Lalim Word Password Recovery

Lalim Word Password Recovery is an application made to detect Microsoft Word passwords that you have lost or forgotten. It features two attack modes and offers support for .doc-formatted files, along with MS Word 95 through 2007.

Portability advantages

The program's packed in a single file that can be copied to a preferred folder on the local disk or to a USB flash drive, in order to seamlessly launch Lalim Word Password Recovery on any computer. It doesn't need external libraries or other components to run, create files on the disk without asking for approval, or update your system registry with new entries.
As far as the interface is concerned, the utility has a normal window with a simple design and layout, where you can get started by opening a Word document with the help of the file browser, since the drag-and-drop function is unsupported.

Decrypt passwords with dictionary or brute force attacks

The dictionary attack uses an external file to try all containing words and it's the fastest method. Meanwhile, the brute force attack tries all possible character combinations and may take a very long time.
If you remember any details about the key, you can speed up the scanner by including or excluding uppercase and lowercase characters along with numbers, as well as by specifying the minimum and maximum number of characters to take into account. Once found, the password can be copied to the Clipboard with just one click.

Evaluation and conclusion

It didn't put a strain on PC performance in our tests, using low CPU and RAM during key scans. No error dialogs popped up in our tests and it didn't hang or crash.
On the other hand, it doesn't support newer Word versions or the DOCX and DOCM filetypes. The dictionary-based method was unavailable in our tests; the option was greyed out and there wasn't an external document included in the product package. We must also take into account that Lalim Word Password Recovery hasn't been updated for a long time and can no longer be purchased.