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Story: How to crack passwords, and why you should

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Posted by: Matt Read (Wednesday 1 June 2005, 9:01 AM)

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Having pressed on the link and tried to download the 'John the Ripper' program, my PC Antivirus (NOD32) alarms and reports that the file is a trojan.

Lets hope other unsuspecting people who are not IT literate dont install this program.

Great idea to put a link to a trojan on your website!!!!

Keep up the good word ZDNet. Please ensure you put a warning on the page to alert people and in future CHECK sources are legit.

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