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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: December 08, 2003
- Total Downloads: 167,045
- Downloads last week: 569
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 23 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
If you've forgotten a simple password for a Word or Excel file, this free utility is a good way to recover it. Compared to full-fledged password crackers, Free Word Excel Password Wizard offers a very limited set of attacks. However, the free demos of fuller-featured programs typically let you recover passwords of only one or two characters--in other words, they're useless for any practical purpose. The developers of this program acknowledge it's only useful for short, simple passwords (for instance, English words) of up to eight characters, but it does a decent job cracking those. You can choose character sets and dictionary files, and in our tests the program discovered the password lover in a few seconds. Give it a shot before moving on to more powerful remedies.Publisher's description
From Mastermen :This free software helps to recover file open passwords for Word and Excel files from version 97 onwards. It supports dictionary and brute force attacks and has an easy to use interface, which guides you through the recovery process.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.1 stars out of 23 votes
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Version: Free Word Excel Password Wizard 1
"this is very helpful for password remember"
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Version: Free Word Excel Password Wizard 1
Pros: Even though my excel file had an easy password it found it quite fast.
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Version: Free Word Excel Password Wizard 1
Pros: easy install
Cons: Asked which dictionary i wanted to use, and navigates to My Documents. There was nothing there, so it didnt work
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Version: Free Word Excel Password Wizard 1
"does not allow for long enough passwords"
Pros: works well for passwords less than 4 characters long.
Cons: takes forever on passwords over 4 characters long.
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Version: Free Word Excel Password Wizard 1
Pros: free
Cons: .nuts, requires .net. XP is already too slow; so, I'll look for something else.
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