Re: Need help decrypting word doc

2009-05-20 Thread Jared W. Robinson
Hello Kenneth, Thank you for the suggestions. The lastbit.com one looks interesting -- they have a service where they charge per document that you want decrypted. I suspect that my grandmother may have accidentally saved a different, encrypted document, on top of the obituary. So recovering the

Re: Need help decrypting word doc

2009-05-20 Thread Jared W. Robinson
Hello Nicholas, Good idea. If I have time, I may look for an extra copy. Someone else sent me private email with specific suggestions on tools to use. - Jared On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 09:04:37AM -0600, Nicholas Leippe wrote: Is there perhaps a temporary copy of it left lying around from before

Re: Need help decrypting word doc

2009-05-20 Thread Corey Edwards
On Tue, 2009-05-19 at 21:40 -0600, Andy Bradford wrote: Thus said Jared W. Robinson on Tue, 19 May 2009 06:05:47 MDT: My grandmother has been working on an obituary for my grandfather (who is still with us), but somehow it got encrypted, and she doesn't know what the password is. I'm

RE: Need help decrypting word doc

2009-05-20 Thread Jones, Scott (GE Money, consultant)
Is the file encrypted or merely password protected? If the latter, you could use strings to extract out the data. Otherwise, Nick suggested you find a temporary copy... what about using something like sleuthkit to mine your hard drive? Or you could use some of the tools in Hiren's

Need help decrypting word doc

2009-05-19 Thread Jared W. Robinson
Hey Folks, My grandmother has been working on an obituary for my grandfather (who is still with us), but somehow it got encrypted, and she doesn't know what the password is. I'm looking for someone who can decrypt it for me. Thanks, Jared Robinson /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on

RE: Need help decrypting word doc

2009-05-19 Thread Jones, Scott (GE Money, consultant)
Is it a WORD .doc file? -Original Message- From: plug-boun...@plug.org [mailto:plug-boun...@plug.org] On Behalf Of Jared W. Robinson Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 6:06 AM To: plug@plug.org Subject: Need help decrypting word doc Hey Folks, My grandmother has been working on an obituary

Re: Need help decrypting word doc

2009-05-19 Thread Jared W. Robinson
Yes, it's an MS Word doc that was saved from Word 2002. On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 09:55:08AM -0400, Jones, Scott (GE Money, consultant) wrote: Is it a WORD .doc file? /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */

Re: Need help decrypting word doc

2009-05-19 Thread Kenneth Burgener
On 5/19/2009 6:05 AM, Jared W. Robinson wrote: My grandmother has been working on an obituary for my grandfather (who is still with us), but somehow it got encrypted, and she doesn't know what the password is. I'm looking for someone who can decrypt it for me. Jared Robinson It appears that

Re: Need help decrypting word doc

2009-05-19 Thread Nicholas Leippe
On Tue May 19 2009 06:05:47 Jared W. Robinson wrote: Hey Folks, My grandmother has been working on an obituary for my grandfather (who is still with us), but somehow it got encrypted, and she doesn't know what the password is. I'm looking for someone who can decrypt it for me. Is there

Re: Need help decrypting word doc

2009-05-19 Thread Andy Bradford
Thus said Jared W. Robinson on Tue, 19 May 2009 06:05:47 MDT: My grandmother has been working on an obituary for my grandfather (who is still with us), but somehow it got encrypted, and she doesn't know what the password is. I'm looking for someone who can decrypt it for me. Is the file