I also would like to thank Eric Hughes for replying to my early question on Q&A a dos database problem. His basic steps solved the problem in less 30 min. By the way the algorithm used very lame. abs(ascii character - 255)
Now that you've figured out how, could you write the method up in more detail? Please include facts like the location of the password inside the database files, the version of Q&A you tested, etc. I'll put it up for ftp when you're done. Share the work so that others can look at it. The password was encrypted on a character-by-character basis? Some people really are foolish, either the ones who wrote the software thinking it was secure, or the ones who pay the ones who wrote the software to recover lost passwords. Any encryption that allows passwords to be recovered should not be called encryption; it should be called snake oil.
I would like a little more info on the debugger method.
Got a program? You've got my email address. Eric