Where The Passwords Get stored in Windows Xp and Vista – Must for hackers and beginners

• Goto Start Menu.
• Click on Run.
• Type “regedit” (without quotes) in the Run Box .After that this Windows Opens . Now you are ready to see that.

LOCATIONS OF SAVED PASSWORDS !
FOR INTERNET EXPLORER 4.00 – 6.00

• The passwords are stored in a secret location in the Registry known as the “Protected Storage“.

• The base key of the Protected Storage is located under the following key:

“HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Protected Storage System Provider“.

• You can browse the above key in the Registry Editor (RegEdit), but you won’t be able to watch the passwords, because they are encrypted.

• Also, this key cannot easily moved from one computer to another, like you do with regular Registry keys.

FOR INTERNET EXPLORER 7.00 – 8.00
The new versions of Internet Explorer stores the passwords in 2 different locations.

• AutoComplete passwords are stored in the Registry under

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IntelliForms\Storage2.

• HTTP Authentication passwords are stored in the Credentials file under

Documents and Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Credentials
, together with login passwords of LAN computers and other passwords.
FIREFOX

• The passwords are stored in one of the following filenames: signons.txt, signons2.txt, and signons3.txt (depends on Firefox version)

• These password files are located inside the profile folder of Firefox, in

[Windows Profile]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\[Profile Name]
Also, key3.db, located in the same folder, is used for encryption/decription of the passwords.
GOOGLE CHROME WEB BROWSER

• The passwords are stored in

[Windows Profile]\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Web Data
(This filename is SQLite database which contains encrypted passwords and other stuff)
OPERA

The passwords are stored in wand.dat filename, located under
[Windows Profile]\Application Data\Opera\Opera\profile
There are some more application whose password storage  you probably want to know, like Outlook Express, Outlook 98/2000, Windows Live Mail, ThunderBird, Google Talk, Google Desktop, Windows Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, AIM, ICQ Lite, Digsby, PaltalkScene. Wait for it !! I will provide it on my next post.
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