for wordy users with lots of thoughts and experience. The survey is set to run for several weeks and after it is completed and results calculated, we will release a full report with facts and figures. We strongly believe the results’ analysis will help us find out which questions should be deeper highlighted in our articles, whitepapers, as well as in our blog.

This is the first our empirical research and we hope you will find it interesting and enjoyable. You definitely have your own opinion on passwords, and as you understand this survey is a perfect way for you to share that opinion. So what do you think? Be frank and open, take the questionnaire, and help us let others know about it.

Advanced ACT Password Recovery has been tested with ACT! 2010 Beta Refresh (13.0.386.0) and confirmed to work.

Advanced Office Password Recovery 4.13 now supports Excel 2007 files with 40-bit encryption; preliminary attack can now be customized (еру settings are stored in attacks.xml file). Several bugfixes as well. Office 2010 (Beta) is not supported yet, but some details on (slightly improved) encryption has been revealed in our blog.

We invite you to give Elcomsoft iPhone Password Breaker a try and become a beta tester. We’d appreciate your suggestions, feature requests and bug reports. Register now at http://www.elcomsoft.com/eppb-beta.html, become one of top contributors and get a $20 iTunes coupon, free or discounted EPPB license.

Free beta version of Elcomsoft iPhone Password Recovery expires on March 15, 2010.

The support of massively parallel computing available in the newest ATI video accelerators such as ATI Radeon HD5970 allows ElcomSoft to achieve password recovery speeds exceeding those of high-end CPUs. Our benchmarks (available at EWSA product page) demonstrate that ATI Radeon HD5970 accelerated password recovery works up to 20 times faster than Intel Core i7, Intel’s top of the line CPU.

Read the ElcomSoft Breaks Wi-Fi, iPhone and iPod Encryption Faster with New ATI Cards press release. And additional information on NVIDIA and ATI cards working together (in the same machine) is available in our blog.

Advanced EFS Data Recovery 4.42 fixes the problem reading large files with saved keys (HDT).

Advanced WordPerfect Office Password Recovery 1.35 now supports Corel WordPerfect Office X5 (version 15).

With over a hundred new features, the iOS 4 Software Update is considered the most significant update for Apple mobile devices ever. Among other things, the updated software employs a new format for saving backups. Apple has changed the algorithm protecting encrypted backups for its iOS devices, making the backup process faster while strengthening the protection even further compared to prior releases. The company has significantly improved protection of encrypted backups, making password recovery attacks even harder. In addition, the encryption is now moved into the kernel of the new iOS as opposed to user-mode operation found in the older systems.

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With the release of Apple’s new OS, iOS 4, the keychains can now be stored in device backups encrypted only with backup’s master password. Knowing the password protecting the off-line backup, it is now possible to gain access to encrypted keychains. The latest version of Elcomsoft iPhone Password Breaker allows to browse the contents of keychains — as noted above, if backup password is known (or has been recovered with EPPB).

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Advanced Sage Password Recovery 2.0 adds support for more accounting products from Sage: Sage 50 Accounts (formerly Sage Line 50) versions 2004-2011, Sage Instant Accounts and Sage Simply Accounting (versions 2002 to 2011). All passwords are recovered instantly, multilingual passwords are supported.

As of today, Elcomsoft Internet Password Breaker is able to instantly reveal account information, logins, passwords and cached forms in Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows Mail and Windows Live Mail, all versions of Internet Explorer up to version 8, Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Opera Web browsers.

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The vulnerability discovered by ElcomSoft questions the authenticity of all Canon signed photographic evidence and published photos, and effectively proves the entire Canon Original Data Security system useless.

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Elcomsoft Wireless Security Auditor 3.2 allows to extract (from Windows Registry) password hashes for WPA2 encryption, and fixes some problems with attack settings.

Besides, ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. introduces a newly developed, patent-pending Home Cloud technology. Elcomsoft Home Cloud Computing allows making use of idle CPU cycles of many types of electronic gadgets, consumer devices and appliances to increase the performance of password recovery. Elcomsoft Home Cloud Computing supports a wide range communication-enabled devices featuring CPU, GPU, or DSP units such as communicators, phones, tablets, digital SLR cameras, iPods and iPads, some models of flat-screen TVs and Wi-Fi or Ethernet-enabled media players, kitchen appliances.

New version of Elcomsoft Phone Password Breaker also gets ATI Radeon 6000-series update, adds support for Apple iPad 2, and fixes several minor bugs.

