aol storing passwords on PC?

i believe the password file is the same name as the users screen name, atleast for the aim crack

where is ur password file in AIM located at???

I would have to agree with bballad. Something isn't right here. Why the big interest about knowing the name of the password file and exactly where it's stored?

If you really want to protect yourself the ways mention above does the trick otherwise am not sure where this thread is heading....

Just my thought on things...

Guidance

This may have changed since v6.0 but even if you DONT store your password, it can appear in some of your aol files. The one file that seemed to have my passwords in it more then any other was Main.idx in the aol directory. If you use a hex editor you can go through and look for it. The easiest way would be to search for your username and look around in that general area for it. Like I said, you do not have to store your password for it to be in there, because I NEVER stored it and did find all of my password in there at one point or another.

Hope this helps

aol has been doing this for some time... it is an encrypted file... i think that aol stores it in your registry now... i know aim stores the password encrypted in your registy... at least on xp. under hkey_users => (select user) => software => american online => aol instant messenger => user => (select user) => login and it is there encrypted... cracking this encryption.. not sure what they are using to encrypt it or what algorythm... it could be done... but i don't plan on venturing a guess... also i agree with bballad... sounds a little strange

Yep Something doesn't seem quite right here. You don't have to know what the file name is and where it is stored. All you need to know is what bballad said, which it is a bad Idea to have the computer remember you pass and username if your trying to be secure.