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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/NT
- Date added: January 29, 2008
- Total Downloads: 16,159
- Downloads last week: 28
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 15 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
The publisher's promise that once you "get" this free password manager for Firefox, you won't be able to live without it. After trying it out, we're not so sure. The add-on is installed as easily as all Firefox extensions, and is then easily accessed from your context menu, Tools menu, or toolbar icon.
The program is designed to generate secure passwords and enter them with two clicks. The reality is more complex for every secure account you already have set up. You're forced to change the password to one that PasswordMaker generates or use the program's plain, multitabbed Advanced Options window to set up different accounts.
Unlike many other password managers, including Firefox's, the program doesn't appear when you log in to inquire if you want to save it the information. Testers with numerous accounts complained account set-up time was too great. PasswordMaker did quickly fill in the password for accounts it handled, but the process wasn't easier or faster than with similar tools.
Users who download this application should note the online Wikipedia-style user guide primarily applies to later versions than stored here. In the end, we just weren't persuaded that PasswordMaker was an add-on we couldn't live without, or one that could surpass Firefox's default password tools.
Publisher's description
From LeahScape :One password to rule them all. If you're like most people, you have a few passwords that you use over and over again on many different Web sites. You know this isn't secure, but you do it anyway. Because it's difficult to remember a unique password for each and every Web site that requires one. PasswordMaker manages all your online accounts using either new, uncrackable passwords it creates, or your existing passwords. It even automatically populates Web forms for one-click login. Moreover, passwords aren't stored anywhere--they are calculated over and over again as they're needed--so there's nothing to be lost, hacked, or stolen.
Version 1.6.2 includes unspecified updates.
CNET Editor's Note: The Download Now link will prompt a local download of the Firefox extension. To install the extension directly, open the file using your Firefox browser.
What's new in this version:
Version 1.6.2 includes unspecified updates.
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Version: PasswordMaker 1.6.2
"Excellent program that generates high security passwords"
Pros: It seems a bit complicated at first, but with perseverance you will be glad that you didn't give up. Some sights have rejected generated passwords because of the symbols that are used, but just keep trying. For those of you that have difficulty coming up with your own good passwords this will help you significantly.
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Version: PasswordMaker 1.6.2
Pros: i was thinking about that software itself and i was afraid that anbody knows my password thank you...
Cons: nothing.....i like it very much...
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