can i retieve password from cookies?

[Guest]

hey guys
i have an old gmail account that i have forgotten the password for, BUT it
is saved in my 'saved passwords' list ie.. when i type my user name it IE
auto fills in the password field for me.
i cannot change my gmail password without knowing the old one

my question is, IS the password that gets auto filled in saved somewhere in
my cookies? and can anyone tell me how to find it at all?

thanks so much

 

[Ted Zieglar]

Even if the password would be contained in a cookie, it would be
encrypted. After all, what good is a password if anyone who can access
your cookies can easily read it?

I haven't used Gmail myself, but isn't there some way that you can prove
your identity so that you can gain access to your account?

 

[Guest]

yeah there is but it requires me to have a 2nd email address when i signed up
for gmail - which i didnt provide
they would send the password there

but thanks for the help!!

 

[Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]]

hey guys
i have an old gmail account that i have forgotten the password for, BUT it
is saved in my 'saved passwords' list ie.. when i type my user name it IE
auto fills in the password field for me.
i cannot change my gmail password without knowing the old one

my question is, IS the password that gets auto filled in saved somewhere
in my cookies? and can anyone tell me how to find it at all?

thanks so much

"Protected Storage PassView": http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/pspv.html
Useful to see what login data is being stored in autocomplete's cache.

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Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer since 2003
My home:
My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/

 

[Guest]

hi there

thanks for the link!

does this work for IE 7 as well??
thanks

 

[Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]]

hi there

thanks for the link!

does this work for IE 7 as well??
Yes.

thanks

YW.

--
Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer since 2003
My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/
My Home:

 

[Guest]

ok cool

tried that and all the other cool apps from that website
still doesnt work

 

[Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]]

ok cool

tried that and all the other cool apps from that website
still doesnt work

From http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/pspv.html:
"About Internet Explorer 7
In the new version 7.0 of Internet Explorer (IE7), the Protected Storage is
not used for saving passwords anymore, and thus after installing IE7, this
utility won't display new passwords that you type in IE7 browser.
For more information about passwords in Internet Explorer 7, read this
(http://www.nirsoft.net/articles/ie7_passwords.html).

--
Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer since 2003
My home:
My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/

 

[Guest]

yeah as i said, i used ALL the apps from that site, even that one u jsut
mentioned
but still no luck

sux!
lol

thanks dude

 

[Daniel Crichton]

sammyvalencia wrote on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 04:40:02 -0700:

yeah as i said, i used ALL the apps from that site, even that one u jsut
mentioned
but still no luck

Did you read the page properly that was linked?

http://www.nirsoft.net/articles/ie7_passwords.html

Quote:

AutoComplete Passwords: This type of passwords is saved in a completely new
location in the Registry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\IntelliForms\Storage2
Currently, there is no utility in NirSoft Web site that decrypt these
passwords, but I'll probably create a utility for this type of passwords
sometime in the near future.


It clearly says that NirSoft doesn't have a utility to access those
passwords.

Dan