This utility recovers lost passwords for ZIP, RAR, ACE archives Written by Elena Opris on February 15th, 2012 ZIP RAR ACE Password Recovery is an application with a pretty self-explanatory title - it can retrieve lost or forgotten passwords on archives of the ZIP, RAR and ACE formats (plus EXE). The interface of the program is clean and intuitive. You can add an archive by using the file browser or the "drag and drop" method. So, you can select the charset (small letters, caps letters, space, digits, other symbols, custom) and save it for further projects. But you can also set the priority level (low, normal or high), as well as specify the recovery type (brute force, mask or dictionary) and start options (minimal length, start from). In addition, you can select a dictionary for ZIP RAR ACE Password Recovery to use, as well as set the tool to minimize to system tray. If the task is successful, you can view the revealed password, file path and format, as well as copy or save the password in a text document. In the "Settings" menu, you can set the program to automatically save projects at a specific time interval, restore default options after restarting it, to always show the icon in the system tray and to automatically check for updates online. The program takes up a low-to-moderate amount of system resources and has a well-written user documentation. It manages to successfully complete a task without popping up any errors (evidently, this can take a while). Unfortunately, the demo version only allows you to retrieve passwords up to three characters in length, so we cannot accurately evaluate the tool. But the demo software showed us promising features. We recommend ZIP RAR ACE Password Recovery to all users.
ZIP RAR ACE Password Recovery description Here are some key features of "ZIP RAR ACE Password Recovery": · The program has a convenient user interface · Drag-and-Drop is supported · The program can work with archives containing only one encrypted file · RAR Archives (All versions including v3.0) are supported · RAR Archives with encrypted Filenames supported · Multi-volume RAR archives support · ZIP Archives support · ACE Archives support · Self-extracting archives are supported · Archives created by various software packages are supported · The program is very customizable: you can set the password length, the character set to be used to generate the passwords, mask character, and a couple of other options · You can select the custom character set for brute-force attack (non-English characters are supported) · Brute-Force attack · The "brute-force with mask" attack (with custom mask character) is available · Dictionary-based attack is available · Autosave password search state and resume after a stop or a crash · Extract tool for ZIP, RAR and ACE archives · The maximum password length is not limited · CPU Priority control is available · Full Skinning Support · Auto Update tool automatically downloads and installs new versions of ZIP RAR ACE Password Recovery Limitations: · Only recovers passwords up to 3 characters in length · nag screen What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ] · Improved brute-force engine and many other improvements and fixes Users are advised to pay attention while installing this ad-supported application: · Offers to change the homepage for web browsers installed in the system · Offers to change the default search engine for web browsers installed in the system · Offers to download or install software or components (Babylon Toolbar) that the program does not require to fully function