Reactive Software Blog

As stated on our program pages, we regularly test our software for compatibility.
Gmail Password Recovery needs an update on the following sides:

1. Add support for Gmail and Google passwords stored in new Firefox 3. It looks like Firefox password manager changed storage location every time the new version was released
2. Add support for Google Calendar Synch
3. IE6: there’s no need to update the algorithm for the new Internet Explorer 6. The current algorithm recovers these without a problem

(more…)

We have previously reported some bugs in our FileZilla Password Decoder.

I wanted to let our users know that we’re also working on fixing the bugs in Trillian password recovery tool. We have received numerous bug reports on this program and will put a priority on this bugfix release.

Here’s a list of things we want to fix:

• The passwords from new versions of Trillian (3, Astra & Pro) are not recovered. Partly due to the fact that current password location search is not sophisticated enough
• Small buffer - we have received reports about the current version of decrypter not showing all passwords due to low variable size
• Missing characters in passwords. The decryption algorithm is limited in the range of characters that it understands

Links:

• Trillian password recovery tool
• FileZilla Password Decoder

Thanks to our dear users, we have identified two issues with the FileZilla Password Recovery:

1. Passwords can be recovered from FileZilla v2.x from both registry and xml files but FileZilla 3.x passwords are not recovered
2. Size of one of the variables that holds the data internally is not large enough. As a result when you have many sites saved in the Connection Manager some of these sites will not be shown.

In the next couple of weeks we’ll re-write our FileZilla password decryption tool and release a new version with these and other tiny bugs removed.

We’re happy to release a major update that indeed makes the program the best of its’ kind in terms of recovering your Google passwords. If a Google password is saved on your PC by one of the applications that use Google services the program will find and show this password.

What’s been added:

• Support for Google Desktop password decryption (CryptProtectData algorithm is used to store the encrypted password)
• Support for Google Photos Screensaver password decoding (Google Picasa Screensaver) (CryptProtectData algorithm is used to store the encrypted password)
• Support for decoding passwords from various Firefox extensions that use Google accounts: Gmail Manager passwords, Gmail Checker passwords, Webmail Notifier passwords, Gspace passwords & Gmail Notifier passwords (not to be confused with a stand-alone Gmail Notifier application that is supported already)

Fixes:

• Decryption algorithm now supports Firefox 2.x.
• During an upgrade from Firefox 1.x to Forefox 2.x sometimes signons2.txt file is added without migrating the data from signons.txt. In that case signons.txt is left without usage on your PC and you don’t even suspect your old data is still there (Firefox shows only signons2.txt if it exists). Gmail Password Recovery shows passwords from both signons.txt and signons2.txt

Let us know if you’re running a blog and wish to review the new version. We’ll give you a code for the review.
Links:

• Download the latest version of Gmail Password Recovery
• Gmail Password Recovery homepage

Although we state that our Gmail Password Recovery is possibly the best tool on the net to recover any Gmail passwords stored on the system, the tool could have been even better.

As part of our continuous testing cycle to make sure our tools support the latest releases of the programs we have discovered some bugs and features that could be nice to have fixed in the new versions of Gmail Password Recovery:

• The Firefox password recovery does not work on the recent Firefox version 2 and above.
• It would be great to have the Gmail Password Recovery supporting Firefox Gmail-related Add-ons such as support for:
  • Gmail Manager passwords
  • Gmail Checker passwords
  • Gmail Notifier passwords (not to be confused with a stand-alone Gmail Notifier application that is supported already)
  • Gspace passwords (uses Gmail as a remote storage space)
  • Webmail Notifier passwords
• Support for Google Desktop passwords
• Support for Google Screensaver passwords (access to Picasa web albums)

We’ll be releasing new versions to cover the fixes described above in the coming weeks, so watch out for updates!

Links:

• Download the latest version of Gmail Password Recovery
• Gmail Password Recovery homepage

AIM is jumping in versions from 6.5 directly to 6.8 despite having only one more-or-less significant change (Real-Time IM).

Just a short post to say that AIM Password Recovery has been tested under the new Beta AIM 6.8 that was released yesterday. Happy to say that decryption went fine. The algorithms didn’t change. Thanks AOL team!

