CNET Editors' review
View hidden passwords on many dialog boxes with this utility, but don't expect it to work for all Web sites as promised.
Password Spectator's interface is really a dialog box that gives instructions for using the program. It's a slightly convoluted operation. Hold the Control key and float your mouse to the password. Press the secondary mouse button to display your password in a separate window. The program worked for all Windows-based password dialogs, but failed to reveal passwords on the major e-mail Web sites we tried.
This is a freeware tool, and some users may not mind the multiple steps needed to reveal passwords. However, we have found numerous freeware applications that outperform this utility. While anyone from novice users to system administrators could use Password Spectator, you might want to spend a little extra time testing other application in this category.
Publisher's Description
From Refog:
When you enter your password on most sites, you see only asterisk signs. This feature is intended to protect your passwords; but sometimes this feature becomes more of a pain, rather than help. Password Spectator is a software that lets you see the actual password behind the asterisks.
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All versions:
3.2 starsout of 26 votes
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Current version:
3.2 starsout of 26 votes
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"this program is fake. Not working at all!!!"
Version: Password Spectator 3.2
Pros
this is more than a virus
Cons
this program ruin my browser and my computer
Summary
Cnet please delete this program
awfully !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Updated on Jan 6, 2012
Updated on Jan 6, 2012awfully !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -
"Did what I needed it to."
Version: Password Spectator 3.2
Pros
Works. simple interface
Cons
none yet. thanks to whoever wrote this one...
Summary
It has worked the for the several items I needed it with, and they were in popup windows. works on win 7. x 64
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"it doesn't work with firefox 3.69"
Version: Password Spectator 3.2
Pros
there are none
Cons
doesn't work with firefox 3.69
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"DOES NOT WORK AT ALL!!!"
Version: Password Spectator 3.2
Pros
Absolutely nothing good about this program
Cons
Did exactly what it told me to do and guess what?? NOTHING happened... What a surprise!
Summary
Running win7 and Firefox 3.6.12
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"Works great!"
Version: Password Spectator 3.2
Pros
It did exactly what I needed; revealed a hidden password.
Cons
Nothing comes to mind. If you can follow simple instructions, then you can use this program.
Summary
I was using a program (CuteFTP) which had a password as part of a specifc site login. As I've upgraded my computer's over the years, I brought the encrypted login's & passwords file along with the CuteFTP program. During my latest "upgrade" (finally got a Core 2 Quad), CuteFTP wouldn't accept my "key" (used too many times). This program allowed me to view the long-forgotten password for a critical FTP login, and I used it with FileZilla. Thanks Refog!
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"It didn't work on my network passwords"
Version: Password Spectator 3.2
Pros
It installed easily.
Cons
It didn't work on network passwords which is what I was looking for.
Summary
It may work fine for everything BUT network passwords.
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"Just did great"
Version: Password Spectator 3.2
Pros
Level of success over passwords
Cons
it really revealed password that not many other application on the market did..I advise to use everyone.it also contain no virus,trojens etc..
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"flagged as risk?"
Version: Password Spectator 3.2
Pros
its free? might work as it says but...
Cons
symantec antivirus quarantined the file mid download
Summary
risk security URL here:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2006-062211-3549-99
most important excerpt
"PasswordSpectator is a password recovery tool. It can reveal and store passwords which are entered into Web sites and applications."
so its quarientining the file for what it says it does, not because theres something more malicious in the background. for the people unlucky enough to be running a virus scan software that feels like 'protecting' them from cracking tools that pose no actual threat you'll have to disable your scanners -
"Does not work"
Version: Password Spectator 3.2
Pros
Does not work
Cons
Does not work. Downloaded this to reveal passwords stored by Opera browser, but all I got back was a "password not found" message, which is idiotic, as the password quite plainly is there in Opera and used by it to log me in to sites. This program,
Summary
Do not download
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"It's well to help the oprator maneage he's system."
Version: Password Spectator 3.2
Pros
I need the the software to get the password be written long time ago. I will reinstall our system. It's will lost after I do.
Cons
noting. I have no running this program. I can't to write my motion.
