how to open an encrypted rar file?

Question

how can i open an encrypted rar file?
Are there any options other than password recovering softwares?

Answer 1

If you forget the WinRAR /RAR password, This RAR password recovery software may be your best resort. RAR Password recovery is proved to be a helpful tool for users to recover forgotten RAR password. It supports brute-force attack, brute force with mask and dictionary attack which can restrict the search area and shorten the RAR password recovery time.

http://www.rarpasswordrecovery.com/products/rar-password-unlocker.html

Answer 2

there are many decryptors available in the market to open rar files which have passwords. But using free versions will not let you crack the password and it may take many hours before they finaaly break the password.



one such tool is Unrar Extract and Recover is a free utility that is able to help you extract password protected RAR archives in batch.



here you can give it a try:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/unrarextractrec/

Answer 3

email the owner of the rar file for the password

Answer 4

itz bit difficult to find....

Even i had downloaded some content where it was password protected n i didnt had password.

at tat time i tried many softwares to find the password, but it was all waste of time. 1 software took almost 16hrs for various possibilities , but cudnt trace password.

Answer 5

yea, download a program called winrar. its has free trial for 30 days.

link: http://winrarfreedownload.net/

Answer 6

use the right password