123 Write All Stored Passwords

· Overview ·
· Origins ·
· Distribution ·
· Operation ·
· Detection and Removal ·
· Research ·

Overview

Vendor Notes:

 from the doc: 'WASP will display all passwords of the currently logged in user that are stored in the Microsoft PWL file. It allows the convenient deletion of this file to improve the security / privacy of your PC. It is also very useful for educational purposes about computer security. Please note that this listing will contain (only) the stored passwords of the currently logged on user (= you!). Furthermore it can of course only contain the passwords that are actually stored in the PWL file. Since the PWL file is a Microsoft invention, these are largely passwords used by Microsoft products. For example, your dial-up password(s) or passwords stored by Internet Explorer are located in this file. Once the password file is analyzed ALL passwords that are found in this file are displayed in the text box in the 'Overview' tab. For some PWL files this can be a rather large list. Therefore in the next three tabs, the content of the PWL files is broken down into the categories 'Web only' (Passwords stored by Internet Explorer), Dial-up only (Stored dial-up passwords) and 'all others' (all passwords that do not belong to IE or the dial-up category). The PWL database has the main categories 'resource name' and 'resource password'. But a program may interpret these fields as it wants so 'resource name' may not be always a name and 'resource password' may be not be always a password. The maximum number of entries in a PWL file is 255.'

Alias:

 WASP

Category:

Password Cracker: A tool to decrypt a password or password file. PestPatrol uses the term both for programs that take an algorithmic approach to cracking, as well as those that use brute force with a password cracking word list. Password crackers have legitimate uses by security administrators, who want to find weak passwords in order to change them and improve system security.

Variants:
  • 123 WASP 2.01
  • 123 Write All Stored Passwords 2.01
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    Similar Pests:

    		 Password Cracker

    Origins

    Group:

    		 iOpus Software

    By This Group:

    		 123 WASP 2.01 ·

    Date of Origin:

    		 June, 2003

    Distribution

    Prevalence:
  • 123 WASP 2.01: < 0.00005%
  • 123 Write All Stored Passwords 2.01: < 0.00005%
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    Clot Factor:
  • 123 WASP 2.01: < 1

    • The "Clot Factor" is a measure of how much a pest "gums up" a machine by adding registry entries, files, and directories. As more objects are placed in a machine, manual removal becomes more difficult and more error-prone.

    Operation

    Storage Required:
  • 123 Write All Stored Passwords 2.01: at least 125 KB
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    Detection and Removal

    Automatic Removal:

    PestPatrol detects this.

    PestPatrol removes this.

    Manual Removal:

    		 Follow these steps to remove 123 Write All Stored Passwords from your machine. Begin by backing up your registry and your system, and/or setting a Restore Point, to prevent trouble if you make a mistake.
    Stop Running Processes:

    Kill these running processes with Task Manager:

    Clean Registry:

    Remove these registry items (if present) with RegEdit:

    Remove Files:

    Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer:

    Remove Directories:

    Remove these directories (if present) with Windows Explorer:

    Research

    File Analyses:

    More Info:
  • AllTheWeb, AltaVista, AOL Search, Ask Jeeves, Google, HotBot, Lycos, LookSmart, MSN, Yahoo!
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    Research By:
  • PestPatrol's Pest Research Center
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    Last Revised:

    		 April 25, 2005