location of "autocomplete passwords" in IE?

[lepricaun]

hey all,

anyone knows the location of the autocomplete passwords that are saved in internet explorer???

i know there are many tools to read this info, but i want to know how those tools work...
there must be some file in which these passwords are saved, but which one???

(OS's: XP and 2k, IE 5.0 & 6.0)

any idea's?

[576869746568617]

This information is encrypted and stored in your systems registry, in the registry key called:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\InternetExplorer\IntelliForms\SPW

[Info Tech Geek]

Are you just trying find out where they are stored or trying to review the passwords?

[lepricaun]

if i want the passwords i'll use a program like "iekey" from passware:
http://www.lostpassword.com

or password reminder:
http://www.fileheaven.com/password-r...nload/8038.htm

but no, i just want to know where they are located and how those programs get the passwords, i want to write a program myself with the same capabilities.
but not for illegal things, just to learn from it....

any idea btw what kind of encryption is used??

[576869746568617]

128 bit DES, just like the SAM uses

(that is, if the SAM is using the default encryption algorithm without SYSKEY's RC4 encryption)

[lepricaun]

ok, but DES isn't cracked that easy, so how do those programs work?
they can read the passwords in a second, so where do they get them?
there must be another way...