Cookies serve the user not only for faster loading of the frequently visited pages. Remote site servers independently store certain information on the user's computer for their further convenient work on data exchange. Files can also be used to find out the password and username of a user on a particular server.
It is necessary
- - a computer;
- - browser;
- - third-party password storage software (if you have Opera or IE browser).
Instructions
Step 1
If you have a Mozilla Firefox browser and the function of recording cookies was enabled in it, find out the saved logins and passwords right in the program. To do this, click the browser menu item "Tools" at the top of the page. Select to configure system settings. A large window with several tabs will open in front of you, go to the one called "Protection".
Step 2
Click on the button "Saved passwords" in the menu that appears, you will see a new window with a list of the available logins of various resources that you saved in the process of working with them. Click the Show Passwords button. You can also protect this information by choosing to set a password in the same menu.
Step 3
If you have an Opera browser, you can only find out the usernames of the accounts, to do this, open the password manager in the tools and view all available logins. In order to find out the saved password, try installing additional software, for example, Opera Password Recovery. At the same time, remember that no third-party software will guarantee you the complete safety of your personal data, so in this case it is better to remember passwords yourself.
Step 4
If you have the Google Chrome browser installed, open its settings by clicking on the corresponding icon in the toolbar. Go to the "Advanced" tab, click on the "Show Cookies" button.
Step 5
If you are using the standard Internet Explorer, use the simplest utility to extract the password from temporary files - BehindTheAsterisks. It is a free program with an intuitive interface that provides the user with the function of displaying a password instead of asterisks. The program is available for other browsers as well.
