It is a mechanism/program to recover passwords that supports any Microsoft Excel Version to recover files that need a password to be opened. It has the ability to recover passwords of any length, and multi characters and also passwords that are considered strong (Strong passwords are passwords that are at least 8 characters long and are a combination of alphabets, numeric and special characters. Also they are not the names of any common words, ex. Camel, Apple etc).
This uses the technique of advanced recovery mechanisms like Xieve, Brute-Force, Previous password combinations, known Password/Part technique etc. sometimes to make it more effective it uses a combination of one or more techniques mentioned above. It has the option of using around 9 built in dictionaries to crack multi-lingual passwords. Since passwords need not be words from English always, this proves to be a boon to users from all over the World.
During certain times all the passwords require case changes or reverse words or synchronization of the letters to form strong passwords, a recovery model thus helps with providing these services which fall under the category of password modification techniques.
There is also an added facility to store passwords that are saved for reuse and to be resumed after an unplanned crash or a failure of the system due to unforeseen events. It has a support that helps in the install and uninstall process is provided.
The following versions are supported by Recovery Excel Password:
MS Excel 97-2007 (open passwords)
MS Excel 97-2007 (Reset passwords)
MS Excel 95, 7.0, 5.0, 4.0 (Recovery)
Pocket Excel (PXL)
Generally recovery of passwords take longer time since there are billions of password combinations that may be needed to be tested before the required password is found. Hence software called Decryptum is used. The technique behind this software is that it uses a different approach to open the file without actually tracing the password. This means that the requirement of needing a password is nullified in this method of recovery.
What is more, it has a very user friendly interface and a heuristic processor for faster speed and accessibility. It can be customized according to the needs of the user and has the option of step by step installation which is convenient and easy to use. It has the options of extensive search (gives the exact lost password), Password Template (generates a new password) and Dictionary attack (mostly for known word passwords).