In the world of the Internet, we all use applications from browsers.
Most of these applications store sensitive information such as username, password in their location using private proprietary methods. This prevents the hassle of entering credentials each time when authenticating.
However, it is important to know that this secret information can fall into the hands of unscrupulous people, some applications guarantee you that this information is safe from prying eyes.
But most applications use simple methods or rather obscure methods to store credentials that can easily put your privacy at risk as any spyware on your system can easily discover these secrets.
Internet
Firefox
Spoiler
Since version 3.5 and earlier Firefox stores session passwords in <signons.txt> which is in the profile directory. Starting with Firefox 3.5 started storing session passwords in the sqlite database file named <signons.sqlite>. Passwords stored in this sign-on are encrypted using Triple-DES followed by BASE64 encoding mechanism.
Here is the storage location
Here is the storage location
[Windows XP]
C:\Documents and Settings\<user_name>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<random_name>.default
[Windows Vista & Windows 7]
C:\Users\<user_name>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<random_name>.default
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Google Chrome stores all session passwords in the SQLite database file called "Web Data" in the profile directory.
Newer versions use the "Login data" file for storing login passwords.
Here is the default location of Chrome's profile directory.
Newer versions use the "Login data" file for storing login passwords.
Here is the default location of Chrome's profile directory.
[Windows XP]
C:\Documents and Settings\<user_name>\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default
[Windows Vista & Windows 7]
C:\Users\<user_name>\Appdata\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default
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Internet Explorer stores two types of passwords, sign-on and HTTP basic authentication passwords.
IE before version 7 stores both sign-on and HTTP basic authentication passwords in a secure location called "Protected Storage" in the following registry location,
IE before version 7 stores both sign-on and HTTP basic authentication passwords in a secure location called "Protected Storage" in the following registry location,
IE version 7HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Protected Storage System Provider
IE after version 7HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IntelliForms\Storage2
[Windows XP]
C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Microsoft\Credentials
[Windows Vista and Windows 7]
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Credentials
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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 lower 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
Instant messaging
Google Talk
Spoiler
Google Talk (GTalk) stores all Gmail account information to recall the following registry location.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Google Talk\Accounts
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Skype does not store the password directly. Instead it stores the encrypted hash value of the password in the "config.xml" located in the user's Skype profile directory.
[Windows XP]
C:\Documents and Settings\<user_name>\Application Data\Skype\<account_name>
[Windows Vista & Windows 7]
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Skype\<account_name>
Microsoft Outlook
Spoiler
Version of Outlook from 2002 to 2010, storing passwords (other than Microsoft Exchange Server) for email accounts such as POP3, IMAP, SMTP, HTTP:
Older versions of Outlook (Outlook Express, 98, 2000, etc.) store email configuration information with encrypted password in the following registry location:
Newer versions of Outlook from 2002-2010, Exchange server passwords in "Credential Store", as it offers better protection than other methods. You can use OutlookPasswordDecryptor or NetworkPasswordDecryptor[Windows NT onwards]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles
[Prior to Windows NT]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles
Older versions of Outlook (Outlook Express, 98, 2000, etc.) store email configuration information with encrypted password in the following registry location:
[For Outlook installed in Internet Mail Only mode]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\OMI Account Manager\Accounts
[For Outlook in normal mode]
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Account Manager\Accounts
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ThunderBird stores all email settings with password in the SQLite database file "signons.sqlite"in its location: profile. The default profile location for different platforms is as follows:
[Windows XP]
C:\Documents and Settings\<user_name>\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\<random_name>.default
[Windows Vista & Windows 7]
C:\Users\<user_name>\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\<random_name>.default
FlashFXP
Spoiler
FlashFXP keeps connection information and password in the file 'Sites.dat' below the location
[Windows XP]
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\FlashFXP\4\Sites.dat
[Windows Vista & Windows 7]
C:\ProgramData\FlashFXP\4\Sites.dat
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Run regedit on Windows XP then
Once you have the key, you can close the registry editor and enter the key when you try to connect to your wireless network.
or this:
locate the "Settings" section, then click on the point titled "Interfaces", Note the WEP key stored in the "Interfaces" list!HKEY_CURRENT_USER,Software,Microsoft,WZCSVC
Once you have the key, you can close the registry editor and enter the key when you try to connect to your wireless network.
or this:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WZCSVC[/quote}
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