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WebBrowserPassView Changelog

What's new in WebBrowserPassView 2.12

Dec 10, 2022
  • Fixed to display the password of Chromium-based Web browser if it's not encrypted (Like in the portable version of Brave).
  • Updated to work properly in high DPI mode.

New in WebBrowserPassView 2.11 (Apr 16, 2021)

  • Added new file type to save the passwords list: 'Firefox import/export csv file'. When you save the passwords in this file type, you can use the import feature of Firefox to import the saved passwords into Firefox: Import login data from a file
  • In order to save the passwords as 'Firefox import/export csv file', simply select the items you want to save (or press Ctrl+A to select all passwords), press Ctrl+S (Save Selected Items), choose 'Firefox import/export csv file' from the file type combo-box, type the filename to save and then click the 'Save' button to save the file.

New in WebBrowserPassView 2.10 (Apr 16, 2021)

  • Added support for Brave Web browser.

New in WebBrowserPassView 2.07 (Jun 30, 2020)

  • Fixed to decrypt passwords of Firefox profile that uses both 3DES and AES-256.

New in WebBrowserPassView 2.06 (May 25, 2020)

  • Fixed WebBrowserPassView to decrypt the new password encryption on Opera Web browser

New in WebBrowserPassView 2.05 (May 4, 2020)

  • Added support for decrypting the encryption key of new Firefox profiles (AES-256 instead of 3DES).

New in WebBrowserPassView 2.00 (Mar 15, 2020)

  • Added support for the new password encryption of Chromium / Chrome Web browsers, starting from version 80.
  • Be aware that the 'Local State' file, located inside the 'User Data' folder, is needed for decrypting the passwords of Chrome 80 or later.

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.94 (Jan 1, 2020)

  • Added new file format to export the passwords: Chrome CSV File. It's the same file format that Chrome Web browser exports the passwords from chrome://settings/passwords

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.93 (Dec 16, 2019)

  • Added support for Chromium-Based Edge Web browser.
  • The download zip file is now password-protected.

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.92 (Sep 28, 2019)

  • Fixed bug: WebBrowserPassView could crash when decrypting empty passwords in Firefox.
  • WebBrowserPassView now automatically detects the Waterfox Web browser.

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.91 (Aug 8, 2019)

  • Fixed bug: WebBrowserPassView crashed when reading Firefox key file (key3.db) without a master key.

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.90 (Jul 25, 2019)

  • Fixed WebBrowserPassView to work with Firefox 64-bit, and also WebBrowserPassView doesn't need anymore the installation of Firefox to decrypt the passwords. This change also fixes a crash problem occurred on some systems.

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.86 (Jul 3, 2017)

  • Added 'Quick Filter' feature (View -> Use Quick Filter or Ctrl+Q). When it's turned on, you can type a string in the text-box added under the toolbar and WebBrowserPassView will instantly filter the passwords table, showing only lines that contain the string you typed.

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.85 (Feb 14, 2017)

  • In 'Advanced Options' window, you can now specify the base profiles folder for Firefox and Chrome (e.g: E:Usersuser1AppDataRoamingMozillaFirefoxProfiles ) and WebBrowserPassView will scan all profiles stored under the specified folder.

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.82 (Oct 6, 2016)

  • Added 'Filename' column (For Chrome and Firefox Web browsers).

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.81 (Sep 14, 2016)

  • Added support for Vivaldi Web browser.

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.80 (Jun 30, 2016)

  • Fixed a crash problem occurred on some Windows 10 systems (The problem occurred if you added Gmail or other email account into Windows 10 Mail application). Also, WebBrowserPassView now displays the modified time of IE10/IE11 items

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.75 (Jun 10, 2016)

  • You can now choose the desired encoding (ANSI, UTF-8, UTF-16) to save the csv/xml/text/html files. (Under the Options menu)
  • Fixed problem with saving the KeePass csv file.

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.70 (Dec 29, 2015)

  • WebBrowserPassView now automatically detect the passwords of Yandex Web browser

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.68 (Sep 15, 2015)

  • Another try to fix this mysterious Windows 10 crash problem, also added more debug info to /debugwin10

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.67 (Sep 14, 2015)

  • Made another fix for Windows 10 crash problem

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.66 (Sep 14, 2015)

  • Made a small change in the password extraction of IE10/IE11/Microsoft Edge that hopefully will solve the crash problems occur on some Windows 10 systems.
  • If you have Windows 10 and WebBrowserPassView still crashes, please run WebBrowserPassView with /debugwin10 parameter, run also the DebugView tool of SysInternals, and then send me the last 4 debug lines that appeared before the crash.

