Office hash trouble

[rikstick]

Hi all,
I'm a newbie and I'm trying to crack an Office 2013 Excel file. I used office2john.py to get the hash and I removed the filename from the hash up to the colon. I'm using version 3.6.0 on a Win 7 box. Here is the command line code: 

hashcat64 --force a 0 -m 9600 c:\hash3.txt C:\Users\rikst\Desktop\tmp\Tech\Security_plus\CrackExcel\hashcat-3.6.0\wordlists

I'm getting a line length exception. I would show the hash, but I think that's against the rules, right?

I have successfully cracked a MD5 hash so hashcat is working properly--I'm assuming.

[philsmd]

you should make sure that it looks similar to the example hash listed here:
https://hashcat.net/wiki/example_hashes

You should also try to use/crack the example hash to make sure that your command line is correct.

[rikstick]

you should make sure that it looks similar to the example hash listed here:
https://hashcat.net/wiki/example_hashes

You should also try to use/crack the example hash to make sure that your command line is correct.

Thanks. I left the colon in the hash, I removed it and hashcat is not trying to crack it.

[rikstick]

One more question: It appears that while the cracking process is running, one can press s for status and look at the Candidates.#2 line and find the solution before hashcat finishes it's work. Is this correct?

[atom]

I think office2john.py adds additional columns on both sides, left and right. Double check your modification