Messenger Password Decryptor

About MessengerPasswordDecryptor

MessengerPasswordDecryptor (formerly IMPasswordDecryptor) is the FREE all-in-one software to instantly recover passwords from popular Messengers including GTalk, MSN, Trillian, Pidgin, Digsby etc. Most of the messengers offer the 'save password' feature to store the passwords for subsequent logins. Each Messenger uses its own storage format & encryption mechanism to securely store these remembered passwords. MessengerPasswordDecryptor helps in quickly decrypting and recovering all such stored passwords with just one click.

It presents both GUI and command-line interface making it useful tool for Penetration Testers & Forensic Investigators. Once it is installed, you can copy it to USB or any portable device and then run directly on any other system without installing again. It automatically discovers all supported Messengers installed on your system and instantly recovers the passwords. You can find the list of all supported messengers below. Current version supports password recovery from 3 new messengers Meebo Notifier, Nimbuzz & IMVU. MessengerPasswordDecryptor works on most of the Windows platforms starting from Windows XP to latest operating system, Windows 7.

Features of MessengerPasswordDecryptor

MessengerPasswordDecryptor supports recovery of stored passwords from most of the popular messengers. Here is the complete list of the supported applications.

Google Talk Windows Live Messenger MSN Messenger Digsby IM PaltalkScene Trillian Trillian Astra Pidgin (Formerly Gaim) MySpaceIM Miranda Beyluxe IM Meebo Notifier Nimbuzz Messenger IMVU XFire Game Messenger

Here are the highlights of top features of MessengerPasswordDecryptor which makes it stand apart from other similar tools including commercial ones.

Instantly decrypt and recover stored encrypted passwords from popular Messengers.  Recover password of any length and complexity.  Comes with both GUI interface as well as Command-line version.  Useful for Penetration Testers & Forensic Investigators.  Automatically discovers all supported Messengers and recovers the respective passwords.  Save the recovered password list to HTML file for transferring to other system or for future use.  Integrated Installer for assisting you in local Installation & Uninstallation.

Internals of MessengerPasswordDecryptor

Here are pointers on each of these messengers exposing more technical details about how they encrypt their login password, where it is stored and how we can decrypt it manually to recover the password.

Google Talk -   'Exposing the Google Password Secrets' Windows Live Messenger -    'Exposing the Password Secrets of MSN/Windows Live Messenger' MSN Messenger -    'Exposing the Password Secrets of MSN/Windows Live Messenger' Digsby IM -   'Password Secrets of Digsby IM' PaltalkScene -   Exposing the Password Secrets of PaltalkScene Trillian -   'Password Secrets of Trillion' Trillian Astra - 'Password Secrets of Trillion' Pidgin (Formerly Gaim) - 'Password Secrets of Pidgin / Gaim' MySpaceIM - 'Password Secrets of MySpace IM' Miranda -   'Password Secrets of Miranda Messenger' Beyluxe IM -  'Exposing the Password Secrets of Beyluxe Messenger' XFire -  'Password Secrets of XFire Game Messenger'

Installing MessengerPasswordDecryptor

Though MessengerPasswordDecryptor is a Portable tool, it comes with Installer so that you can install it locally on your system for regular usage. It has intuitive setup wizard (as shown in the screenshot below) which guides you through series of steps in completion of installation. At any point of time you can use Uninstaller to remove the software from the system.

Using MessengerPasswordDecryptor

MessengerPasswordDecryptor is easy to use with its simple GUI interface.  For advanced users & Penetration testers, it also comes with command line interace. Here are the brief usage details for both GUI and command line version.

Using GUI Version

Launch MessengerPasswordDecryptor on your system  Next click on 'Start Recovery' button and instantly all stored passwords from Messengers will be decrypted & displayed as shown in screenshot below.  By default passwords are not shown for security reasons as it is sensitive data. However you can click on'Show Password' button at the bottom to view these passwords.  Finally you can save all recovered password list to TEXT or HTML file by clicking on 'Export to Text' or'Export to HTML' button respectively.

Using Command-line Version

Here is the typical usage of command line version

MessengerPasswordDecryptor.exe  "<output_file path>"

Here are some of the examples

//Writes recovered password to text file in current directory MessengerPasswordDecryptor.exe  output.txt //Writes recovered password to HTML file in current directory MessengerPasswordDecryptor.exe  output.html //Writes recovered password to TEXT file MessengerPasswordDecryptor.exe  "c:\my test\passlist"

It automatically detects the mode (text or html) by using the extension of the specified file (txt or html). By default (or if no extension is specified) it uses the TEXT mode. For more examples refer to Screenshot 3 below.

Screenshots of MessengerPasswordDecryptor

Here are the screenshots of MessengerPasswordDecryptor

Screenshot 1:MessengerPasswordDecryptor is showing the recovered passwords from popular Messenger.

Screenshot 2:  Command line usage of MessengerPasswordDecryptor showing various examples.

Screenshot 3:  Exported list of of recovered Messenger passwords by MessengerPasswordDecryptor in HTML format.

Release History

Version 4.0 :  10th Aug 2011 Support for password recovery from 3 new messengers - Meebo Notifier, Nimbuzz & IMVU messengers.   Version 3.5 :  1st June 2011 New improved decryption code for MSN/Windows Live Messenger.   Version 3.0 :  14th May 2011 Software name changed to Messenger Password Decryptor from IMPasswordDecryptor. Support for password recovery from XFire Game Messenger.   Version 2.2 :  31st Mar 2011 Added links for PasswordForensics.com in about section and few bug fixes   Version 2.1 :  2nd Dec 2010 Brings in command-line version alogn with GUI interface, Support for older version of Miranda and Jabber protocol.   Version 2.0 :  11th Nov 2010 Setup Wizard for local Installation & Uninstallation.  More Protocols added for Miranda. Other bug fixes related to messengers.   Version 1.6 :  27th Oct 2010 Fixed issues with Digsby multiple account password recovery, support for Trillian on x64 bit system.   Version 1.5 :  15th Oct 2010 Support for password recovery from Digsby IM, PaltalkScene & Beyluxe Messenger is added.   Version 1.0 :  15th Sep 2010 First public release of MessengerPasswordDecryptor

Disclaimer

MessengerPasswordDecryptor is designed for good purpose to help users to recover the lost passwords from Messenger. Like any tool its use either good or bad, depends upon the user who uses it. However author is not responsible for any damage caused due to misuse of this tool. Read complete License & Disclaimer terms here.

Download MessengerPasswordDecryptor

FREE Download MessengerPasswordDecryptor 4.0 License  : Freeware Platform : Windows XP, 2003, Vista, Win7      nb  ; securityxploded