Are there any ways to open a RAR password protected file?

Hi Jase,

Unfortunately WinRAR uses a very secure encryption algorithm (AES-256). There is no easy way for anyone to decrypt the contents. If the password is weak, your best best is find a tool that can brute force or dictionary attack the password. Let me add this process can take from a few days to hundreds of years depending on the complexity of the password. I have not heard of a single instance where RAR encryption has been by-passed so the chances are low.

-Sam

Thank you Sam, I totally agreed with what you said there. very true indeed. Theres no possible ways unless the password is short or simple.

But what about are there any ways we could crack a RAR ZIP FILE?  rar zip file with password protected?

Are there any possible ways to crack that? Thanks Sam.

Jase,

This one is again tricky. The ZIP format supports 2 compression algorithms. One is the very secure AES-256, the other is called Zip 2.0 encryption also know as ZipCrypto. ZipCryto is relatively weak and there is software out there to break it. You'll need to know which method was used to encrypt the file and get the appropriate tool. You'll have to bing search for the tools, but I know they're out there. Good luck.

-Sam