Recover Forgotten Internet Explorer Passwords

IE PassView can reveal the passwords stored by Internet Explorer. It does not require any installation process or additional DLLs. In order to start using it, just copy the executable file (iepv.exe) to any folder, and run it. After running iepv.exe, IE PassView scans all Internet Explorer passwords in your system, and displays them on the main window.

Types of passwords IE Pass View Recovers

AutoComplete Passwords

it is a type of password that is seen on a web page containing the Username & Password field along with the login button. When you hit the login button Internet Explorer may try to seek permission to save the password for you as AutoComplete password for your future login.

HTTP Authentication Passwords

Some Web sites allow a user to visit or enter only after typing user and password in a separated dialog box. this is for safety purposes to avoid any instance of hacking or prevent from getting infected by malware. When you at your own will, choose to save the password in this login dialog box, the password is saved as an HTTPS authentication password.

FTP Passwords

Simply the passwords of FTP addresses Starting from version 7.0 of Internet Explorer, Microsoft has changed the way it stores the password. Former versions of IE saved passwords in a special location in the Registry known as the “Protected Storage”. But in the recent versions, passwords are saved in different locations. Each type of password has some limitations in password recovery:

AutoComplete Passwords:

These passwords are saved in the following location in the Registry: The passwords are encrypted with the URL of the Web sites that asked for the passwords, and thus they can only be recovered if the URLs are stored in the history file.

HTTP Authentication Passwords:

These passwords are stored in the Credentials file under Documents and Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Credentials, together with login passwords of LAN computers and other passwords. Due to security limitations, IE PassView can recover these passwords only if you have administrator rights. Please note that some Antivirus programs may detect this utility as infected with a virus however, this is not true.

IE PassView free download

You can download IE PassView from Nirsoft. These links may also interest users of other browsers and services

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