You will need
  • Software Advanced Archive Password Recovery.
Instruction
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To date, the number of such programs that supposedly can quickly decipher a forgotten password, quite a lot. But not all of them do it quickly and more does not cope with this task. This is not an absolute panacea, because it all depends on the complexity of the password.
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So you understand why it is so difficult, it is worth considering one example. A user has created a archive with the password and successfully forgot it, the password was simple — only 4 characters. To unravel this riddle, a special program is needed to sort out almost a million combinations. How do you figure that? It's very simple: on the keyboard 26 of 33 Latin and Cyrillic beech + 10 digits, in the end of 70 characters, which give a little more than 900 thousand. Now add to this figure one-, two - and three-digit passwords.
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Therefore, hopes for such programs is not necessary, because for several hours I do not get to choose a password longer than 5 characters. You can download the program from the official site www.elcomsoft.ru in the Download section. After navigating to a page, click the link "Download ARCHPR".
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After installing the program, which is no different from other similar, run it. Click "start menu", go to "All programs" in the folder Advanced Archive Password Recovery click the utilities tab.
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In the opened window specify the path to the archive with a password, click the "Open" button, select the file and press Enter. In the utility window has several tabs, the filling of which will allow to minimize the search time. It should be noted that the search speed is directly proportional to the speed of your computer, so if you have a choice, give preference to more modern powerful computer.
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On the first tab, "Set", you must specify the type of characters that contains the password. For example, numbers and Latin letters. You can also specify which figures you need to start and finish the set.
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Go to the tab "Length" and set the volume of password for the archive. If you do not have this information, it is recommended to deliver maximum value. Settings on the remaining tabs, the default, they should change only rarely. The free version will not be available tab with dictionaries.
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To start guessing the password, click the "Start" button, close all background programs and leave the computer on until the end of the operation. With a large number of characters in a password, the operation can last from several hours to several days.