Bulk MD5 Password Cracker

Computer security means a lot more than just having an antivirus solution installed on your PC. Archives prevent malicious content from infecting files, while specialized algorithms help protect files through passwords. In an attempt to recover lost keys from MD5 checksums, Bulk MD5 Password Cracker uses a built-in dictionary to perform this operation.

Needs to be launched through the Command Prompt

It doesn’t take a lot of time to get the application installed on your PC. However, you need to pay attention to every “next” button you press, or offer you accept, or you can end up with more than just Bulk MD5 Password Cracker deployed. To avoid this altogether, you can try out Bulk MD5 Password Cracker Portable.
Although you can run the application afterwards, only general help terms are shown, and actual functionality is obtained by launching it through the Command Prompt, especially since it’s a command line utility. However, detailed descriptions, and neat examples prevent you from getting stuck along the way.

Specify save path, and edit dictionary file

As the name suggests, the application attempts to retrieve passwords from MD5 checksums. These codes need to be bundled inside a TXT file, which you can place in the source directory to save some type when loading. It can take some time to obtain the password, and it’s best to cease all other activities during this operation. Additionally, you can specify an output TXT file to save grabbed passwords to.
The application isn’t any good on its own, containing only the necessary code to attempt to extract the password. It completely relies on a dictionary file you find inside the source folder. It’s nothing more than a TXT file containing possible passwords, these being matched one by one until the right item is found, and can thus help if you have an idea of what the password might be, editing the dictionary file.

A few last words

All things considered, Bulk MD5 Password Cracker is a handy application you can use to recover lost passwords for MD5 checksums. Even though it’s a command line utility, it comes with enough descriptions an example to quickly get you up and running. The dictionary file is easy to edit to help narrow down results.