{"id":1956,"date":"2020-06-12T09:13:44","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T09:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/?p=1956"},"modified":"2023-10-10T10:49:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T10:49:52","slug":"how-to-decrypt-zip-file-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/how-to-decrypt-zip-file-password\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Decrypt ZIP File Password?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The article below will teach you as to how to decrypt password protected ZIP file. But why do you always stumble upon locked zip file always? That is a question you must ask the software vendor who upload software as an open source file and keep it password protected in order for a certain user to check the contents and not everyone else.<\/span><\/p>\n

But what if you have accidentally downloaded a locked ZIP file and checking the contents is a real necessity for the time being. This is where the article will come to be a beacon of light for you.<\/span><\/p>\n

#1: Decrypt ZIP Password using John the Ripper<\/span> <\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

\u00a0<\/b><\/strong><\/span>Although John the Ripper is a freeware command line based utility and is primarily used to recover passwords. But mostly users have seen it recovering Windows forgotten password and not ZIP and RAR file passwords. In this section, we would show you how to crack zip password using John the Ripper in the following steps:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Step 1. Download the Jon the Ripper tool, the community enhanced version, and double click on the downloaded zip file to extract all the contents.<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 2. After waiting for a moment, the window will open up. Click on “john180j 1w”\u00a0from the extracted window that opens up.<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 3. Press “CTRL + C”\u00a0and then “CTRL + V”\u00a0opening the desktop.<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 4. Rename the folder as “john”\u00a0and place your tool zip folder in the “run”\u00a0folder.<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 5. Open command prompt, and enter the command cd desktop\/john\/run<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/b><\/strong>and hit “Enter”\u00a0to alter the John the Ripper “run”\u00a0folder directory.<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 6. Now enter zip2john.exe name.zip > zip folder name.hash<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0and hit “Enter”.<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 7. Make sure to define the hash of the ZIP folder by name of your hash file.hash. <\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Step 8. Next enter the command john.exe –pot=name.pot –wordlist=john\/run\/password.lst name.hash <\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong>and hit “Enter”\u00a0and the tool will begin its recovery process.<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 9. Now when you see the “Session complete”\u00a0notification at the bottom line of cmd box, input the command type name.pot<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Just substitute the name with folder\u2019s name) and hit “Enter”\u00a0to see the recovered password in the cmd dialog box.<\/span><\/p>\n

CONS:<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n