Getting password from Internet Explorer ( WINDOWS)

Today I am going to tell you how to get the saved ( sometimes even unsaved) password from windows.Windows stores user information in all sorts of places. Some of them you know i.e. cookies , temporary internet files , configuration files but there are some other locations where information is stored that can be much more interesting . I’ll show you how to gather information about users and settings they keep.

Please note, I will be describing utilities found inside of windows and from a software developed name Nir sofer. Although the programs created by Nir sofer are free today, they may not be tomorrow. This article discusses details about the “protected storage manager” in Windows . One caveat however : you will need to be logged in as the user you intend to gather this information from. If you do not have access to the user account , you may need to go though the process of getting into Administrator account .( By resetting the password ). Also , on windows XP home computer, the administrator account has an Empty password when booting into safe account and there you can change the user’s password .

Getting password from Internet Explorer.

The protected storage manager is a simply a location in the windows registry. The protected storage is a feature of windows that stores most, if not all , of the user’s information in an empty encrypted location. By default the “protected storage” service in windows XP is required to save any password the user uses in Email , messenger , Internet Explorer . It is on the default in windows XP. In the registry, you can find the protected storage location by running “regedit” and locating the following key and subkey : HKEY_CURRNT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Protected storage system provider .

Often this location in the registry is either hidden or encrypted or both – so you won’t likely find much if you go snooping around. There are utilities to get access to this information on the local computer. Below the screenshot of the PassView .

( you can download passview by Clicking here )

Some other utilities are Protected storage Explorer , cain & abel, and secret Explorer . If you get the username of password of any one website for instant Facebook then you will find user/password pairs for other sites. You were thinking how? Ok , Often people don’t vary user names and password enough to keep you from guessing them. The function of saving usernames and password is ( for the most part) seamless to the user. So what are you waiting for, Go hack the world . let world me also understand your importance .

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