How to Crack A PDF Password with PDF Password Rescuer

How to open a password protected pdf document if you don't know or forgot the password? This may confuse many people. There are two types of passwords can be used to protect a pdf document avoid unauthorized access.

"Open" password: Users cannot open a PDF document and view its contents if it is protected by a "Open' password.

"Edit" password: Users can open a PDF document but cannot edit/print its contents if it is protected by a "Edit" password.

When you forgot PDF password, Daossoft PDF Password Rescuer can help you quickly crack the PDF document open password and remove edit password. It is a professional PDF Password Cracker which provides four powerful attack solutions: Brute-force, Mask, Smart and Dictionary Attack. Supports any PDF file created in Adobe Acrobat and other PDF software. The highly optimized low-level code provides the best-in-class performance in PDF password recovery.

This tutorial will show you how to crack PDF password by using this tool:

Step 1. Purchase PDF Password Rescuer full version and install it on your computer.

Free trial version can be download from our website. It can help users to run the software and check out all the features and recover a password with less than three digits.

Step 2. Run PDF Password Rescuer, click "Open" button to import a PDF document which you want to crack its password.

In the Open File Dialog, navigate to your target PDF file and click "Open".

Step 3. Choose an attack solution to crack PDF password.

There are four attack solutions in our program for cracking a lost PDF password more faster: Brute-force Attack, Mask Attack, Dictionary Attack and Smart Attack. You can choose one of them to appreciate your cracking.

Step 4. Select the most appropriate Attack settings and click Start button to find out the original password. This is depend on what information of the password you still remember.

Solution 1: Brute-force Attack: The program will try all possible character combinations in the specified Range. You can set the range by selecting some available options: caps latin, small latin, digits, special symbol, space, all printable and password lenth. For instance, if you still remember that your password was made up with 6 characters and for digits only, you can select digits for the range and set seach lenth. This may greatly reduce the time for finding out original password.

Set search lenth on "Length" Option, then the program will try all passwords combinations whose length base on the range you set.
Minimal password length: Set the minimum password length.
Maximal password length: Set the maximum password length.

When you complete all settings, click Start button on menubar to start cracking PDF password and the program will find out the correct password for you automatically!

Solution 2: Mask Attack: This is another useful attack method for you to quickly find out the password. If you remember some characters and their position on your password, it is helpful to shortten the cracking time. You must offer some password symbols which you can remember. Give the symbols you remembered, replace the unkown symbols with "?" as ac???ab. All character types and password lenth option are also available in this attack, you can select some appropriate options as well. OK, click Start button and the program will try three characters combinations instead of seven, and crack the password more faster.

Solution 3: Dictionary Attack: A name or word were usually used as a password. This Attack verifies the words stored in the specified Dictionary File. We has supplied a small Dictionary File containing common English words. It also supports self created dictionary.

"Dictionary" Settings: Select the desired dictionary file. In addition, you also can select an option "Smart mutations" or "Try all possible upper/lower case combinations". Then click Start button to start cracking. If one of those Words matches your password, the program will display it for you.

Solution 4: Smart Attack: If you choose this attack, all Range and Lenth settings are set by default. And the program will try all possible character combinations untill find out the correct password of your PDF file. You don't need to change any settings and simply click Start button to recover your forgotten password.

Step 5. When you successfully crack the PDF password with PDF Password Rescuer, the Edit protetion will be removed and the correct password will be displayed on following dialog. You can copy it and use it to open your PDF document.

In Addition: How to Register PDF Password Rescuer?

Click buy now button on website and complete the payment, you will recieve an email with registration code and retail version in it. Install the retail version and run it, click Help | Register, type in your registration code and click Register.

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