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Parallel RAR Password Recovery is a utility designed to retrieve lost passwords for RAR and WinRAR archives. It leverages multi-core CPUs and NVIDIA GPUs for accelerated recovery, supporting various attack methods and custom definitions.

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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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Full Specifications

GENERAL
Release
Latest update
Version
2.0
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Platform
Windows
Operating System
  • Windows XP
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows 2000
  • Windows 10
  • Windows 7
Additional Requirements
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package
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2,921
Downloads Last Week
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Recover RAR passwords using multi-core or distributed technology.

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