Hack Windows Password

Hack Windows Password Using Pwdump

I have already written articles on How you can hack windows passwords Using various tools such as Ophcrack ,Chntpw and i have also written  an article on how to hack windows password using stick keys . In this article i will explain an another way to Hack/crack windows password using  Pwdump and John the ripper.

Things We Need :-

• Pwdump - To dump windows password hashes
• A hash cracker...........online

Procedure:-

Open My computer and go to C:\Windows\system32 ,now place the Pwdump file which we download earlier.

Now open command prompt and navigate to C:\Windows\system32 \Pwdump By Using the "cd " command  and  click enter.

Example :-

Cd C:\Windows\system32 \Pwdump

Now you can see a list of Pwdump commands as shown

Now enter pwdump - localhost >>“ destination of the output file “ (for 32-bit computers) and pwdump -x localhost >> “destination of the out put file “(for 64- bit computers )

Example :-

C:\Windows\system32 \Pwdump localhost >> C:\hash.txt (for 32-bit computers )

C:\Windows\system32 \Pwdump -x localhost >> C:\hash.txt (for 64-bit computers)

Now open  the Out put  file (In my case its hash.txt )From c:/ you can see the names of the different  users with password hashes Now copy the hashes  corresponding to the admin account

Opening a notepad and pasting the hashes which we copied in the previous step in the format given below

Example:-

User:gyuJo098KkLy9

where "gyuJo098KkLy9" is the  hash which we copied

Now we got the hashes open http://www.onlinehashcrack.com/ paste your hashes and bingo password is cracked.

Hope You enjoyed this tutorial ,For further doubts and clarifications please pass your comments.