I know how frustrating it is when you download a large file from the net to find out that it is locked with a password, which you don’t have. Cracking the password with softwares like Advanced password recovery is out of the question because it takes nearly 3 days to guess a 8 character long password. And none can spend that
kinda time.

Today I am gonna post a method to find out passwords for archive files which you downloaded from file sharers like -
Rapidshare, Megaupload,Easyshare etc

It is pretty easy, fast and doesn’t require you to use any software other than a Browser.

What you need -
1. A browser (preferably Mozilla Firefox)
2. The file for which you are searching the password must be popular.

How to do it -

Lets assume that one wants to find password for this file -
http://rapidshare.de/files/5968004/Dead.To…part01.rar.html

In the Google Search toolbar in FireFox copy the name of the file, in this case – Dead.To.Rights.2-RELOADED.part01.rar

Or you can manually go to www.google.com and search in the default search box.

By checking the Actual Url one can see that /forum/index.php?showtopic=8927&view=findpost&p=119588
is a link to a topic in a forum, and hence by clicking on the link, we are taken to a forum page.

The forum is in some other language, but it doesn’t matter. On scrolling down the page one can see the links to the file for which we need the password. And most probably the password will posted at the end of the link list .

This is easy way to find password of the software which you missed to note down . The best precaution is to note the password in a notepad so it may be useful while extracting the software.