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.65 (Jul 9, 2015)

  • Added 'Created Time' and 'Modified Time' columns (These columns are active only for Web browesers that provide this information).

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.60 (Apr 16, 2015)

  • WebBrowserPassView now automatically detects the passwords of Portable Firefox if it's running in the background.

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.58 (Feb 18, 2015)

  • Fixed WebBrowserPassView to display properly user name/password with non-English characters on Chrome Web browser.

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.57 (Dec 12, 2014)

  • WebBrowserPassView now detects the profile folder of Chromium Web browser.

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.56 (Sep 19, 2014)

  • Removed the command-line options that export the passwords to a file from the official version. A version of this tool with full command-line support will be posted on separated Web page.

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.55 (Sep 11, 2014)

  • Added support for Firefox 32 (logins.json).

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.50 (Jul 7, 2014)

  • Updated to work with the latest versions of Opera.

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.47 (Jul 7, 2014)

  • Updated to work with the latest versions of Opera.

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.46 (Jun 27, 2014)

  • Added secondary sorting support: You can now get a secondary sorting, by holding down the shift key while clicking the column header. Be aware that you only have to hold down the shift key when clicking the second/third/fourth column. To sort the first column you should not hold down the Shift key.

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.45 (Nov 13, 2013)

  • Added support for SeaMonkey Web browser

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.43 (Jun 28, 2013)

  • Fixed to work with Firefox 22

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.42 (Jun 6, 2013)

  • Opera Web browser: Fixed to detect properly the passwords of login.live.com and probably other Web sites

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.41 (May 22, 2013)

  • Improved the password decryption on IE10 / Windows 7

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.40 (May 3, 2013)

  • Added support for the passwords of Internet Explorer 10

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.37 (Feb 27, 2013)

  • WebBrowserPassView now reads the passwords from all profiles of Chrome Web browser

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.36 (Jan 28, 2013)

  • Fixed bug: WebBrowserPassView failed to work with master password of Firefox containing non-English characters.

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.35 (Jan 3, 2013)

  • WebBrowserPassView now extracts the passwords from all profiles of Firefox Web browser and reads the profiles.ini file of Firefox to get the correct profile folders.
  • Added 'Mark Odd/Even Rows' option, under the View menu. When it's turned on, the odd and even rows are displayed in different color, to make it easier to read a single line.
  • Fixed issue: The properties dialog-box and other windows opened in the wrong monitor, on multi-monitors system.

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.30 (Aug 14, 2012)

  • Add new command-line options:
  • /LoadPasswordsIE
  • /LoadPasswordsFirefox
  • /LoadPasswordsChrome, and more

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.26 (Apr 30, 2012)

  • Fixed bug: WebBrowserPassView failed to get the passwords of Firefox and Chrome, if the path of their password file contained non-English characters

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.25 (Mar 9, 2012)

  • Added 'User Name Field' and 'Password Field' columns for Chrome, Firefox, and Opera Web browsers.

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.20 (Dec 22, 2011)

  • Added 'Password Strength' column, which calculates the strength of the password and displays it as Very Weak, Weak, Medium, Strong, or Very Strong.

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.15 (Oct 17, 2011)

  • Added support for Safari Web browser (passwords are decrypted from keychain.plist)

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.12 (Jul 21, 2011)

  • WebBrowserPassView now automatically extracts the passwords of Chrome Canary

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.11 (May 14, 2011)

  • The passwords of Chrome Web browser are now displayed properly even when the password file is locked by Chrome.

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.10 (Apr 19, 2011)

  • Added option to choose the desired Opera password file (wand.dat).
  • Imporved the detection of Opera password file (wand.dat).

New in WebBrowserPassView 1.05 (Apr 5, 2011)

  • Added new options for Firefox passwords: Use a master password to decrypt the passwords, Load the passwords from the specified profile folder, and the option to use the specified Firefox installation.
  • Added option specify the profile folder (User Data) of Google Chrome (For example: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default)
  • Be aware that this feature only works if the profile was created by the current logged on user. Loading from external drive is not supported yet.