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Instant Messengers → Most instant messengers password recovery
Most instant messengers crypto algorithms: proprietary (?) Most instant messengers encryption weakness: plain-text password Possible attacks against Most instant messengers: password extraction or decryption Attacks complexity: very low
Description: Instant Messengers Password Recovery Master will stretch its helping hand to you if you lost or forgot an account password for your instant messenger, including ICQ, Trillian, Miranda, Pidgin, SIM, MSN, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, RQ, AIM, QIP, PSI, Paltalk, Google Talk, etc. Unlike other recovery software, Instant Messenger Passwords Recovery Master has a friendly interface and let you recover password absolutely effortlessly.
Description: A GUI utility, supports over 40 instant messengers, including ICQ, AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, MSN Messenger, Google Talk, Trillian and much more. Multilingual passwords are supported.
Description: MessenPass is a password recovery tool that reveals the passwords of the following instant messenger applications: MSN Messenger, Windows/Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ Lite 4.x/5.x/2003, AOL Instant Messenger, Trillian, Miranda, GAIM/Pidgin, MySpace IM, PaltalkScene