| Software | Method | Speed (Passwords/sec) | Cost | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Passper for RAR | GPU-accelerated brute force | ~200,000 | $49.95 | | iSunshare RAR Password Genius | Dictionary & mask attack | ~50,000 | $45.00 | | hashcat (free, technical) | Command-line tool | ~500,000 (with GPU) | Free (Open source) |
Note on hashcat: This is a professional penetration testing tool. You must extract the hash from the RAR file first using rar2john. This is legal to do on your own property. Winrar Password Cracker 4.2.0.0 License Key
This version number is a psychological trick. Cybercriminals use an "older" version number to make the software appear established and trustworthy. In reality, there is no official version 4.2.0.0 of any password cracker from RARLAB. Attackers choose random version numbers to bypass security scans that look for generic filenames like "cracker.exe." | Software | Method | Speed (Passwords/sec) |
john --wordlist=rockyou.txt hash.txt