Re: [LUG] WINDOWS 98 Security - the joke just got better

[David Johnson <dj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul Sutton wrote:

> A dire warning
>
> Under Windows 98 the pwl file is encrypted hence typing type file.pwl comes
> up with jibberish,
>
> try this
>
> Start - run
> msconfig.exe
> click on system.ini tab and scroll down to password list click on the +
>
> now on my system I have listed the following
> Psutton=c:\windows\psutton.pwl
> User=c:\windows\user.pwl
> psutton<mypassword in plain text for all to see >=c:\windows\psutton<first
> letter of password.pwl>
>
> try just looking at system.ini via a text editor. I also did a search for my
> password in the registry and found it near my username in the same format as
> line 2 above i.e username<password>
>
> Can anyone with XP please check this,  as if the problem is with that also,
> then you should really worry. Same goes for NT. etc
>
>
> Paul
Well we all know what the solution to that is don't we :-)
(Says I using Windows ME!)



David Johnson.

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