A program to recover lost or forgotten passwords to files/documents created in Microsoft Office applications (all versions): Word, Excel, Access (including user-level passwords and owner info), Project, Money, PowerPoint, Visio, Backup, Schedule+, Mail. Can also reset MS Internet Explorer (3/4/5) Content Advisor password, and open password-protected VBA projects (created in any application) via the backdoor. Most passwords are being recovered instantly; the password to open in Word/Excel 97/2000/XP can be recovered using brute-force and dictionary attacks, highly optimized for speed (the performance is about 5 million passwords per minute on PII).
Advanced Office 2000 Password Recovery (pro) 1.20 was released by ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. on Thursday 13 June 2002. Its known requirements are : Pentium CPU; 8 Mb RAM; less than 2 Mb of free space on HDD.
Advanced Office 2000 Password Recovery (pro) will run on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows NT and Windows XP.