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Protected Excel spreadsheets?

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 2:10 pm
by R00k
I got an excel spreadsheet in an email. Basically you just put your name in, and it tells you what your ideal job would be. It's not even funny really, but I wanted to check out the formulas and stuff just so I could see what all jobs he had listed in there and how he was calculating them, but a lot of the cells are hidden, and the workbook is protected.
When I try to unprotect it asks me for a password.

Anybody know the best/fastest way to bust an excel spreadsheet password to see the contents of the cells?

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 2:14 pm
by Ryoki
What happens when you open it with notepad?

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 2:28 pm
by R00k
Hey that's pretty cool. I can see all the text that was in the cells, so I can see all the different listings he's got.

I can't see what cells they're in or the formula he's using to calculate it though. :smirk:

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 2:32 pm
by werldhed
Couldn't you do a "save as" and choose "Tab Delimited Text" as the file type? That should organize the columns appropriately.

EDIT: hmm... maybe that won't show the calculations, though...

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 2:33 pm
by Ryoki
Ha, my time spent struggling with excel is semi-useful! :)

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 3:08 pm
by R00k
werldhed wrote:Couldn't you do a "save as" and choose "Tab Delimited Text" as the file type? That should organize the columns appropriately.

EDIT: hmm... maybe that won't show the calculations, though...
oh hey, that's awesome man, thanks! :)

i should have thought of that. :p

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 3:14 pm
by PhoeniX
I have an excel cracker if you want it. Email->

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 3:31 pm
by R00k
gamedog2458 at hotmail dot com

thanks man. :) :icon14:

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 3:40 pm
by PhoeniX
Sent :o

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:07 pm
by R00k
Crap. Thanks for sending it man, but I don't have WinRar here at work. :(

Any chance you could put it in a zip and resend it? :paranoid:

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:09 pm
by PhoeniX
unrar.exe >:E

sent :D

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:11 pm
by R00k
sweet!

thanks man. :D

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:18 pm
by PhoeniX
:D

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:51 pm
by blood.angel
I wouldnt be surprised if it had a virus or trojan in it.

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 5:10 pm
by Bacon
YUO HAEV VIRUS

- - Does anyone have that thread from the old archives saved? :paranoid:

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 5:39 pm
by R00k
i scanned the hell out of it before i ever opened it.