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- Instructions for PGPCRAK Software
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- PGPCRAK Stores PGP Passphrases that are entered via the "Sign
- Clipboard" Window. PGPcrak demonstrates the fundamental lack of
- security when using the PC. This program captures and records
- all passphrases entered when this window is destroyed in spite
- of the efforts on the part of PGP software authors to prevent
- this kind of access.PGPCRAK is a product of CRAK Software
- Visit our web site at http://www.crak.com
- CRAK Software sells a complete line of password recovery
- products for most word processor and spreadsheet programs
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- Download PGPCRAK.zip
- Installation
-
- The PGPCRAK software consists of the following files:
- 1 รป PGPCRAK.exe.
- PGPCRAK.exe must be copied to the user's Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp
- directory.
- This file is the executable that runs as a background process. The PGPCRAK.exe
- software will record PGP signing passphrases whenever the PGP signing dialog is
- activated.
- Proper installation may be verified by hitting the cntr + Alt + Del keys
- simultaneously. Proper installation is indicated by the presence of the PGPCRAK
- task on the task list. Hit Cancel to recover.
- 2 - HookPGPDll.dll
- This dll must be stored in the user's windows\system directory. This file is
- necessary for operation with the IE Explorer browser.
- 3 - PGPdll.dll
- This file must be stored in the windows\system directory. This dll is required
- for operation of the PGPCRAK software.
- 4 - PGPCRAKCRAK.exe
- PGPCRAKCRAK.exe will not normally be installed on the target PC although it can
- be installed there. PGPCRAKCRAK.exe will run as an independent executable on any
- Win95 or NT machine.
- PGPCRAKCRAK is the agent that decrypts the windll.crk file and saves it in a
- text file called windll.txt (or any other valid name the user determines). The
- user needs to know the security code for the PGPCRAKCRAK software in order to
- operate the software (warning, these security codes are to be used under the
- terms of the license and may not be divulged to except as indicated in the
- license agreement).
- PGPCRAKCRAK also requires that the user have knowledge of the intialization
- password for the particular windll.crk file. This password is required for
- decryption and is stored in encrypted form in the windll.crk file.
- Operation
-
- Once the appropriate files have been copied to the indicated directories, the
- user's machine must be restarted or the user must log off and then log on again
- to install the PGPCRAK.exe background process. This process monitors the active
- windows. If the target window becomes active, the PGPCRAK process captures the
- required data and saves it to the windll.crk file when thewindow is destroyed.
- The password which sets up the encryption key is derived from the first password
- used at the target Window. Be sure to write this password down, you will not be
- able to recover the stored data without it. Subsequent visits to the target
- window will result in automatic storage of the target data in the windll.crk
- file.
- PGPCRAK.exe puts the recorded data in a text file called "windll.crk" under the
- C:\Windows directory. This file is encrypted. There is only one password which
- will recover the data in the windll.crk file and save it as a text file called
- "windll.txt". This file may be saved anywhere on the user system, or on a floppy
- or network drive at the time of decryption at the discretion of the user.
- PGPCRAK.exe determines the encryption password for the windll.crk file. Without
- this password, it is impossible (within the limits of the encryption algorithm)
- to recover the data stored in the windll.crk file. This password is the first
- password entered under the target window (this password need not be a valid
- password for the target system). Recording of the password occurs as the window
- is destroyed. PGPCRAK.exe checks for the presence of a windll.crk file. If one
- is not present, it opens a new windll.crk file and initializes the file with an
- encryption key using the password entered at the target window. If a windll.crk
- file is present in the windows directory, PGPCRAK.exe reads the encrypted key
- for the windll.crk file, decrypts the key, encrypts the new data using this key
- and saves the newly appended data in the windll.crk file. A different randomized
- key generator is used for each new windll.crk file even if the passwords are the
- same.
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