Hey guys, so i recently managed to download some files from a scammer, and there was a locked excel file in it. i have not been able to get it open so far, and i have tried quite a few things. does anyone have any suggestions on how to open this thing?
@olf#125941 If the sheet is password protected, you can bypass this by uploading it to Google Sheets online and opening it from there.
@defaulthell#125968 Hackerman.
@defaulthell#125968 i wish it was just the sheet that was locked, but its the entire file. To open it you need a password.
@olf#126180 Ah I see. Unfortunately, as far as I know, there’s not really much you can do except trying to use the brute force method of obtaining the password. However, I’ve never done it before, and even if you can get it running, it would take a long time to crack the password depending on how it complex it is.
They’re scammers. Don’t most of them use 1234 for passwords? Have you tried that?
@olf#125941 If it is a weaker password you may be able to use this: https://www.lostmypass.com/file-types/ms-excel/
I tried creating a macro with VBA editor - in theory it should be possible - but I can't get it to work. This, however, I tested on an excel file with a weak password and it worked. Give it a try- the weaker ones are free. More complex may be costly.
I don’t know what you know or how strong your hacking skills are - but if they’re as weak as mine you can try this site free for weaker passwords: https://www.lostmypass.com/price/
The free one worked when I tried a weaker password encrypted file. Didn't work (on the free one at least) when I tried my stallion's name - which is not an actual word but a combination of a couple names in his pedigree.
My theory is that this is not likely a particularly strong password.
@Angella#126259 i tried the weaker password recovery, but it didn’t work 
. And i think i have tried most of the basic passwords now haha. this scammer is a bit smarter than most of them apparently
Damn. I wonder if his password is in Indian script and that’s why the password cracker isn’t working.
I tried to do a VBA script that should in theory work. It acted like it was working - but it didn’t. Having said that - I’m not super great with VBA editor.