To prevent password theft, almost all programs provide the ability to enter a password with asterisks displayed on the screen. But what if you forgot your password, and only asterisks are visible. There are ways to recover such passwords.
Necessary
- - a computer connected to the Internet;
- - browser program.
Instructions
Step 1
Download and install a program to view hidden passwords, for example, follow the link https://www.softsoft.ru/download/19806.exe, download IE Asterisk Password Uncover. It will allow you to recover passwords hidden in Internet Explorer. After downloading the installation file, run it and install the program on your computer. Run it, select the Run menu, then select the Start Recovery command, or click the green button on the toolbar. The result of password recovery will be presented in the form of a table with columns: "Program", "Window name", "Password", "Link". So you can pull passwords from the Internet Explorer browser to various sites
Step 2
Launch Mozilla Firefox if you want to find saved passwords in this program. Go to the "Tools" menu, then select the "Settings" item. Go to the "Protection" tab, in the "Passwords" block, click on the "Show passwords" button. Next, you will see a list of sites for which Mozilla Firefox saved passwords. Press the "Show passwords" button and passwords will be displayed instead of asterisks, confirm by pressing the "Yes" button.
Step 3
Download and install Asterisk Password Reveal on your computer to extract passwords from programs. To do this, go to the site https://www.softsoft.ru/security-privacy/password-managers/5658.htm and at the bottom of the page, click the Download link. Wait for the program to download, install it on your computer. Next, run the program, as well as the program from which you need to recover the password from the asterisks. Go to the Asterisk Password Reveal program window, select the required process from the list and click the "Display" button. The saved password will appear in the program window.
