On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming<[email protected]> wrote: >> Anyone know of a tool to recover a lost password for a PW >> protected WinZip file? > > Unfortunately the latest WinZIP password-protection may be very difficult to > crack, ISTR it now includes AES encryption and can be much more secure than > earlier ZIP passwording.
Probably true, but OTOH, most of the encrypted ZIPs we get use the last name of the sender as a password, or something equally stupid. So an informed dictionary attack may well be practical. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
