.ARJ password cracker

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From: Matthew E. Bernold
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 13:06

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This was originally posted to comp.compression, and someone suggested I might
get a better answer in one of these groups....so:

>My friend made a MAJOR boo-boo (tm) a few days ago.  He accidentally lost
>his "little black book" where he kept among other things the passwords to
>his .ARJed archives.  He has some of the files, but for most of them, the
>only copy he has left is in the archive, and he can't get to them.  I know
>I've read about password crackers for WordPerfect documents, and .ZIP files.
>Is there such a beast for .ARJ files?
>
>Thanx,
>
>       Matthew E. Bernold             MEB117@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
>         <<APOCALYPSE>>                  meb@haydn.psu.edu

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Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 08:06:42 EST
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