ZipPassword

ZipPassword is a simple-to-use application that aims to recover lost or delete passwords from ZIP and self-extracting ZIP files. It addresses all types of users, regardless of their skill level.

The setup operation is fast and does not require any special attention from the user. ZipPassword's interface is represented by a standard window with a wizard-like layout, where you can get started by selecting the ZIP item you want to process.

It is possible to pick the recovery mode between automatic, user-defined and known plain text attack mode.

You can load PWC configuration files, use a built-in medium-sized dictionary or particular one, create a list of preferred passwords to use, as well as pick the user-defined recovery method between brute force, smart force and dictionary-based, aside from specifying the beginning or ending of the respective password.

ZipPassword lets you access the recent files list and history, resume the last search, view log details, launch WinZip and use a password calculator, among others.

The program barely uses CPU and system memory, has a good response time to key strokes and mouse events, and takes a decent amount of time to retrieve a password. We have not experienced any issues throughout our evaluation, since the app did not hang, crash or pop up error dialogs. On the downside, ZipPassword has not been updated for a very long time.