Links:

• Download AIM Password Recovery
• AIM Password Recovery homepage

Paltalk Password Recovery will find encrypted Paltalk, PaltalkScene & SuperIM passwords, decode them and decrypt them with a click of a button. The correct passwords are recovered automatically if they are saved on the local system and you are able to login with Paltalk automatically without having to manually enter the password. All versions of Paltalk are supported including Paltalk Scene, Basic, Plus, Extreme, Deluxe, Premium, PalPlus and SuperIM. Passwords from multiple profiles can be recovered as well as passwords from the ICQ, AIM and Yahoo Messenger that are stored by Paltalk.

As usual with all our releases we’ve done very thorough testing on many system configurations. Testing environments included Windows XP & Windows Vista; Paltalk version 8.5 (recommended for Win 95/98/ME), Paltalk 9.1 and the late PaltalkScene 9.2. We’ve also tested to make sure Paltalk decrypter works for multiple Paltalk user accounts and decodes AIM Passwords, ICQ Passwords and Yahoo Messenger passwords stored by Paltalk.

Links:

1. Paltalk Password Recovery homepage
2. Download Paltalk Password Recovery
3. Paltalk homepage

On a lightnote: I have never seen so many names and name iterations for one program! Below are the names I discovered were used to reference Paltalk on the official Paltalk site:

• Paltalk (trademarked)
• SuperIM (trademarked)
• PalPlus
• Paltalk Messenger
• PaltalkScene
• Paltalk Scene Basic
• Paltalk Scene Plus (also known as Deluxe)
• Paltalk Scene Extreme (also known as Premium)
• Paltalk Deluxe
• Paltalk Premium

I don’t like that. Software needs to be built consistently. Not just the internals. Many names impose crippled marketing.

Merry Christmas to you all!

Just wanted to say thanks to these guys who have announced the new version of Google Talk Password Recovery in their blogs:

• imessengr.com
• customizetalk.com
• messenger.es (Spanish)
• genbeta.com (Spanish)
• amigomensajero.com (Spanish)
• downloadblog.it (Italian)

There has been a substantial amount of downloads from these sites. Thanks a lot chaps!

Original GTalk Password Recovery description:
Google Talk Password Recovery is a utility for finding and decrypting Google Talk, GMail and Picasa passwords that are stored on your computer with a click of a button! This password decoder works when “Remember Password” checkbox is ticked in GTalk instant messenger. Passwords from multiple profiles can be recovered, all versions of Google Talk are supported. This password decoder will also find a saved password from Gmail Notifier & Picasa. Google services passwords from Firefox and Internet Explorer are recovered too. This is possibly the best password decrypter for Google passwords that you can find on the internet!

Links:

• Download the new version of Google Talk Password Recovery
• Google Talk Password Recovery homepage

We’ve gotten our hands onto the leaked version of Windows Live Messenger 9.0 Beta today. It was nice to know that the algorithm for storing Windows Live passwords is the same as in the latest official version (Windows Live Messenger 8.5) hence we can confirm that our Windows Live Password Recovery tool can decode passwords stored by Windows Live Messenger Version 2009 (9.0.1407.1107).

Links:

• Download Windows Live Password Recovery
• Visit Windows Live Password Recovery homepage

AIM is by far the most popular IM on the market with 53 million active users. Many people tend to keep their password saved on the AIM so that they don’t have to type it in every time they switch on their PC. Once they enter it, they never have to use it again until they want to move their AIM account to another PC. Just at this time they realise that they have forgotten what their AIM password is.

You could reset your forgotten password through the official AOL password reset page unless of course you don’t have access anymore to your email you used to register your AIM screenname or the date of birth you entered was wrong.
There is still a chance if that “unless” scenario is true:

Previous versions of AIM stored passwords in the hash form (not possible to decrypt). The latest generation of AIM (version 6) stores passwords in the decryptable form.
A tool that recovers forgotten AOL Instant Messenger Passwords is called AIM Password Recovery

This is likely to be the first tool to be able to recover passwords from the latest AIM since version 4.8.

Links:

• Download AIM Password Recovery
• AIM Password Recovery homepage