Cracking Windows Password

Cracking The Windows Login Password:The Windows ( 9x) password is passed through a very weak algorithm and is quite easy to crack.Windows stores this login password in *.pwl files in the c:\windows directory.The .pwl files have the filename which is the username coresponding to the password stored by it.A typical .pwl file would be as follows:

Note: This .pwl file has been taken from a Win98 machine running IE 5.0

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Lets go through the contents of this .pwl file.I am not sure what the first line signifies, but my guess would be that it is the Name to which the computer is registered to.The next four lines have just been entered by Windows and are not readable.The last two lines is the password but in the encrypted form.There is no way to get the plaintext password by just studying the Windows algorithm and these lines.To actually crack the password you need a simple but mewl cracker coded in C called Glide.I have included the code below.If you have a sound C knowledge you can study the code and actually experience how a password cracker works and how a password is encrypted in Windows i.e. more about the Windows encryption algorithm.

Newbie Tip: All exploits, crackers, mail bombers practically everything related with Hacking has been written in either Perl or C. If you really want to be considered an elite hacker, you have to know how to program, without a sound knowledge of either C (C++) or Perl you cannot hack successfully.Almost all exploits available on the net have an important part edited or missing, without which it has no use.Some exploits may be needed to be edited in order to be run in your platform.In order to do all this programming is needed.

If anybody needs this program then he or she can post your e-mail id as a comment.I will sent it to your id.