Used Parallel Password Recovery (RAR module) for Windows?
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Pros
- Recovers RAR and WinRAR 2.x to 3.x archive passwords.
- Leverages multi-core CPUs and a single NVIDIA GPU for local acceleration.
- Supports standard attacks like brute force and dictionary.
- Password Definition Language (PDL) enables custom attack types.
- Supports multi-volume, self-extracting, and encrypted header RAR archives.
Cons
- Local version limited to using up to four CPU cores.
- Local version supports only one NVIDIA GPU.
- Support explicitly mentioned only for WinRAR 2.x to 3.x archives.
- No mention of support for other GPU vendors (AMD, Intel).
- Distributed technology capabilities are not detailed for the local utility.
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