Winzip archive

[Allan1875]

Hi guys.

Came across this forum while relentlessly looking through Google for a solution to my problem.

I encrypted a winzip file in 2003 which I would really like access too but unfortunately forgot the password.

I've previously tried brute force pretty aimlessly and was hoping you could maybe provide some guidance?

[radix]

try jtr

[magnum]

Unfortunately JtR is pretty much useless at WinZIP because it finds a false positive in 64K guesses on average. That is 7-8 false positives per minute, per CPU core... This can be fixed but noone has bothered yet.

[radix]

theres your answer, fix jtr code, write your own, or remember your password.