Proactive System Password Recovery 6.3.1.786 is a Password Recovery product from elcomsoft.com, get 4 Stars SoftSea Rating, Proactive System Password Recovery (PSPR) is a software to recover all types of Windows passwords. The software shows all users and groups, allows you to run any programs in other user's context, shows password history hashes, reads password hashes from SAM and SYSTEM files, reads Protected Storage records, decrypts Windows scripts, reveals passwords hidden under the asterisks, enables disabled controls, and runs brute-force and dictionary attacks on PWL files. It shows product ID and CD key for Windows and Microsoft Office installations.

Certain types of passwords that cannot be recovered instantly are attacked with advanced, highly customizable combinations of dictionary and brute-force attacks.

Many computer users protect different accounts with exactly the same passwords, or with slight variations of a single password. Proactive System Password Recovery automatically adds each password it discovers into a dictionary, quickly unlocking accounts protected with any of the previously recovered passwords and their variations. As many types of passwords are discovered instantly, the chances of unlocking other types of accounts in just minutes are very high.

Types of Passwords

Proactive System Password Recovery can retrieve various passwords assuming that the user has logged in to the system.

Instant Recovery
Windows 95/98/ME logon password (user must be logged on)
Windows NT4/2000 logon password (user must be logged with administrative privileges)
Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP/2003 auto logon password
.NET Passport password
Wireless encryption keys (WEP and WPA-PSK) that are stored with WZC
Windows XP stored user passwords (multiple credentials)
Screensaver password
RAS and dial-up passwords
Passwords to VPN (Virtual Private Network) connections
Passwords and access rights to shared resources
Passwords hidden under the asterisks
Password stored on Password Reset Disk
Passwords to Remote Desktop Connections
Fast Recovery

Not all types of passwords can be recovered instantly. Windows securely encrypts several types of passwords, making it necessary to apply advanced attacks in order to recover them.

Many users have passwords that contain words from their native language, numbers and dates from their life, combined with random numbers and characters. ElcomSoft implements several advanced technologies that allow faster recovery. A highly customizable dictionary attack allows specifying various modifiers to the dictionary words. Advanced masks make it possible to specify pieces of information that are known or can be guessed about a password in order to speed up the recovery. The following passwords are quickly recovered with advanced attacks.
Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 user passwords
SYSKEY startup passwords
Passwords stored in Domain Cached Credentials
WPA-PSK passwords
Remote assistance passwords
Windows 9x passwords (from PWL-files)
Features and Benefits

Proactive System Password Recovery is not limited to retrieving passwords, and allows manipulating with user credentials and Registry files.
Control over user credentials: runs any software with other user credentials
Displays password history hashes
Reads and decrypts password hashes directly from Registry files (SAM and SYSTEM)
Backs up Registry files and Active Directory database from local or remote computers
Decrypts Windows scripts protected with Script Encoder
Shows all users, their group membership and privileges
Activates disabled controls
Decrypts and browses Windows Protected Storage that keep passwords and auto-complete records for Internet Explorer, Outlook, and Outlook Express
Browses SA Secrets records
Displays Product ID and CD Key for Windows and Microsoft Office installations The license of this antivirus & security software is Free Trial Software, the price is $79.00, you can free download and get a free trial before you buy. If you want to get a full or nolimited version of Proactive System Password Recovery, you can buy this antivirus & security software.