Password Secrets of Popular Messengers
Did you forget or lost your messenger password?
or are you looking for password details of your favourite messenger?
If so then you have come to right place. In this research article, you will learn the password secrets of top 15+ instant messengers such as GG, GTalk, Skype, Trillian, Nimbuzz, Paltalk, Marinda etc.
For each messenger, we will show you, where they store your passwords & how to recover them in case you forget your password.
Password Locations of Top Messengers
Here is the list of popular messengers along with encryption algorithm, password storage type & password file location used by them.
Note: For more technical & password recovery details, please click on Application name (Eg: BigAnt) below
| Messenger | Encryption | Type | Password File Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beyluxe Messenger | Custom | Registry | HKCU\software\beyluxe messenger\[user_name] |
| BigAnt Messenger | Custom | File (XML) | c:\users\[user_name]\documents\antsys\globalset.xml |
| Digsby IM | Custom | File | c:\users\[user_name]\appdata\local\digsby\logininfo.yaml |
| GG Messenger | AES-256-CBC | File | c:\users\[user_name]\appdata\roaming\gg\profiles\[email_address]\prefs.js |
| Google Talk | DPAPI | Registry | HKCU\software\google\google talk\accounts |
| IMVU Messenger | Plain | Registry | HKCU\software\imvu\password |
| Instantbird | SHA1/3 DES | File (JSON) | c:\users\[user_name]\appdata\roaming\instantbird\ profiles\[random_name]\logins.json |
| Miranda IM | Custom | File (SQLite) | C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\Miranda\ [profile_name]\[profile_name].dat |
| Miranda NG | Custom | File | c:\users\[user_name]\appdata\roaming\miranda ng\ [workspace]\[workspace].dat |
| MSN Messenger | DPAPI | Registry | HKCU\software\microsoft\identitycrl\creds |
| Myspace IM | DPAPI | File | c:\users\[user_name]\appdata\roaming\myspace\im\ users.txt |
| Nimbuzz Messenger | SHA1/DES | Registry | HKCU\software\nimbuzz\pcclient\application |
| Paltalk | Custom | Registry | HKCU\software\paltalk\[account] |
| Paltalk NG | Custom | Registry | HKCU\software\a.v.m.\paltalk ng\common_settings\core\ users\creds\1 |
| Pidgin Messenger | Plain | File (XML) | c:\users\[user_name]\appdata\roaming\.purple\ accounts.xml |
| Skype | MD5/AES-256 | File | c:\users\[user_name]\appdata\roaming\skype\[account]\ config.xml |
| Spark IM | MD5/3 DES | File | c:\users\[user_name]\appdata\roaming\spark\ spark.properties |
| TeamSpeak | Custom | File | c:\users\[user_name]\appdata\roaming\ts3client\ ts3clientui_qt.secrets.conf |
| Trillian | DPAPI/XOR | File | c:\users\[user_name]\appdata\roaming\trillian\users\ global\accounts.dat accounts.ini |
| Windows Live Messenger | Plain | File | windows credential manager |
| Yahoo! Messenger | Custom | Registry | HKCU\software\yahoo\pager |
Note: For more technical & password recovery details, please click on Application name
How to Recover Password from All Messengers
If you ever forget your messenger login password, now you can easily & instantly recover your password without worrying about where it is stored and how to decrypt it.
XenArmor Messenger Password Recovery Pro software can quickly recover your messenger login password with just a click of button as shown below,
Using this software, you can recover passwords from top 15+ Messengers like GTalk, Paltalk, Spark IM, Trillian, Windows Live Messenger etc
Here is the quick video showing you how to recover IM passwords from local as well as external drive,
For more details & download, please visit XenArmor Messenger Password Recovery Pro
Hope this article has helped you to understand where different instant messengers save your passwords & how to uncover them. Please comment below if you have any queries or suggestions.
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