Press release: ElcomSoft Discovers Vulnerability in Nikon's Image Authentication System http://www.elcomsoft.com/PR/nikon_110428_en.pdf

A set of forged images that are successfully passing validation http://www.elcomsoft.com/nikon.html

ElcomSoft Corporate Blog: Some Technical Details; World's Famous Hoax Photos http://blog.crackpassword.com/2011/04/nikon-image-authentication-system-compromised/

Access to password-protected backups is possible if the original password is known or recovered with Elcomsoft Phone Password Breaker.

Elcomsoft Blackberry Backup Explorer is completely stand-alone, and does not require BlackBerry Desktop Software to operate. Advanced Professional and affordable Standard editions are available.

Read the press release:
http://www.elcomsoft.com/PR/ebbe_110519_en.pdf

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http://www.elcomsoft.com/ebbe.html

While iPhone backups store a lot of information about the usage of an iPhone device, they don't have everything. Forensic wise, dumping the contents of the physical device is the only proper way to handle an investigation. A decrypted dump of the file system can be analyzed by certified, highly advanced forensic tools.

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http://www.elcomsoft.com/PR/eppb_110524_en.pdf

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ElcomSoft blog: Breaking the iPhone Encryption
http://blog.elcomsoft.com

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http://www.elcomsoft.com/PR/fpe_110602_en.pdf

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http://www.elcomsoft.com/fpe.html

Added support for Microsoft Lync (ex Office Communicator) 2010 v4.0 and Google Talk (Labs Edition); updated support for the latest versions of AOL IM (7.5), Windows Live Messenger (2011), PalTalk (10.0), Trillian Astra (5.0.0.33) and many others.]]> ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/461.html http://www.elcomsoft.co.uk/news/462.html Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:26:16 +0400 New version of Elcomsoft Blackberry Backup Explorer is now available.

Added 'Duration' field/column for Phone Call Logs and Phone Hotlist; improved support for parsing BB data (SMS messages, tasks, phone logs, notes, calendar, saved email messages, contacts) in languages other than English.

• added support for iPhone 3G
• added support for iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS running iOS 3.x
• added support for the latest iOS versions: 4.3.5 (GSM) and 4.2.10 (CDMA)
• logical acquisition is now also available
• decrypting the keychain (all records, including iTunes backup password and many others)
• instant recovery of the passcode for devices running iOS 3.x
• creating the log file during operation
• both Windows and MacOS X versions are included into the package
• some bug fixes and minor improvements

To get more information, please visit iOS Forensic Toolkit web page.

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http://elcomsoft.com/PR/eift_110725_en.pdf

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• (Professional edition only) The program is now able to read Password Keeper data (logins and passwords) from backup -- of course, if the password is known.
• Added support for new data types: "Recent Contacts" and "Text Messages" (the latter does not contain messages, but only phone numbers and names). Also, "Browser Cache" (in addition to "Browser Data Cache) is now supported; not only .png, but also .ico files are now extracted.
• Reading BlackBerry Messenger contacts has been seriously improved (especially for very large number of records).
• 'Mobile2' field is now also exported from contacts (into Excel and Outlook).
• Seriosly improved speed on reading password-protected (encrypted) backup files.
• Added new option: "SMS threads highlight".
• Extended command line functionality.
• Some problems have been fixed: reading SMS messages in Italian language; reading contacts in UTF-8 encoding; saving multiple contacts that have photos attached.

To get more information and download free trial version, please visit Elcomsoft Blackberry Backup Explorer home page:

http://www.elcomsoft.com/ebbe.html

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http://www.elcomsoft.com/PR/eppb_110830_en.pdf

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http://www.elcomsoft.com/PR/eppb_110929_en.pdf

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More information is available from the product page:
http://www.elcomsoft.com/asapr.html

To get more information, please visit iOS Forensic Toolkit web page.

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http://www.elcomsoft.com/PR/eift_111101_en.pdf

More information is available from the product page:
http://www.elcomsoft.com/eift.html

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Learn more about Elcomsoft iOS Forensic Toolkit:
http://www.elcomsoft.com/eift.html

By recovering passwords protecting Apple iWork documents, ElcomSoft offers forensic experts access to a wider range of encrypted evidence. At this time, Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery remains the only commercially available solution to recover iWork passwords.

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http://www.elcomsoft.com/PR/edpr_120209_en.pdf

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http://www.elcomsoft.com/PR/quiz_120222_en.pdf

ElcomSoft Password Usage Survey in Charts:
http://www.elcomsoft.com/PR/quiz-charts.pdf

Learn more about Elcomsoft Wireless Security Auditor:
http://www.elcomsoft.com/ewsa.html

Learn more about Elcomsoft Phone Password Breaker:
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http://www.elcomsoft.com/PR/OpenCL_120308_en.pdf

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