Advanced RAR Password Recovery 1.52

• License:

  Free to try; $30.00 to buy

• Editor's Rating:

  4.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  1.5 stars (out of 6 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  209,307

• Operating Systems:

  Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98

• Additional Requirements:

  Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server

• Limitations:

  3-character password trial

• Date Added:

  April 04, 2005

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Publisher's description of Advanced RAR Password Recovery

From ElcomSoft:

Advanced RAR Password Recovery recovers lost or forgotten passwords for RAR/WinRAR archives. It supports the customizable brute-force and dictionary-based attacks. A multilingual interface is provided.

Version 1.52 features a new setup program (digitally signed), improved help file (in HTML Help format) and a few cosmetic changes.

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Editor's review of Advanced RAR Password Recovery

• 4.0 stars

• "Advanced RAR Password Recovery"

• Reviewed by: CNET Staff
• Version reviewed: Advanced RAR Password Recovery 1.52

This program recovers forgotten passwords for RAR archives. Recovery runs in the background and resumes on the next system start-up. When you have completely forgotten a password, Advanced RAR Password Recovery will run a brute-force attack that applies all possible combinations one by one. In such a case, you can set the minimum and maximum number of characters and the character sets you used (letters, numbers, and non-English characters). If you recall part of the password, you can restrict the search area with a mask such as m***l. If you have used a meaningful word for your password, the dictionary attack helps. You can plug in external dictionaries and check all possible lowercase and uppercase combinations. To decrease recovery time, the program optimizes its code for each type of processor. The trial version limits recovery to three-letter combinations, which doesn't give you the opportunity to fully evaluate performance. If you've forgotten the password for an important archived document, however, Advanced RAR Password Recovery may save you.

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• Average user rating: 1.5 stars out of 6 votes
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• 1 stars

  2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

  Version: Advanced RAR Password Recovery 1.52

  "Why does CNet have a 4star rating on this software?"

  by Enfield500 on May 13, 2006

  Pros: I simply do not understand why CNet has such a good rating on such a crap software?

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• 1 stars

  1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  Version: Advanced RAR Password Recovery 1.52

  "THE MOST DRAN FUTILE SOFTWARE EVER!!! I SWEAR!!!!"

  by Prash.b on November 27, 2007

  Pros: COMPANY'S WAY OF MAKING MONEY [ $30 ] FOR A DARN INEFFECTUAL SOFTWARE!!!

  Cons: TAKES AROUND 5 HOURS SEARCHING FOR A 10 LETTERS LONG WORD AND GUESS WHAT AFTER 5 LONG HOUR THIS PIECE OF f@$#%#& S$%T... COMES OUT WITH NOTHING MENTIONING "NO PASSWORD FOUND" PLEASE!! WHOEVER READS THIS I SUGGEST YOU TO

  "NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT THIS SOFTWARE..." Pls don waste your time with this!!!

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• 2 stars

  Version: Advanced RAR Password Recovery 1.52

  "it's slower than 286 pc's"

  by sunu123 on January 15, 2008

  Pros: this program has a simple interface and yet easy to use

  Cons: dispite the simple interface and easy to use this program was slower than a turtle, it takes years to crack a password ( even with dual core CPU ).

  Man, **** happens...

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• 3 stars

  0 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  Version: Advanced RAR Password Recovery 1.52

  "its easy to use"

  by jacourt67 on November 13, 2007

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