Posts tagged password management

How to View Saved Passwords in Google Chrome

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When you are using a web browser like Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and many others, you are saving some important information about you and your identity. These information are stored on cookies and internal browser system database so that your browsing experience will be fast and efficient. These are the same information that hackers exploit to hack email account and even banking or financial accounts. This might be scary but as long as your computer is protected by a good antivirus software and constantly updated, the information… Read More

How to View Saved Passwords in Mozilla Firefox

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If you are using Mozilla Firefox web browser to surf the internet, then that is a very good decision as Firefox is safe, reliable, fast and stable browser. But this article will not just promote the use of Firefox, this will describe how you can hack or reveal the passwords that Firefox “remembered”. Most web browsers like Firefox, offer an option to “Save” or “Remember” the password you enter when you are logging in to your online accounts like emails, banking sites and other user-account related portals. When you choose… Read More

Can you clear a Windows password by deleting it in the registry?

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No, deleting entries in the registry will not clear a password. As mentioned is this FAQ entry, the password hash is stored in the registry in a hashed format. Deleting the hash from the registry will not remove the password itself, but will simply remove the ability to authenticate with that password. If you need to clear a password, the correct way to do so is to use the built-in Windows tools to reset the password or remove it entirely. For example, if you have administrative access to the computer,… Read More