From Internet Explorer/ Mozilla Firefox/ Google Chrome/ Yahoo Messenger/ GTalk/ MSN
It is Quite Dangerous to save your password in Internet Explorer, Mozilla FireFox, Google Chrome, or even in Messengers.
Whenever you select “Remember my Password” option, then your Passwords are Automatically saved into your Co
mputer, for further use. And more exciting is
that the saved Passords can be retrieved quite easily. It becomes more dangerous when you are using public computers. In that case anyone can easily extract your password and misu
se it.
Here is the Tip on how to Extract Saved Passwords:-
1) Internet Explorer
IE PassView is a small utility that reveals the passwords stored by Internet
Explorer browser. It supports all the version including Inte
rnet Explorer v4.0 v6.0, 7.0, Beta version 8.0.
2) Mozilla FireFox
You can view the passwords by two methods
(a) First way:-
You can Easily see the Password in Mozilla Firefox without using software,
Just Follow the following steps:-
I. Open Mozilla then Go to tools
II. Select options tab
III. Then Choose Security
IV. In the second box titled “passwords” you will see “Show Passwords" option there, just Click it.
V. Now You will see the user name and password.
(b) Second way:-
PasswordFox is a small password recovery tool that allows you to view the user names and passwords stored by Mozilla Firefox Web browser. By default, PasswordFox displays the passwords st
ored in your current profile, but you can easily select to watch the passwords of any other Firefox profile. For each password entry, the following information is displayed: Record Index, Web Site, User Name, Password, User Name Field, Password Field, and the Signons filename
3) Google Chrome
You can view the passwords by two methods
(a) First way:-
You can Easily see the Password in Chrome without using software,
Just Follow the following steps:-
I. Open Chrome then Go to tools
II. Select options tab
III. Then Choose Personal Stuff
IV. The first attribute is “passwords” you will see “Show saved passwords" button there, just Click it.
V. A Password and Exceptions window will open.
VI. Select the particular item or user name and click "Show password" for the password.
VII. The password will appear below the button.
(b) Second way:-
ChromePass is a small password recovery tool that allows you to view the user names and passwords stored by Google Chrome Web browser. For each password entry, the following information is displayed: Origin URL, Action URL, User Name Field, Password Field, User Name, Password, and Created Time. You can also save them in Text and Xml Files.
4) Messengers
MessenPass is a password recovery tool that reveals the passwords of the following instant messenger applications:
- MSN Messenger
- Windows Messenger (In Windows XP)
- Windows Live Messenger (In Windows XP/Vista/7)
- Yahoo Messenger (Versions 5.x and 6.x)
- Google Talk
- ICQ Lite 4.x/5.x/2003
- AOL Instant Messenger v4.6 or below, AIM 6.x, and AIM Pro.
- Trillian
- Trillian Astra
- Miranda
- GAIM/Pidgin
- MySpace IM
- PaltalkScene
- Digsby
MessenPass can only be used to recover the passwords for the current logged-on user on your local computer, and it only works if you chose the remember your password in one of the above programs. You cannot use this utility for grabbing the passwords of other users.
Other useful software can be obtained from:
It is also quite Easy to Retrieve Save Passwords using Java Script. If you need the code for that you can search for the same in Google labs.
SECURITY TIP:
DON'T SAVE YOUR PASSWORD IN YOUR COMPUTER BECAUSE IT CAN BE HACKED EASILY EVEN FROM REMOTE COMPUTER.
Remove all sharing and Remote access to prevent it.