Portable Bulk SHA1 Password Cracker

Made as the portable counterpart of Bulk SHA1 Password Cracker, this lightweight command-line tool has the purpose of decrypting password hashes to retrieve encrypted information. It supports SHA1 checksums and resorts to password lists.

Portability perks

Since there is no setup pack involved, you can put Bulk SHA1 Password Cracker in any part of the hard disk and call its process from a Command Prompt dialog.
Another possibility is to save the tool to a USB flash disk or similar storage unit, in order to run it on any PC effortlessly, without worrying about installing additional tools.
Plus, it does not create new entries in the Start menu or Windows registry, so no leftovers can be found after its removal.

Straightforward command lines

It is possible to point out the SHA1 hash list file one per line, password dictionary file one per line, along with the output destination and file name for storing the cracked SHA1 signatures.

Evaluation and conclusion

Decrypted data may take a long while, depending on the complexity of the files. The software application uses high RAM and low CPU during this time. We have not come across any problems throughout our evaluation, since Bulk SHA1 Password Cracker did not hang, crash or display error messages.
Although it does not come wrapped in a graphical interface, Bulk SHA1 Password Cracker facilitates fast and easy hash decryption using just a couple of commands.