begood Posted May 15, 2010 Report Posted May 15, 2010 About OperaPasswordDecryptor OperaPasswordDecryptor is the free tool to instantly recover the passwords stored by all versions of Opera. Like other internet browsers such as IE, Firefox etc Opera also stores the username/passwords for websites visited by user. However passwords are stored only if the user opts to save password during authentication. This is very useful feature as it prevents user from hassle of entering password everytime. Opera stores the passwords along with username, website and other related information in the password file (wand.dat) in an encrypted format. OperaPasswordDecryptor can recover all these stored encrypted passwords instantly and present it in a user readable clear text format. OperaPasswordDecryptor works on wide range of platforms starting from Windows 2000 to latest operating system Windows 7. Features of OperaPasswordDecryptor Here are the highlights of top features of OperaPasswordDecryptor which makes it stand apart from other similar tools including commercial ones. Instantly decrypt and recover stored encrypted passwords from 'Opera Secret Store' for all recent versions of Opera. Provides support for recovering stored opera passwords from different system also.User can specify remote system's wand.dat file path to recover the passwords. Automatically discovers 'Opera Password File' (Wand.dat) based on installed version of Opera. By default passwords are not displayed in clear text as it is sensitive information. However user can view the same using 'Show Password' option. On successful recovery operation, username, password along with a corresponding login website is displayed. Provides option to sort the displayed password list by username, password or website which makes it easy to search through 100's of stored account entries. User can save the displayed Opera sign-on password list to either Text file or HTML file for future use. Does not require any installation as it is standalone portable tool and can be run directly on any system. Internals of OperaPasswordDecryptor Opera stores the password in encrypted format in the file called 'Wand.dat' at its profile location. The Opera profile location is different for different versions. Here are the password file (wand.dat) location for recent versions of Opera. For Opera Version 10 and above [Windows NT/2K/2k3/XP] C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Opera\Opera\wand.dat [Windows Vista/Windows 7] C:\users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Opera\Opera\wand.dat For Opera Version less than 10 [Windows NT/2K/2k3/XP] C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Opera\Opera\profile\wand.dat [Windows Vista/Windows 7] C:\users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Opera\Opera\profile\wand.dat Opera stores following information in the password Wand file for each of the stored entry in the following order, Login URL of website Main URL of website Username field ID Username Password field ID Password All these information are stored in the encrypted format in wand.dat file. Opera uses Triple-DES algorithm along with static salt data to encrypt these secret information. For more details on how to decrypt these stored passwords from 'Opera Secret Store' refer to following research article, 'Exposing the Secret of Decrypting Opera Passwords' Using OperaPasswordDecryptor OperaPasswordDecryptor is the standalone application and it does not require any installation. You can just run it by double clicking on the executable file. Here are the brief usage details. On launch, OperaPasswordDecryptor tries to automatically discover the Opera password file (wand.dat). In case of failure or remote system password recovery, you can manually specify the Wand file location.Once password file is specified, click on 'Start Recovery' button and OperaPasswordDecryptor will instantly decrypt & recover any passwords stored in the specified wand.dat file.By default passwords are not shown for security reasons as it is sensitive data. However you can click on 'Show Password' button at the bottom to view these passwords.Finally you can save all recovered password list to TEXT or HTML file by clicking on 'Save as Text' or 'Save as HTML' button respectively. You can also use OperaPasswordDecryptor to recover passwords from different system. In that case you can copy opera wand file from the remote system and then manually specify that path in 'Opera Wand File' field. Screenshots of OperaPasswordDecryptor Here are the screenshots which gives glance of OperaPasswordDecryptor in action. Screenshot 1: OperaPasswordDecryptor showing the recovered passwords from Opera password store. Note that passwords are hidden by default for security reason. Screenshot 2: Showing the hidden passwords recovered by OperaPasswordDecryptor. Screenshot 3: Opera recovered password list exported in HTML format by OperaPasswordDecryptor. History Version 1.0 : 14rd April 2010 First public release of OperaPasswordDecryptor. Supports recovery of passwords from all versions of Opera across the platforms starting from Windows 2000 to latest operating system Windows 7. Acknowledgements Special thanks to sna@reteam.org for original work on decryption of Opera password file. This tool is based on his great piece of work. Disclaimer OperaPasswordDecryptor is the free tool and designed for good purpose to help users to recover the lost outlook account passwords. Like any other tool its use either good or bad, depends upon the user who uses it. However author is not responsible for any damage caused due to misuse of this tool. Download OperaPasswordDecryptor FREE Download OperaPasswordDecryptor 1.0 License : Freeware Platform : Windows 2K, NT, XP, 2003, Vista, Win7 Download Quote
