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Proactive Password Auditor™ (or PPA; formerly Proactive Windows Security Explorer), is a password security test tool that's designed to allow Windows® NT, Windows® 2000, Windows® XP and Windows Server 2003-based systems administrators to identify and close security holes in their networks.
The role that passwords play in securing an organization's network is often underestimated and overlooked. Passwords provide the first line of defense against unauthorized access to your organization. Weak passwords such as repeating characters, simple words, and names, and/or less than six characters long, provide attackers with easy access to your computers and network, while strong passwords are considerably harder to crack, even with the password-cracking software that is available today. Given enough time, the automated method can crack any password, but strong passwords are much harder to crack than weak passwords. A secure computer has strong passwords for all user accounts.
Password hacking is one of the most critical and commonly exploited network security threats. Proactive Password Auditor™ helps secure networks by executing an audit of account passwords, and exposing insecure account passwords. If it is possible to recover the password within a reasonable time, the password is considered insecure.
The software supports a few different methods of obtaining password hashes for further attack/audit: from dump files (generated by third-party tools like pwdump/pwdump2/pwdump3), from the Registry of the local computer, from binary Registry files (SAM and SYSTEM), from the memory of the local computer, and from the memory of remote computers (Domain Controllers), including ones running Active Directory. It can use brute-force and dictionary attacks on LM and NTLM password hashes, effectively optimized for speed.
The program that is licensed to you is absolutely legal and you can use it provided that:
| 1. | you are the legal owner of all files or data you are going to recover through the use of our software, or |
| 2. | have permission from the legitimate owner to perform these acts. |
Any illegal use of our software will be solely your responsibility. Accordingly, you affirm that you have the legal right to access all data, information and files that have been hidden.
You further attest that the recovered data, passwords and/or files will not be used for any illegal purpose. Be aware that password recovery and any subsequent data decryption of unauthorized or otherwise illegally obtained files may constitute theft or another wrongful action and may result in your civil or criminal prosecution.
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