Saturday, September 1, 2012
AIM Password Decryptor
About AIM Password Decryptor | |||||||
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AIM Password Decryptor helps you to recover all such stored
passwords by AIM. Currently it is the only software which allows you
to recover the passwords from all versions of AIM starting from
6.x to latest version 7.5 It comes with both GUI interface as well as command-line version in the single tool making it useful for both normal users and advanced security professionals such as Penetration Testers & Forensic investigators. It works on most of the Windows platforms starting from Windows XP to latest operating system, Windows 7. |
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Main Features | |||||||
Here are the highlights of main features of AIM Password Decryptor | |||||||
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Password Secrets of AIM | |||||||
AIM version 6.x (till v7.2) onwards stores the password at the following registry location, | |||||||
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\America Online\AIM6\Passwords | |||||||
AIM PRO version uses the different registry location to store the passwords, | |||||||
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AIM\AIMPRO\<Account_Name> | |||||||
Latest version of AIM (v7.5 since v7.3) stores the encrypted username/password in the file 'aimx.bin' at following location | |||||||
[Windows XP] C:\Documents and Settings\<user_name>\Local Settings\Application Data\AIM [Windows Vista & Windows 7] C:\Users\<user_name>\AppData\Local\AIM |
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AIM uses Blowfish encryption algorithm along with Base64 encoding to securely store the login passwords. We will soon write a detailed research article on exposing the password secrets of AIM. | |||||||
Installation & Un-installation | |||||||
AIM Password Decryptor 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 uninstall the product using the Uninstaller located at following location (by default) | |||||||
[Windows 32 bit] C:\Program Files\SecurityXploded\AIMPasswordDecryptor [Windows 64 bit] C:\Program Files (x86)\SecurityXploded\AIMPasswordDecryptor |
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Using AIM Password Decryptor | |||||||
AIM Password Decryptor is easy to use with its simple GUI interface. Here are the brief usage details |
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Using GUI Version | |||||||
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Using Command-line Version | |||||||
Here is the typical usage of command line version | |||||||
AIMPasswordDecryptor.exe "<output_file path>" | |||||||
Here are some of the examples | |||||||
//Writes recovered password to text file in current directory AIMPasswordDecryptor.exe output.txt //Writes recovered password to HTML file in current directory AIMPasswordDecryptor.exe output.html //Writes recovered password to XML file in current directory AIMPasswordDecryptor.exe output.xml //Writes recovered password to TEXT file AIMPasswordDecryptor.exe "c:\my test\passlist" |
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It automatically detects the mode (TEXT/HTML/XML) by using the extension of the specified file (txt or html or xml). By default (or if no extension is specified) it uses the TEXT mode. For more examples refer to Screenshot 2 below. | |||||||
Screenshots in Action | |||||||
Here are the screenshots of AIMPasswordDecryptor | |||||||
Screenshot 1:AIMPasswordDecryptor is showing the recovered account passwords from AIM (AOL Instant Messenger). | |||||||
Screenshot 2: Command line usage of AIMPasswordDecryptor showing various examples. | |||||||
Screenshot 3: Exported list of of recovered AIM account passwords by AIMPasswordDecryptor in HTML format. | |||||||
Release History | |||||||
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Disclaimer | |||||||
AIM Password Decryptor is not a hacking or cracking tool as it can
recover only your stored passwords. It cannot recover the passwords for other users
unless you have right credentials. Like any tool its use either good or bad, depends upon the user who uses it. However Author or SecurityXploded is not responsible for any damage caused due to misuse of this tool. Read complete License & Disclaimer terms here. |
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