How to Recover Saved Passwords in CuteFTP

In this article, you’ll learn where CuteFTP stores your FTP login passwords, how they are protected, and how you can easily recover them.
CuteFTP Password Secrets
CuteFTP stores all your FTP login passwords at following location
[Windows Vista/7/8/10] C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\Globalscape\CuteFTP\[version]\sm.dat [Windows XP/2003] C:\Documents and Settings\[user_name]\Application Data\Globalscape\CuteFTP\[version]\sm.dat
Here [version] refers to CuteFTP version number (Example: 8.0, 9.0 etc).
CuteFTP stores all the FTP server configurations in “sm.dat” file using proprietary format. Only FTP server name is stored in clear text where as username & password are encrypted.
CuteFTP first converts both username & password to Unicode format. Then encrypt it using BLOWFISH-Compat algorithm with static 8 byte magic key.
How to Recover CuteFTP Passwords Automatically
Now you can easily recover all your forgotten FTP login passwords from CuteFTP without any technical knowledge.
With just one click, XenArmor FTP Password Recovery Pro can recover all your saved FTP site passwords from CuteFTP in seconds.
Follow these simple steps,
- Download & install the software from here
- Click on “Recover Passwords”
- Instantly see all your saved CuteFTP passwords

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