There are three effective methods of opening password protected zip folders when you forget its password. In this tutorial, i will teach you two methods that we have tried and worked on a normal computer.
Doing such a task must be only for educational purposes and for recovering forgotten passwords. Do not use methods for illegal purposes.
Without password, to open a protected ZIP file, certainly you need some really effective ZIP password-cracking software. Now there are two kinds of such software you can choose from to open a password protected file.
We shall require The Recovery software or password remover software
One is iSumsoft ZIP Password Refixer that can recover unknown password from encrypted ZIP archive file. Another is NSIS that can remove ZIP password.
Am going to discus the procedure in scope and where you meet challenges, leave a comment.
Method 1: By recovering password using iSunsoft Zip Password Refixer
iSumsoft ZIP Password Refixer is powerful ZIP password software that helps recover unknown password from encrypted ZIP archive file in the short possible time.
I prefer this method because its so simple and very fast. It breaks most of the file passwords. You will discover more when you follow these steps.
Then you can open your password protected ZIP file with the recovered password.
Simple Steps
1. Download and install ZIP Password Rafixer on your computer. Then launch the program.
2. Click Open button. Browse for the password protected zip file and add it into this program.
3. Select password attack type
Selecting one right password attack type is the trick of quickly recovering zip password. This program provides 4 attack types including Brute-force, Mask, Dictionary and Smart. And the most commonly used and most effective attack should be the Brute-force with Mask and Dictionary.
4. Click Start button. And just wait a little longer while the program is discovering the zip password.
This may take between 3 to 5minutes depending on your computer RAM size.
You will get the alert box when process is done. Use the password generated to open your zip folder.
METHOD 2: OPEN PASSWORD PROTECTED ZIP FILE WITH NSIS
Another simple method is using NSIS Software.
NSIS is magic software that can convert a password protected ZIP file into .exe file. You will have to Install the .exe file so that it can turn into your ZIP file and you can open it without password
Steps
1: Download NSIS and install it on your computer. Then run it.
2: Click the Installer based on ZIP file.
3: Click the Open button. Navigate to the path to your password protected ZIP file and add it to NSIS software.
4: Click the Browse button and select one path to locate the EXE file it will generate. And then click the Generate button.
5: When the generation is complete, close the dialog and you can see an EXE file.
6: Double click the EXE file to install it.
When the installation is complete, it extracts your password protected ZIP file. And you can open it without password.
The next method involves uploading your zip folder to third party websites and redownload it. I do not recommend this method because it makes the contents of your folder very vulnerable. But if you want to just learn how to do this, leave a comment.
I hope you have learnt and succeeded with the turorial and learned something new.
So keep supporting and sharing. You can also comment your questions about you you want to learn.
See you in the next tutorial.