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Mac Forum / Applications / Excel / August 2007How safe are Excel passwords?
Hi, How hard is it to access data on an excel spreadsheet that needs a passowrd to view it's contents? I say this as my PowerBook has been stolen and has some password protected excel data on it. Thanks. Most any program's password protection prevents inadvertent access by someone who doesn't know the password, but anyone who is determined to get into the file will find a way. It just depends on how much time & effort they want to put into the task. The internet has put password circumvention at the fingertips of anyone with an active connection. Regards |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 8/19/07 4:56 PM, in article 1187557001.921720.225900@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com, > Hi, > How hard is it to access data on an excel spreadsheet that needs a > passowrd to view it's contents? I say this as my PowerBook has been > stolen and has some password protected excel data on it. > > Thanks. Blessings in disguise... As the recent Office update left my Excel files unreadable by OSX, opening files tries to start classic, OS9 wihich isn't installed, I've had a bit of time to amend the sensative data. > Hi, > How hard is it to access data on an excel spreadsheet that needs a > passowrd to view it's contents? I say this as my PowerBook has been > stolen and has some password protected excel data on it. Not hard at all. Especially internal passwords: http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/removepwords.html but also file/vba passwords: http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/fileandvbapwords.html Note that one doesn't even need XL to read data - a hex editor can often recover most of the info. |
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