Here is the simple trick through which you can access saved passwords.
HOW TO ACCESS REGISTRY ??
- Goto Start Menu.
- Click on Run.
- Type “regedit” (without quotes) in the Run Box .After that this Windows Opens . Now you are ready to see that.
LOCATIONS OF SAVED PASSWORDS !
FOR INTERNET EXPLORER 4.00 – 6.00
- The passwords are stored in a secret location in the Registry known as the “Protected Storage“.
- The base key of the Protected Storage is located under the following key:
“HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Protected Storage System Provider“.
- You can browse the above key in the Registry Editor (RegEdit), but you won’t be able to watch the passwords, because they are encrypted.
- Also, this key cannot easily moved from one computer to another, like you do with regular Registry keys.
FOR INTERNET EXPLORER 7.00 – 8.00
The new versions of Internet Explorer stores the passwords in 2 different locations.
- AutoComplete passwords are stored in the Registry under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IntelliForms\Storage2.
- HTTP Authentication passwords are stored in the Credentials file under
Documents and Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Credentials
, together with login passwords of LAN computers and other passwords.
FIREFOX
- The passwords are stored in one of the following filenames: signons.txt, signons2.txt, and signons3.txt (depends on Firefox version)
- These password files are located inside the profile folder of Firefox, in
[Windows Profile]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\[Profile Name]
Also, key3.db, located in the same folder, is used for encryption/decription of the passwords.
GOOGLE CHROME WEB BROWSER
- The passwords are stored in
[Windows Profile]\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Web Data
(This filename is SQLite database which contains encrypted passwords and other stuff)
OPERA
The passwords are stored in wand.dat filename, located under
[Windows Profile]\Application Data\Opera\Opera\profile
There are some more application whose password storage you probably want to know, like Outlook Express, Outlook 98/2000, Windows Live Mail, ThunderBird, Google Talk, Google Desktop, Windows Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, AIM, ICQ Lite, Digsby, PaltalkScene. Wait for it !! I will provide it on my next post.
Have Fun!!
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Cool stuff but I use Windows 7. Let me try it on some friends PC “evil”
I think it’s more safer if you not store your password in your PC =)
Thanks buddy for this information.. I did not know this.. Very helpful for beginners
And this is precisely why I use Ubuntu Linux and Google Chrome… Microsoft software is simply a security disaster waiting to happen!
Great Post buddy… eagerly waiting for next parts …
Nice trick..thanks for sharing it will be useful for me…