" After a HIGHLY APPRECIATIVE article on PDF password cracking , many readers asked for RAR file password cracking. So here are the steps "
Have
you ever ended up with a RAR file that was password protected? Maybe
you set the password yourself and forgot it! Whatever the case, there
are a couple of ways to crack the password on a RAR file if you get
lucky.
Basically, there are two standard methods to cracking a password for any
program: dictionary attack and brute-force attack. The first generates
passwords using word lists from a dictionary and the latter simply
searches all possible character combinations.
Obviously, the latter is harder and will take more time. If the password
is very complex and doesn’t have any recognizable dictionary word in
it, it might simply be impossible ( AS IT MAY TAKE DAYS OR EVEN MONTHS).
However, it’s always worth a try.
By using cRACK (for Windows, Win32/Win64 ) . [ http://www.crark.net/ ]:
1. Download latesT version of cRACk
( if while extracting the archive ask for password then click cancle
because only some files are password protected which are not needed in
the process . )
4. Run cRackGUI.exe
5. Choose the required options.
6 . Then click start.
7. Password is cracked ( remember the process takes time)
There are some more software available but they cost about $20 - 30$.
But if you search YOU can get the full versions ( YOu know what i want
to say ).
The free trial will allow you to
recover passwords up to 3 characters in length. If you have a longer
password and the program is able to determine the entire password, you
will see the 1st three characters followed by asterisks (*).
In this case, you can buy the program and it will unmask all the
characters. If it never shows the asterisks, that means it can’t figure
out the password and you don’t have to buy it! Nice.
This is another program that uses both
the brute force attack method and the dictionary attack. It’s shareware
also, so the free trial has some limitations.
