How to find the password of a protected RAR / ZIP archive!

To find the password of a protected RAR / ZIP archive folow this steps:

Today, you will discover more than 5 solutions to recover or crack the password of a Winrar archive, without breaking the head.
 
In the first part of this tutorial, you will see how to retrieve the password of your archive without using any software, using either the Google search engine or the comments of the archive ...

Then in the second part you will discover the 4 best software to recover the password via several techniques, all these software are tested.

NB: This tutorial applies to all files that the Winrar software can open, including the .rar and .zip files! Let's go!

What you need to know To find the password of a protected RAR / ZIP archive:

Recovering the password from a Winrar file is not instantaneous, it may take several minutes, say several hours!

And it depends of course on the configuration of your PC, the complicity of the password ... and your intelligence!

If the password contains a mixture of numbers, lowercase letters and other uppercase letters, this will certainly make password recovery more difficult!

For example, the password "123321" can be recognized by the utilities in a few minutes, while a password like "r! Pfd.bl0g§pot" is almost impossible to retrieve it, so It is necessary to proceed by another method!

In fact, there are several methods to recover the password of a compressed file, whether it be your file or a file downloaded from the Internet
 

Let's start with the easiest method to find the password of a protected!

Method 1: The password is right next door!

These two tricks apply to those who have downloaded the compressed file on the Internet, in other words, the compressed file does not belong to them ...

Read the comments: The password may be in the comments of your Winrar file, if it is a file downloaded from a website ...

Do not use the right mouse button to extract the compressed file, but open it by double-clicking!
 
Read the comments, if it's a link, open it and look for the item where there is the compressed file, you need to find the password right next to it.

NB: Beware of viruses, files downloaded illegally can damage your computer, use these tricks only if you are doing something legal! :Here is an example of a password written in comments in a Winrar file:

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Googlez!It may be that the file you just downloaded is in one or more forums, and therefore it is quite likely that the password is provided with the download link of the latter.

Copy the name of your Winrar file (example: ripfd.rar) and put it in the Google search engine. If you are unable to find the password for the first search result, look in other search results!

Method 2: Crack the password of a Winrar file using utilities.

If you are the owner of the compressed file, then you surely know what your password, numbers or letters, uppercase or lowercase letters are! And if you have a strong memory, you can even know the size of the forgotten password

Otherwise you can always retrieve the password, but at a slightly longer duration ...:

1. Advanced RAR Recover 

Advanced RAR Recover allows you to recover the password of your Winrar file for free, and it's the best among several software!I have tested more than 20 software, most of which only offers password recovery that does not have many characters ...

And that's why I put this software first, it's really worth it!

Download and installation Advanced RAR Recover :

You can download the Advanced Archive Password Recovery for free by using this link: http://ripfd.blogspot.com/2017/03/telecharger-advanced-rar-recover-download.html
 After the download, double click on the file to start the installation ...In the first installation window, click Next

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Accept the terms of the license by clicking on "I Agree".

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Then, as usual ... click Next 2 times.

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After installation click Finish. Your program is installed!

Use :

Double-click the shortcut in your desktop to launch the Advanced Archive Password Recovery.

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Click "Open" to open the protected archive.

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  Select the Winrar archive and click

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Open. Put as type of attack "Brute Force", choose according to your password and according to what you know about the forgotten password the other options ...For my case, I will use a password of 4 characters ...

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Click "Start" to start the scan ...

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Enjoy your time, leave your computer and go do something else during the search for the password (for example: cram coffee, do sports, ...).

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Personally, I found the password after 16 seconds! Because I remember the details of my forgotten password ...So it is better to lose a minute to reflichir on the form and type of the password, than to lose a whole day looking for the password directly via the Advanced Archive Password Recovery. Copy the password, and exit the software until the next time you use it

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2. RAR Password Recovery Magic 

Here is a very powerful software, uses brute force or dictionary to recover your password!

Download and installation RAR Password Recovery Magic:

You can download the "RAR Password Recovery Magic" using this link: http://ripfd.blogspot.com/2017/03/telecharger-rar-password-recovery-magic.html Double click on the downloaded file to install it ...

Then do what I showed you just now ...

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Click Next 2 times ...

Click Install to begin installation ...

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Use :

To start the program, simply click on the shortcut on your desktop. Click on "Open"

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As described below to import your Winrar file: choose your compressed file and click "Open" to import it.

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Then you have to change some settings ... Click on the "Settings" button and make the necessary changes (see image below):
 

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Click "Start" to start the process ...

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3.RAR Password Cracker 

RAR Password Cracker: is a great tool to find the passwords of your .rar files! It is fast and more flexible, simpler and very powerful

Download and installation RAR Password Cracker :

You can download it using this link: http://ripfd.blogspot.com/2017/03/telecharger-rar-password-cracker-pour.html Install it! Use :After double-clicking on the shortcut in your desktop, a window like this will appear ...Click Next ... Oops, this time, click Next!

Click "Load RAR archive ..." and import your Winrar file by clicking Open after selecting it.Then select the contents of your Winrar file, and click the "Add to project" button.Click Next.

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Select the "Bruteforce attack" as the method and click Next.

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Put the character type of your password, and change the number of characters, everything is easy! Look at the image below:

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Save the project file in case you stop the procedure, you can continue the search at any time without resuming the zero search.

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Click Finish to start the attack.

A window like this will be displayed ...

Wait until it finds the password ...

Or go out a bit of the sport, because it can take several hours!

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And here is the password, copy it and have fun!

4. RAR Password Recovery 

RAR Password Recovery does the same job, but for the trial version, it offers only the recovery of the passwords having only 3-2 characters ...

You can download  RAR Password Recovery then crack a password of your Zip/Rar Files:

The paid version of this software is very powerful! You can download this software using this link:



Conclusion: Retrieving the password you typed yourself has become easier by using the utilities listed above, the same for a file downloaded from the Internet. And so, you can use this tutorial to recover most of your passwords!

There you go ! I think this tutorial has served you for the recovery of your important files, located in the protected archive.

If this is not the case, or if you have found difficulty, feel free to post a comment below

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