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	"plain_text": "Recover passwords stored in Firefox Web browser\r\nArchived: 2026-04-05 13:51:52 UTC\r\n \r\nPasswordFox v1.75 - Extract the user names / passwords stored in Firefox\r\nCopyright (c) 2008 - 2025 Nir Sofer\r\nRelated Links\r\nPassword Recovery Tools For Windows 10/8/7/Vista\r\nPassword Storage Locations For Popular Windows Applications\r\nIE PassView - Password management utility for Internet Explorer.\r\nDescription\r\nPasswordFox is a small password recovery tool that allows you to view the user names and passwords stored by\r\nMozilla Firefox Web browser. By default, PasswordFox displays the passwords stored in your current profile, but\r\nyou can easily select to watch the passwords of any other Firefox profile. For each password entry, the following\r\ninformation is displayed: Record Index, Web Site, User Name, Password, User Name Field, Password Field, and\r\nthe Signons filename.\r\nSystem Requirements\r\nThis utility works under Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 7,\r\nWindows 8, and Windows 10. Firefox should also be installed on your system in order to use this utility.\r\nBe aware that for Firefox 64-bit, you must use the 64-bit version of this tool and for Firefox 32-bit, you must use\r\nthe 32-bit version of this tool.\r\nKnown Problems\r\nFalse Alert Problems: Some Antivirus programs detect PasswordFox utility as infected with Trojan/Virus. Click\r\nhere to read more about false alerts in Antivirus programs\r\nhttps://www.nirsoft.net/utils/passwordfox.html\r\nPage 1 of 7\n\nVersions History\r\nVersion 1.75\r\nUpdated to decrypt the passwords for the encryption change of Firefox 144.\r\nVersion 1.70\r\nAdded new file type to save the passwords list: 'Firefox import/export csv file'. When you save the\r\npasswords in this file type, you can use the import feature of Firefox to import the saved passwords\r\ninto Firefox: Import login data from a file\r\nIn order to save the passwords as 'Firefox import/export csv file', simply select the items you want\r\nto save (or press Ctrl+A to select all passwords), press Ctrl+S (Save Selected Items), choose\r\n'Firefox import/export csv file' from the file type combo-box, type the filename to save and then\r\nclick the 'Save' button to save the file.\r\nVersion 1.66\r\nFixed to decrypt passwords of Firefox profile that uses both 3DES and AES-256.\r\nVersion 1.65\r\nAdded support for decrypting the encryption key of new Firefox profiles (AES-256 instead of\r\n3DES).\r\nVersion 1.60\r\nPasswordFox doesn't need anymore the installation of Firefox to decrypt the passwords.\r\nIf you still want from some reason to use previous decryption method, simply go to the 'Select\r\nFolders' window and type the installation folder of Firefox.\r\nVersion 1.58\r\nFixed PasswordFox 64-bit to automatically detect the installation of Firefox 64-bit (In previous\r\nversions it only detected Waterfox).\r\nhttps://www.nirsoft.net/utils/passwordfox.html\r\nPage 2 of 7\n\nVersion 1.57\r\nOn 64-bit systems, PasswordFox now displays a note about using the correct 32-bit/64-bit version if\r\nit fails to load the decryption library of Firefox.\r\nVersion 1.56\r\nPasswordFox now automatically detects the portable version of Firefox that is currently running in\r\nthe background, if it cannot find any other installation of Firefox.\r\nVersion 1.55\r\nAdded 'Show Old Passwords' option. When it's turned on, PasswordFox displays passwords stored\r\nby old versions of Firefox.\r\nVersion 1.50\r\nAdded new columns: Created Time, Last Time Used, Password Change Time, Password Use Count.\r\nRemoved the export command-line options from the official release, in order to decrease the rate of\r\nfalse Virus alerts.\r\nVersion 1.40\r\nAdded support for Firefox 32 (logins.json).\r\nVersion 1.37\r\nAdded PasswordFox 64-bit to work with Waterfox Web browser. (For Firefox Web browser, you\r\nshould continue using the 32-bit version of PasswordFox, even if your system is 64-bit)\r\nVersion 1.36\r\nFixed to work with Firefox 22.\r\nVersion 1.35\r\nFixed bug: PasswordFox failed to work with master password containing non-English characters.\r\nAdded 'Mark Odd/Even Rows' option, under the View menu. When it's turned on, the odd and even\r\nrows are displayed in different color, to make it easier to read a single line.\r\nFixed issue: Dialog-boxes opened in the wrong monitor, on multi-monitors system.\r\nVersion 1.32\r\nFixed the tab order in the 'Select Folders' dialog-box.\r\nVersion 1.31\r\nFixed bug: PasswordFox failed to get the passwords if the profile path of Firefox contained non-English characters.\r\nRemoved the UPX compression to avoid from false positives of Windows Defender and other\r\nAntivirus programs.\r\nVersion 1.30\r\nFixed memory leak that occurred on every refresh.\r\nAdded support for Firefox 4 (Beta).\r\nFixed a problem with /installfolder command-line parameter.\r\nAdded 'Firefox Version' column.\r\nVersion 1.26\r\nAdded an option to export the passwords into KeePass csv file (In 'Save Selected Items'). You can\r\nuse the created csv file to easily import your Web site passwords into KeePass password manager.\r\nFixed issue: removed the wrong encoding from the xml string, which caused problems to some xml\r\nviewers.\r\nhttps://www.nirsoft.net/utils/passwordfox.html\r\nPage 3 of 7\n\nVersion 1.25\r\nAdded 'Password Strength' column, which calculates the strength of the password and displays it as\r\nVery Weak, Weak, Medium, Strong, or Very Strong.