Crack your GMail password
December 18th, 2008 by David Bradley >> 14 Comments
Did you forget your Google Mail password? If you had the foresight at the time of signing up for the account you will know your username and perhaps have set a secret question and secondary address. If so, you can simply visit the password recovery page, follow the instructions, and retrieve your password.
DO NOT, whatever you do, download a crack, hacker tool, or anything else that claims to be able to crack your GMail password, it will be malware, no two ways about it, and your computer and your security will be seriously compromised.
But, if you don’t remember or never set those things, you might be hoping that there is another way to crack your GMail password. According to Hacking Truths there is, a download called GMail Password Recovery tool. Apparently, this program will scan your PC for encrypted GMail passwords, extract them, decrypt and decode them and display them in a readable format. It will search in settings across the following apps: Google Talk, Gmail Notifier, Google Desktop, Picasa, Google Photos Screensaver, Internet Explorer and Firefox. Supposedly. DO NOT USE THIS TOOL!!!
I downloaded the file from the link provided by Hacking Truths and did an antivirus scan with ESET NOD32. Immediately, it found a Trojan horse program. Even if your antivirus doesn’t show anything untoward, I wouldn’t recommend connecting to a remote server with a tool like this. It could easily be a phishing scam. You are leaving yourself open to being hooked and losing your email account to a hacker or worse, having your identity stolen. Moreover, although there seem to be “clean” versions of this password recovery tool on the net, how can you be sure that it’s not got something that is simply not being detected?
There is another warning to be discussed (not just about ensuring you scan all downloads for viruses, Trojans, and malware before you run them). With GMail Password Recovery, anyone could download and install a program like this on any PC to which they have access. Be warned if you use a shared machine and don’t entirely trust other users. If it actually works someone could use it to crack your GMail password.
Such a tool could be especially important for government agents and spies who seem to have a penchant for leaving laptop computers on public transport, in the UK at least, although they never seem to learn the lesson of encryption so I doubt they use strong passwords as it is.
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Kim Woodbridge // Dec 18, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Why do government agents leave laptops behind so often? I can’t imagine losing something so valuable.
Since I’ve been working on people’s sites, I’ve found that security is abysmal. Yeah, my password is “password”.
David Bradley // Dec 18, 2008 at 1:49 pm
It’s quite bizarre isn’t it? Amazing that nothing is encrypted and that they “leave” these valuable devices with sensitive information in taxis and on trains again and again…
Adam Kosmin // Dec 19, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Trojans, malware, viruses…. You guys run the lamest OS on the planet and believe all this stuff is a “normal” part of anyone’s computing environment.
It’s as mad as bringing in the dog to get rid of the cat to get rid of the mouse to get rid of…
and it just keeps going
madness
insanity
enslavement
empower yourself once and for all. Free software is the only answer
fsf.org
gnu.org
David Bradley // Dec 20, 2008 at 9:06 am
That’s fair comment Adam. I keep promising myself that I’ll switch to Linux and avoid the Microsoft crap, just haven’t got around to it yet, although I do have Ubuntu on a bootable USB stick
devendra // Apr 28, 2009 at 12:32 pm
dont use this u will loss u r whole system and its will run by another person (by hakers)
David Bradley // Apr 28, 2009 at 1:23 pm
That’s right! I wasn’t advocating anyone use it. It’s dangerous. I have re-emphasised the point in an update to this post.
Anonymous // Jun 8, 2009 at 9:21 am
ya, hacks4sale is a total scam!!!! ALL orders are #6711 & they claim to accept credit cards, which have fraud protection etc.., but all their payment options are money wiring or bank transfers.. HAHAHAHA, sent them an email just to see what they said, BS. dont be stupid & believe tat hacking passwords is as easy as clicking a button. come on people
David Bradley // Jun 8, 2009 at 10:14 am
Of course, who’d be so stupid as to provide a hacker with their bank details, eh?
Ahmad // Jun 10, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Tell me about it.. I went through the procedures to get the Bronze version of APR from hacks4sale website. I also got order number 6711 (but at this time didnt know it was a scam). So I sent the $49 to them via Western Union, and when I got home I found forums like this one saying its a scam. I RRANNNN to WU and got my money back before the monkeys had time to take it out. STAY AWAY 100000% scam. I should’ve known it was a scam since the money went to Albania. Now.. hmmmm.. what email should I compose to them
sahitya // Jun 29, 2009 at 11:27 am
Hi,
i need crack gmail id password please help me in this. i have id but i dont have not renembered the password and also i dont have alternative mail id .please guide me
David Bradley // Jun 29, 2009 at 11:29 am
Errrr. No.
Sudatta Roy // Aug 11, 2009 at 6:23 pm
I just forgot my password. Gmail accept my user Id but not recognising my password.
SpyGuy // Sep 3, 2009 at 5:28 am
Most of those researching this subject are probably not looking to regain access to their own gmail account but someone else’s account. I needed access to my wife’s YAHOO! email account to find evidence of a suspected affair. I downloaded and utilized a freeware keylogger application and installed it on our computer. It gave me everything I was looking for.
David Bradley // Sep 3, 2009 at 8:13 am
Well done SpyGuy I hope you’re very happy.