Released on = April 26, 2006, 5:02 am

Press Release Author = LastBit Software

Industry = Software

Press Release Summary = Excel Password recovers any Excel password within a minute.

Press Release Body = New Express Recovery Technology Recovers Lost Word or Excel
Passwords within a Minute

New York, NY - April 1, 2006 - LastBit Software announces the release of the updated
version of its Express Recovery
technology that can recover any password-protected Microsoft Word or Excel file
within a minute.

Express Recovery is a unique technology developed by LastBit Software, that provide
means of recovering
(i.e. breaking the password protection) of any password-protected Word or Excel
document very quickly no
matter how long the password is. The recent research breakthroughs allowed
decreasing the time required
to recover a password-protected Word or Excel document from two to one minute.

The technology requires a significant amount of computer resources and, thus, the
process of password recovery
is performed in the LastBit datacenter. The client program establishes connection
with the datacenter over the Internet.
However, the privacy of users is guaranteed as only a small part of the document
header, containing the encryption data,
is sent to the datacenter.

Since each document has to be processed individually in the datacenter (even if
there are several documents protected
with the same password), the charge for the Express Recovery service is applied on a
per-document basis.
LastBit Software provides a money-back guarantee in case the recovery process fails
for some reasons.

The new technology is implemented in the latest releases of the corresponding
password recovery software:
Word Password for recovering passwords for Word documents, Excel Password for
recovering passwords for
Excel documents and the Office Password bundle that contains both Word and Excel
password recovery modules.

Though the exact algorithms that Express Recovery uses are not known, LastBit
Software has provided some details
on the topic. The Express Recovery technology takes advantage of the fact that due
to export restrictions,
the Microsoft Office applications limited the length of the encryption key to 40
bit. Huge multiterabyte tables have been
built to reduce the time required to search for the necessary encryption key.

The Express Recovery technology is a further development of the Guaranteed Recovery
technology, released by
LastBit Software in 1999. While Guaranteed Recovery recovered any Word or Excel
password within 24 hours,
Express Recovery reduced this time to one minute.

The latest versions of password recovery software that implement the updated Express
Recovery technology
(along with other LastBit Software products) can be downloaded from the
www.lastbit.com website.
Free demo versions are available.

About LastBit Software
LastBit Software is a division of LastBit Corp. headquartered in New York, USA. The
company provides a full range
of password-related software, including password recovery tools for a wide variety
of applications and document formats
(such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint, Money; WinZip; Symantec
Act! and others) and password
management software that helps users never lose their passwords again.

For more information visit http://www.lastbit.com or
Contact: info@lastbit.com
Phone/Fax: (877)684-2996

Web Site = http://lastbit.com/excel/

Contact Details = Address: 1133 Broadway, Suite 706, New York
USA

Phone Number: 877-684-2996
Email: software@lastbit.com

Contact:
Vitas Ramanchauskas
LastBit Software
1133 Broadway, Suite 7O6
New York, NY 10010
Phone/Fax: (877)684-2996
http://www.lastbit.com
info@lastbit.com