Farpass

Farpass is a tiny and portable software application made to retrieve lost or forgotten passwords stored inside web browsers. It offers support for Google Chrome, Comodo Dragon, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer 9.

Since Farpass doesn't come packed in a setup kit, you can save its files in any part of the hard drive and just click the executable to launch the tool. Another option is to keep it stored on a USB flash drive to directly run it on any computer with minimum effort. Unlike most installers, it doesn't change the Windows registry configuration.

Once launched, the program automatically detects the passwords saved in your web browsers and loads them in a list in the main application window. This is a large frame with a neatly structured layout that makes it possible to seamlessly analyze and save information.

Displayed details include the URL, application name, user name and password for each unique link where you have logged in with an account and asked the browser to remember it.

You can select one or more entries from the list to copy data to the Clipboard by opening the right-click menu, copy just the URL, user name or password, open selected links in the web browser, as well as export data to file for closer examination. It's also possible to refresh the contents in case any changes have been made to the browsers in the meantime.

The utility loaded password details swiftly in our tests, without triggering the OS to freeze, crash or prompt error messages. Unsurprisingly, it left a small footprint on system performance, running on low CPU and RAM.

Too bad that its support doesn't extend to other browsers, such as Opera, Safari or newer Internet Explorer. However, we must also keep in mind that it hasn't been updated for a long time.