Have you ever wondered where all these passwords get stored when you Tick on “Remeber My Password” in Internet explorer,Yahoo Messenger,Google Talk,and other email Clients.In total four programs tested which are presented below. All these utilities are free, small zip files (around 30-60KB in size) and requires no installation. Just download, unzip and run! Also these are only for Windows Platform (tested on Windows XP).

#1. PSPV (Protected Storage Password Viewer)
This utility can show passwords from following programs:
* Internet Explorer 6.0
* Outlook Express
* MSN Explore
Some antivirus notably Quick-Heal & McAfee detects pspv as its popularity grew over the time. I am using this for more than a year. In earlier days it never got caught! ;-)

PSPV Links: Download | Homepage

#2. IEPV (Internet Explorer Password Viewer)
This utility can show passwords from following programs:
* Internet Explorer 6.0
* Internet Explorer 7.0
If you are Internet Explorer user please consider switching to better and secure browser like Firefox! :-)

IEPV Links: Download | Homepage

#3. MSPASS (Messenger Password Viewer)
This utility can show passwords from following messenger:
* MSN Messenger
* Windows Messenger (In Windows XP)
* Windows Live Messenger (In Windows XP And Vista)
* Yahoo Messenger (Versions 5.x and 6.x)
* Google Talk
* ICQ Lite 4.x/5.x/2003
* AOL Instant Messenger v4.6 or below, AIM 6.x, and AIM Pro.
* Trillian
* Miranda
* GAIM/Pidgin (more about pidgin)
* MySpace IM

MSPASS Links: Download | Homepage

#4. MAILPV (Mail Password Viewer)
This utility can show passwords from following Email clients:
* Outlook Express
* Microsoft Outlook 2000 (POP3 and SMTP Accounts only)
* Microsoft Outlook 2002/2003/2007 (POP3, IMAP, HTTP and SMTP Accounts)
* Windows Mail
* IncrediMail
* Eudora
* Netscape 6.x/7.x (If the password is not encrypted with master password)
* Mozilla Thunderbird (If the password is not encrypted with master password)
* Group Mail Free
* Yahoo! Mail – If the password is saved in Yahoo! Messenger application.
* Hotmail/MSN mail – If the password is saved in MSN/Windows/Live Messenger application.
* Gmail – If the password is saved by Gmail Notifier application, Google Desktop, or by Google Talk.

MAILPV Links: Download

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