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DESCRIPTION
Recover PDF Password is an-easy-to use application which is used to search for a password of password-protected PDF documents. It uses exhaustive search method to find out even the most complicated and long passwords. It allows to search both for "owner" and "user" passwords with brute-force attack, effectively optimized for speed.
WHAT'S NEW
Version 2.1.0.102:
  • Added: Russian and Spanish localizations
  • Improved: password recovery for PDF files produced by third-party software
  • Fixed: several minor bugs
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

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Developer:Eltima Software
Downloads:2,292
  - Version d/l:495
Utilities:Security
License:Shareware
Date:02 Oct 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
Price:$39.95
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Apr 15 2009
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BIG77  Basically, this is a brute-force cracker with some useful options, such as the ability to suggest characters.

But it's not multi-engine aware, so expect this to take a LONG time. Also seems to spend quite a bit of resource updating the not-too-useful progress indicator -- resources better spent to improve speed.

As a test, I'm running over 5 days now cracking a 9 character password and it looks like it has about 2 weeks left to run. (Mac Pro 3Ghz, 8 core).  
(Version 2.0.0.75)

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Oct 21 2009

JADCO  This application has been well worth its price to me. There are many pdf’s that cross my desktop that I would like to be able to copy from, or do such things as insert bookmarks for my own future reference. This application has easily decrypted all of them to date because - to my surprise - most of these pdf’s have been encrypted without passwords, so that the software can decrypt them very quickly. As a result, pdf’s such as computer manuals are now easy to edit with bookmarks and comments using Acrobat. So I’m very happy with the results.  
(Version 2.1.0.102)

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May 15 2009
*****

KELLY MILLER  The application works as it was advertised. I didn't have any problems to recover the password to PDF file which I created some months ago.  
(Version 2.0.0.75)

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Feb 26 2009

CHRISB1  I don't think apps like this should be listed here.  
(Version 2.0)

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Feb 26 2009

SYR WULLAM  I disagree.

I work with hundreds of pdf files on a daily basis and I often have to use applications like PDFKey Pro. Recover PDF Password goes farther than PDFKey Pro but it does not mean that either developer would approve the use of their work for "illegal" purposes.

Your point can be easily twisted to say that e.g. hex editors should not be listed here because they can also be used to perform "illegal" actions on applications. And you would not say that, would you?

Or do you believe that encryption software or network/admin tools like Nmap or KisMAC should have no place here simply because they could get into malevolent hands?

C'mon.   
(Version 2.0)

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May 15 2009

ANONYMOUS  Recover PDF Password was developed to help those people who use the PDF documents in their every day life, but who lost the password for it. Or imagine such situation. Somebody have sent you the PDF document and you need to print it in an urgent way, but the file is protected by the password and the sender didn't hear anything about the password.

In such situations Recover PDF Password will sold your problem.

Of course there always be those who will use any software in the not appropriate way,and any company can't control all of such users.   
(Version 2.0.0.75)

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