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New In Passware Kit 12.5

May 15, 2013 Product Update

Passware Kit 12.5 Finds Encrypted Disks, Improves AMD Acceleration, and Analyzes Windows 8 Hibernation Files

  • Encrypted volumes and hard disk images are detected during a computer scan
  • Unprotected files are created automatically for batch processes
  • Hardware acceleration: AMD ATI cards are now supported for MS Office 2013, Zip, and Apple iTunes password recovery
  • Memory analysis: Passwords are extracted from Windows 8 hibernation files
  • Password recovery for MS Outlook 2013 and Peachtree 2013


New: Encrypted volumes and hard disk images are detected during a computer scan

Passware Kit scans computers and networks, finding all the password-protected and encrypted files. The new version also detects encrypted volumes and hard disk images, such as BitLocker, TrueCrypt, PGP, and others.

To decrypt a detected disk image, choose a memory analysis, hibernation file analysis, or a brute-force password recovery method. Learn more about hard disk decryption options.

Encrypted Containers

NOTE: This feature is available in Forensic edition only.

New: Unprotected files are created automatically for batch processes

Passware Kit 12.5 includes an option to create unprotected files automatically when a password is recovered or reset. When batch file processing is complete, unprotected copies of the files are saved in a single folder. Supported file types: MS Office, Zip, FileMaker, SQL, MYOB, and QuickBooks.

Passware Kit Options

New: AMD ATI cards are now supported for MS Office 2013, Zip, and Apple iTunes password recovery

NVIDIA and AMD ATI graphic cards are used to accelerate the password recovery processes. Passware Kit now supports ATI cards to speed up password recovery for MS Office 2007-2013 documents, Zip and Rar archives, Mac keychain files, Apple DMG images, and iTunes backups. With the latest series of the AMD cards, i.e., Radeon 7, the password recovery process is up to 30 times faster and can be further accelerated with Distributed Password Recovery.

GPU Acceleration

Learn more about hardware acceleration.

New: Passwords extraction from Windows 8 hibernation files

Passware Kit analyzes system hibernation files (hiberfil.sys) and extracts encryption keys for BitLocker, TrueCrypt, PGP, as well as passwords for websites, Windows users and MS Office files. The new version now supports hibernation files from Windows 8.

Windows 8 Hibernation

NOTE: This feature is available in Enterprise and Forensic editions only.

New: Password recovery for MS Outlook 2013 and Peachtree 2013

Passware Kit now instantly recovers passwords for MS Outlook v.2013 (MS Office 15) email accounts, PST files, as well as instantly decrypts Peachtree Complete Accounting v.2013 databases.

NOTE: This feature is available in Enterprise and Forensic editions only.