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Question:

I downloaded an archive from the edonkey filesharing platform and was going to unpack it. It turns out that the archive is protected by a password (encrypted). How can I find the password?

Answer:

For RAR archives there is a shareware tool (http://www.rarpasswordcracker.com/) that can try a brute force or a dictionary attack. The brute force attack for passwords of more than 5 characters takes pretty long already, the dictionary attack is more promising. The shareware version only searches passwords up to a length of 4 characters, I found.

If the file came from the ed2k platform (edonkey), then you may want to look for comments on the file. Unfortunately you cannot view comments once the file is completed, so you'll have to move the archive out of the shared folder, then search for the file again and start the download again. Wait a little, and you can - hopefully - view comments on it. Possibly one of the comments will indicate the password.

If there are no such comments, then take a good look at the file name. It is common that the file name contains a [..] part. The term in [] may just be the password.

Examples:

super_software_[secret9].rar
super_software_[pass_secret9].zip

The password would be 'secret9' here.


Update: As someone posted in the comments section, if you downloaded an encrypted file from the edonkey network that may have been released by the 'Goldesel' crew, then try this password: "www.goldesel.6x.to". For some reason the Goldesel people felt to advertise their web site that way.


Comments:

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2009-08-07, 02:13:14
jesse_soccer12@hotmail.com from Australia  
i need password for portable half-life source


Keywords:
2009-08-07, 05:10:02
anonymous from India  
the hangover password please
2009-08-07, 06:44:28
anonymous from India  
can somebody give the password for extracting the files of dbz budokai 3 on the site http://sharecash.or..p?id=44774 because i cant get it in my country.Thanks in advance
2009-08-08, 00:48:11
anonymous from India  
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please help me to watch movie

hangover password DvDrip-aXXo

please please
2009-08-08, 00:48:45
anonymous from India  
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please help me to watch movie

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please please
2009-08-08, 00:51:04
anonymous from India  
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please help me to watch movie

hangover password DvDrip-aXXo

please please

mail me 'arun_southpremier@yahoo.com'
2009-08-08, 01:21:13
anonymous from Malaysia  
hi... i just need the password for the movie Transformers Revenge Of The Fallen... its spynova... if anybody can help me plz email me at beach_black@yahoo.com.. thanks so much..
2009-08-11, 20:31:20
anonymous from Denmark  
i need a password for this rar file Ultimate_Hacking_DIY_v.6.4401

Can anyone please help?
2009-08-12, 07:12:15
mollesmolles@yahoo.com  
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can anyone help me with the password for NUENDO.part2.rar
2009-08-12, 13:14:17
anonymous  
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eeeedtjgvbhn i don't get anything
2009-08-22, 16:16:11
anonymous from Spain  
Anyone with the password for My Life In Ruins from DEViSE
2009-08-23, 02:17:33
anonymous from Sri Lanka  
madagascar 2 password
2009-08-24, 05:07:14
anonymous from India  
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2009-08-24, 20:42:30
anonymous from Delhi, India  
cold u pleare tell me the passward of GI_Joe_Rise_Of_The_Cobra_2009_DVDSCR_XViD_PUKKA_ please.......................
2009-08-28, 02:32:14
anonymous from Australia  
it would be awesome if someone could please let me know what the password for

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