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About PaltalkPasswordDecryptor
PaltalkPasswordDecryptor is the FREE software to instantly recover all stored account passwords by PaltalkScene. PaltalkScene is one of the emerging instant messenger with more than 4 million members around the world. It features thousands of chat rooms, video conferencing, PC to Phone calls etc. Like most of messengers, PaltalkScene also stores the user account details including passwords in the registry for subsequent logins so that user do not have to enter the password every time. PaltalkScene uses its own proprietary encryption algorithm to securely store the saved password.
In that context, PaltalkPasswordDecryptor helps in automatically recovering such stored passwords. It can not only recover main Paltalk account password but also all the other messenger passwords stored by PaltalkScene.

Current version comes with 'Setup Wizard' for local Installation & Uninstallation of the software. 


PaltalkPasswordDecryptor works on most of the Windows platforms starting from Windows XP to latest operating system, Windows 7.
 
 
 
Features of PaltalkPasswordDecryptor
Here are the highlights of top features of PaltalkPasswordDecryptor which makes it stand apart from other similar tools including commercial ones.
  •  Instantly decrypt and recover stored encrypted passwords by PaltalkScene.

  •  Support for recovering main account password as well as other messenger account passwords stored by PaltalkScene.

  •  Passwords are not shown by default for security reasons as it is sensitive data. However user can toggle this behavior using 'Show Password' button.

  •  On successful recovery operation, messenger account type, username and password is displayed.

  •  Sort feature to arrange the displayed password list by username and password which makes it easy to search through 100's of entries.

  •  User can save the recovered password list to HTML file for transferring to other system or for future use.

  •  Easy and faster to use with its enhanced user friendly interface.

  •  Completely Portable Tool which also comes with optional Installer for assisting you in local Installation & Uninstallation.

 
 
Internals of PaltalkPasswordDecryptor
PaltalkScene stores main Paltalk account password in the Registry at following location under the sub key named after your nickname (login name)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Paltalk\<nick_name>
Paltalk Messenger Registry Storage
Actual encrypted password is stored under above key with value name as 'pwd'. Paltalk uses its own proprietary encryption algorithm to securely store the password
 
For more technical details on how Paltalk encrypts the password and how to decrypt it, refer to following research article Exposing the Password Secrets of PaltalkScene
 
 
 
Installing PaltalkPasswordDecryptor
Though PaltalkPasswordDecryptor is a Portable tool, it comes with Installer so that you can install it locally on your system for regular usage. This installer has intuitive wizard (as shown in the screenshot below) which guides you through series of steps in completion of installation. At any point of time you can use Uninstaller to remove the software from the system.
 
PaltalkPasswordDecryptor Installer
 
 
 
Using PaltalkPasswordDecryptor
PaltalkPasswordDecryptor is the very simple tool to use even for home users. Here are the typical usage steps
  •  On running the application, click on 'Start Recovery' button to begin the password recovery process.

  •  It will automatically scan and recover the password and display it as shown in the screenshot below.

  •  By default passwords are hidden for sensitive reasons. You can click on 'Show/Hide password' button at the bottom to view/hide the passwords.

  •  Finally you can save the complete recovered password list to HTML file for future usage.

 
Screenshots of PaltalkPasswordDecryptor
Here are the screenshots of PaltalkPasswordDecryptor
 
Screenshot 1:PaltalkPasswordDecryptor is showing the recovered password list for popular IM applications with passwords being hidden by default.
 
PaltalkPasswordDecryptor showing recovered passwords
 
 
Screenshot 2:  Exported list of of recovered Paltalk account passwords by PaltalkPasswordDecryptor in HTML format.
 
Exported Paltalk Accounts to HTML
 
 
Release History
Version 1.6 :  3rd Apr 2011
Added links for PasswordForensics.com in about section and few minor bug fixes.
Version 1.5 :  17th Nov 2010
Support for Setup Wizard for local Installation & Uninstallation of the software.
 
Version 1.0 :  17th Oct 2010
First public release of PaltalkPasswordDecryptor
 
 
Disclaimer
PaltalkPasswordDecryptor is designed for good purpose to help users to recover the lost Paltalk account passwords. Like any tool its use either good or bad, depends upon the user who uses it. However author is not responsible for any damage caused due to misuse of this tool.

Read complete License & Disclaimer terms here.
 
 
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License  : Freeware
Platform : Windows XP, 2003, Vista, Win7

Win 7 Compatible
 
 
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