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    Quote Originally Posted by spywizard View Post
    I just tried that to see if it will crack my zip files, and from what I gathered about it, it uses brute forcing which will prob take years because my password is greater then 6 characters and under 256-bit encryption. I could be wrong though.

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    Thats cool I never thought of using an outside software

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    Quote Originally Posted by g0dsend View Post
    I just tried that to see if it will crack my zip files, and from what I gathered about it, it uses brute forcing which will prob take years because my password is greater then 6 characters and under 256-bit encryption. I could be wrong though.

    ummm.. i can brute force a 32 alpha numeric with my laptop in less than 6 hours.. so.. no..
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    Quote Originally Posted by spywizard View Post
    ummm.. i can brute force a 32 alpha numeric with my laptop in less than 6 hours.. so.. no..
    I could brute force you after 6 beers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DSM4Life View Post
    I could brute force you after 6 beers.
    hahaha

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    Quote Originally Posted by DSM4Life View Post
    I could brute force you after 6 beers.
    good thing i don't drink beer
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    Quote Originally Posted by spywizard View Post
    ummm.. i can brute force a 32 alpha numeric with my laptop in less than 6 hours.. so.. no..
    That link you gave, I skimmed it over again.

    "WinZip 9.x introduced the AES encryption. ZipPassword supports AES encrypted zip archives, however the search speed is very slow (due to the encyption scheme). It means that you can recover very short passwords only. We suggest that you use the dictionary attack with such archives. You can download additional dictionaries from here."

    8-10 letter password is what I use for everything, have fun trying to crack that

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    Quote Originally Posted by g0dsend View Post
    That link you gave, I skimmed it over again.

    "WinZip 9.x introduced the AES encryption. ZipPassword supports AES encrypted zip archives, however the search speed is very slow (due to the encyption scheme). It means that you can recover very short passwords only. We suggest that you use the dictionary attack with such archives. You can download additional dictionaries from here."

    8-10 letter password is what I use for everything, have fun trying to crack that

    http://www.oxid.it/cain.html

    there ya go.. don't get arrested using it..
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