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License:
Free to try; $14.95 to buy
- Editor's Rating:
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Downloads:
6,322
- Operating Systems:
Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows Server 2008, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows 98
- Additional Requirements:
No additional requirements
- Limitations:
30-day trial
- Date Added:
May 24, 2009
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Publisher's description of Asterisks Password Viewer
From Keylack Software:Windows stores your frequently used passwords, such as the passwords in Outlook Express email or for an FTP connection. But since you no longer enter the saved passwords manually, you often tend to forget them. The password is staring right at you, but it's hiding behind a row of asterisks - ****.
This feature is intended to protect your passwords; but sometimes this feature becomes more of a nuisance, rather than a benefit. Asterisks Password Viewer is a program that lets you see the actual password behind the asterisks. It can recover passwords to programs such as Microsoft Outlook / Outlook Express, The BAT! and other e-mail clients, FTP clients such as CuteFTP, FlashFXP. Microsoft Internet Explorer password recovery support. Version 2.30 is a bug fixing release.
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Editor's review of Asterisks Password Viewer
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- "No surprises here"
- Reviewed on: January 12, 2009
- Version reviewed: Asterisks Password Viewer 2.30
This password display app is a little thin, and it's not entirely because of the partial transparency of the interface. Asterisks Password Viewer's simple dialog-sized interface is inexplicably semitransparent. There really isn't a need for the interface at all, but there is no reason to make it ghostly or to not let the user choose his or her preference.
In a common case of shareware name following function, Asterisks Password Viewer displays system passwords obscured by asterisks. Simply drag its magnifying glass icon over a protected password to reveal the true characters. Of course, the demo only reveals the first three characters, but the partial passwords were correct in our tests.
That's the full extent of the application. It cannot reveal passwords stored on the Web, or passwords protected by other means. Much support is given to updating the app with one button to check and another to configure automatic updates. If only there was a method to give the interface a solid background.
Users needing to reveal asterisk protected passwords should give Asterisks Password Viewer a test. There are numerous such apps on the market, and this one works as well as any, despite its ghostly look.
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Version: Asterisks Password Viewer 2.30
"NOT a full version - ONLY SHOWS FIRST 3 LETTERS"
Pros: Shows first 3 letters.
Cons: Only shows first 3 letters.
Summary: Under Limitations: it says "30-day trial" but fails to say that it only shows first 3 letters unless you pay.
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