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Need a App...

Apr 28, 2008 5:45AM PDT

hi I run a bussiness, and I need a app thats lets me crack password's on laptops, (on a desktop I can just use the BIOS)I'm not a hacker I just need a Virus FREE app. also I need one for cracking Wireless internet networks... and one for doing Remote control, over a network, with no software installed, on the other PC.
thanks,

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The first one is NTPASSWD
Apr 28, 2008 6:06AM PDT

The second item does not exist. The reason is simple. If it did, all hackers in the world would have doomed the computing world as we know it.

Bob

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hmm............ are you sure?
Apr 28, 2008 6:46AM PDT

are you sure thats there no program like that? Because I'm almost positive there is, if there's not maybe something that can record, what a user does over a network?

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Very sure.
Apr 28, 2008 10:36AM PDT

If no software is installed no remote control exists.

And no getting upset with the free help from the forums. It's not allowed.
Bob

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Password cracking...
Apr 28, 2008 8:11AM PDT

Honestly, it sounds odd to me. Cracking a password on a laptop isn't uncommon due to misplacing the password, but why not just hard reset the router if you lost the password to it? And for the final one, that's simply not possible unless you found and exploited an unpatched hole in Windows. (I'll decline to say more.)

Question is, why do you want to crack passwords on computers and wireless networks, as well as take remote control over machines, you don't have access to?

John

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okay, first of all..
Apr 28, 2008 8:18AM PDT

my question is didn't you read the first POST??
I run a bussines, and you never know when these tools my come in handy.
anyways I still need those apps.

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Yes, I did...
Apr 28, 2008 8:30AM PDT

But running a business does not dictate a need for the ability to hack computer passwords. Why?

1.) Laptops: You keep the password written down if need be. You backup your data regularly and are prepared to recover from it just as if your laptop was stolen.
2.) Network: You keep the password written down if need be. You hard reset the router if it comes to it since you have physical access.
3.) Remote control: Since you have complete access to the laptops now you install the appropriate software now. There is no need to hunt down vulnerabilities to enable backdoor access.

John

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okay, thats great but..
Apr 28, 2008 8:39AM PDT

if only ALL my clients did this. BUT THEY DON'T!
hence the reason WHY I NEED some APPS like that.
don't post again asking me why I need these apps.
if you know some great, but if not DON"T POST HERE!
thanks

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Ah, new information...
Apr 28, 2008 9:07AM PDT

Part of the problem was that "I own a business" could refer to anything from a car dealership to a grocery store, in which case you own the equipment and can prepare for disaster now. Now you imply you are restoring access to a client's systems after the fact, an entirely different situation.

1.) Bob already suggested one such tool, and Elcomsoft System Recovery is a professional-grade application. Of course, that assumes we're talking about Windows and not, say, Debian.

2.) Sorry, but that depends on the routers and type of encryption being used. No simple answer there.

3.) CrossLoop is one of the simplest remote-control/support apps available, but it does require the user at the other end to install the software. As Bob said, though, if no software is installed no remote control exists.

John

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thanks..
Apr 28, 2008 10:35AM PDT

okay, I already have crossloop, and the other one you have to buy...
I'm sure theres a free one out there, but.... I just don't know what it is! isn't there a progam to record info, from a PC on a network?
thanks

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Yes...
Apr 28, 2008 10:50AM PDT

I believe the free option was hinted at by Bob: see NTPASSWD.

As to network traffic, think along the lines of Wireshark (freeware). (Thinking in reverse, this is why you don't want to use just any open WiFi hotspot you find.)

John

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P.S. Business use...
Apr 28, 2008 10:51AM PDT

Since this is for a business some investment in software to offer these services is expected/required.

John

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agreed....
Apr 28, 2008 1:03PM PDT

agreed but I'd like to not have to pay for it, if its not necessary.
thats all. and since almost every program on the internet that you can buy, is almost always a free version. it never hurts to ask.
thanks