this is most likely a charset problem.
Code:
> Desktop/hashcat-0.46/hashcat-cli64.bin -m 1400 /tmp/a -1 testÄ "?1?1?1?1?1?1" -a3 --pw-min 6
Initializing hashcat v0.46 by atom with 8 threads and 32mb segment-size...
Added hashes from file /tmp/a: 1 (1 salts)
Activating quick-digest mode for single-hash
NOTE: press enter for status-screen
a048ff102912622f75e5c8543445764b94332c1144da7f18d9ffaf369b8c99c8:testÄ
All hashes have been recovered
Input.Mode: Mask (?1?1?1?1?1?1)
Index.....: 0/1 (segment), 15625 (words), 0 (bytes)
Recovered.: 1/1 hashes, 1/1 salts
Speed/sec.: - plains, - words
Progress..: 14431/15625 (92.36%)
Running...: --:--:--:--
Estimated.: --:--:--:--
Started: Sun Aug 11 21:08:20 2013
Stopped: Sun Aug 11 21:08:20 2013
Code:
> echo -n Ä | hexdump
0000000 81c4
0000002