\r\nAdded 'Add Header Line To CSV/Tab-Delimited File' option. When this option is turned on, the\r\ncolumn names are added as the first line when you export to csv or tab-delimited file.\r\nRemoved the error messages when using PasswordFox from command-line\r\nVersion 1.20\r\nFixed bug: PasswordFox failed to display properly non-English characters in user name/password\r\ndata.\r\nAdded 'HTTP Realm' column. (Displayed only for some HTTP password-protected Web sites and\r\nonly on Firefox 3.x or greater)\r\nVersion 1.15\r\nAdded support for reading the signons.sqlite in new versions of Firefox.\r\nVersion 1.12:\r\nAdded accelerator key for 'Select Folder' option.\r\nAdded sorting from command-line.\r\nVersion 1.11:\r\nAdded new option in 'Select Folders' dialog-box: Remember the folder settings in the next time that\r\nyou use PasswordFox.\r\nVersion 1.10:\r\nAdded support for specifying the master password (in the 'Select Folders' dialog-box or from\r\ncommand-line).\r\nVersion 1.05:\r\nAdded support for selecting the right Firefox installation folder.\r\nAdded /installfolder command-line option.\r\nAdded AutoComplete feature in Select Folders dialog-box.\r\nVersion 1.00 - First release.\r\nUsing PasswordFox\r\nPasswordFox doesn't require any installation process or additional DLL files. However, Firefox browser must be\r\ninstalled on your computer in order allow PasswordFox to grab the passwords list.\r\nIn order to start using PasswordFox, simply run the executable file - PasswordFox.exe\r\nAfter running it, the main window will display all your passwords list for the last profile that you used. If\r\nPasswordFox chose the wrong profile folder, you can use the 'Select Profile Folder' option to choose the right one.\r\nCommand-Line Options\r\nNotice: The save command-line options (/scomma , /stab , /shtml, and others) are disabled on the build you\r\ndownload from this Web page. You can find a package of password-recovery tools with full command-line support\r\non the following Web page: Windows Password Recovery Tools\r\n/profile \u003cFolder\u003e Choose the desired Firefox profile folder.\r\nhttps://www.nirsoft.net/utils/passwordfox.html\r\nPage 4 of 7\n\n/installfolder \u003cFolder\u003e Choose the desired Firefox installation folder.\r\n/master \u003cPassword\u003e Specify the master password.\r\nTranslating PasswordFox to other languages\r\nIn order to translate PasswordFox to other language, follow the instructions below:\r\n1. Run PasswordFox with /savelangfile parameter:\r\nPasswordFox.exe /savelangfile\r\nA file named PasswordFox_lng.ini will be created in the folder of PasswordFox utility.\r\n2. Open the created language file in Notepad or in any other text editor.\r\n3. Translate all string entries to the desired language. Optionally, you can also add your name and/or a link to\r\nyour Web site. (TranslatorName and TranslatorURL values) If you add this information, it'll be used in the\r\n'About' window.\r\n4. After you finish the translation, Run PasswordFox, and all translated strings will be loaded from the\r\nlanguage file.\r\nIf you want to run PasswordFox without the translation, simply rename the language file, or move it to\r\nanother folder.\r\nLicense\r\nThis utility is released as freeware. You are allowed to freely distribute this utility via floppy disk, CD-ROM,\r\nInternet, or in any other way, as long as you don't charge anything for this. If you distribute this utility, you must\r\ninclude all files in the distribution package, without any modification !\r\nDisclaimer\r\nThe software is provided \"AS IS\" without any warranty, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to,\r\nthe implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The author will not be liable for any\r\nspecial, incidental, consequential or indirect damages due to loss of data or any other reason.\r\nFeedback\r\nIf you have any problem, suggestion, comment, or you found a bug in my utility, you can send a message to\r\nnirsofer@yahoo.com\r\nPasswordFox is also available in other languages. In order to change the language of PasswordFox, download the\r\nappropriate language zip file, extract the 'passwordfox_lng.ini', and put it in the same folder that you Installed\r\nPasswordFox utility.\r\nLanguage Translated By Date Version\r\nArabic Majed Khaznadar 21/03/2009 1.11\r\nhttps://www.nirsoft.net/utils/passwordfox.html\r\nPage 5 of 7\n\nBrazilian Portuguese Paulo Guzman 30/08/2018 1.58\r\nCzech Petr Chuchvalec 17/10/2018 1.58\r\nDutch Jan Verheijen 23/10/2025 1.75\r\nFrench Largo 23/10/2025 1.75\r\nGerman «Latino» 23/10/2025 1.75\r\nGreek geogeo.gr 21/05/2019 1.58\r\nHebrew peterg 01/04/2011 1.30\r\nHungarian Timinoun 16/12/2025 1.75\r\nItalian Dengel e R.B. 09/11/2025 1.75\r\nJapanese taka 16/11/2025 1.75\r\nKorean UBless 09/11/2013  \r\nPersian Amirreza Nasiri 15/02/2014 1.37\r\nPersian Amirreza Nasiri 04/12/2013 1.36\r\nPolish Hightower 21/12/2020 1.70\r\nPortuguese António PT 11/11/2008 1.10\r\nPortuguese Brazil Paulo Guzman 07/04/2012 1.30\r\nRomanian Jaff (Oprea Nicolae) 22/01/2016 1.56\r\nRussian QuarQ 19/11/2020 1.66\r\nSimplified Chinese DickMoore 03/11/2025 1.75\r\nSimplified Chinese Lewen-博雅宇轩 18/10/2009 1.15\r\nSlovak František Fico 30/10/2025 1.75\r\nSlovenian Sooftware 25/03/2019 1.58\r\nSlovenian Jadran Rudec, jrudec@gmail.com 06/01/2021 1.70\r\nSpanish Ricardo A. 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