What Is Dr.ZIP and How It Works?

Dr.ZIP is a professional password recovery program for ZIP archives which created with all versions of popular archivers like WinZip and PKZip. The principle of Dr.ZIP is quite complex but also easy to be understood. It uses the specific algorithm to read out key data encryption in ZIP, then extract the encrypted hash from the ZIP file. This hash is very important to ZIP file, when attacking the hash of the ZIP, it can type passwords into the locked ZIP file with thousand of times in a short time. This utility comes with three attack types including Brute-force Attack and Mask Attack, which can break your password in different situation.

3 Efficient Decryption Types Available

Brute-force Attack: Try all possible character combinations if you have no any clues about ZIP password.

Brute-force with Mask Attack: This attack is ideal for users who partially remember their passwords. This is extremely fast and thus highly recommended.

Dictionary mode: You’re allowed to import your own Dictionary file to Dr.ZIP, which helps you find the password quickly