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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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2009-08-28, 03:14:05   (updated: 2009-08-28, 03:14:51)
anonymous from Greece  
i have download yugi power of chos rar but the files are encrypted
2009-09-05, 08:35:41
anonymous from Thailand  
ทำไง งงครับ


Keywords:
2009-09-10, 07:50:48
anonymous from United States  
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I use http://www.filepasswords.com to find all passwords for RAR, ZIP and Torrent files.

Check it out.
2009-09-10, 10:39:01
anonymous from Serbia  
i need password for .... 'Miso_Kovac_-_Koncert_TIGER_upload_by_yump3.org.rar' ...
2009-09-11, 04:08:59
anonymous from India  
what is the password for SPy[1].tools.rar pllllllhelp
2009-09-11, 05:44:30
anonymous  
what is password for spy[1].tools.rar plllhelp
2009-09-11, 08:48:05   (updated: 2009-09-11, 09:06:13)
anonymous from India  
    password fo Princeton.Verbal.Workout .rar
2009-09-11, 15:44:05
anonymous from United States  
Found the file passwords for Miso_Kovac_-_Koncert_TIGER_upload_by_yump3.org.rar and Princeton.Verbal.Workout .rar...

http://www.filepass...rar.html

http://www.filepass..g.rar.html
2009-09-11, 16:44:12
anonymous from Sint Anthonis, Netherlands  
G-Force DvDRip Xvid DiAMOND the paswort please!!
2009-09-11, 23:43:13
[hidden]  
I need the password for fifa 10 demo, which I downloaded from these sites

http://rapidshare.c...part1.rar 71.67 Mb
http://rapidshare.c...part2.rar 71.67 Mb
http://rapidshare.c...part3.rar 71.67 Mb
http://rapidshare.c...part4.rar 39.41 Mb

Its asking me for the password of - FIFA 2010\audio\aemsbank.big

2009-09-11, 23:52:17
anonymous  
need spy[1].tools.rar file password ..........have any sugessssss.
2009-09-12, 20:37:02
anonymous from India  
pls tell me d password for
Princeton.Verbal.Workout .rar
2009-09-13, 23:54:11
anonymous from India  
spy[1].tools.rar pass pleaseee help
2009-09-13, 23:54:13
anonymous from Bombay, India  
spy[1].tools.rar pass pleaseee help
2009-09-13, 23:54:17
anonymous from India  
spy[1].tools.rar pass pleaseee help
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