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  1. Advanced ZIP Password Recovery: versions history
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  3.  
  4. ! bug fixed
  5. + improvement/modification
  6.  
  7. 2.2 (03/02/99)  ! processing archives with subfolders
  8.                   (password not found, wrong password or
  9.                   crashing)
  10.                 ! dictionary attack problems (password not found)
  11.                 ! running dictionary attack when no brute-force
  12.                   options are selected
  13.                 ! "start from .." functionality
  14.                 ! a few memory leaks
  15.                 ! crash on some archives
  16.                 ! selecting both attack types (brute-force and
  17.                   dictionary) at a time
  18.                 + improved user interface
  19.                 + better performance on archives with 2 or more
  20.                   encrypted files (about 10% increase)
  21.                 + autosaving the ini-file into the same folder,
  22.                   where the source archive is located
  23.                 + saving all options into ini-file (type of attack,
  24.                   dictionary options etc)
  25.                 + "convert to OEM" as an option
  26.                 + updating progress bar according to "start from .."
  27.                   value
  28.                 + "minimize to tray" option
  29.  
  30.  
  31. 2.1 (15/01/99)  ! serious memory allocation problem
  32.                 ! open the dictionary file if the full
  33.                   patth is not entered
  34.                 ! selecting the space (" ") in the character
  35.                   set separately, not in the "special chars"
  36.                 + improved "Custom charset" dialog
  37.                 + more characters for "Custom charset"
  38.                 + increased performance:
  39.                     for 30..200% on stored files
  40.                     for 20..30% on inflated files
  41.                 + all national symbols support
  42.                 + more statistics and current password during
  43.                   recovery
  44.                 + SFX archive type (*.exe) in open dialog
  45.                 + smarter selection of the fastest file (to try
  46.                   the password on)
  47.  
  48. 2.0 (27/11/98)  ! crash on some archives compressed with
  49.                   Deflat:N method
  50.                 + Windows user interface
  51.                 + installation program
  52.                 + "custom" character set
  53.                 + performance optimizations
  54.                 + selecting the fastest (encrypted) file in
  55.                   archive to crack
  56.                 + read/save setup
  57.  
  58. 0.93 (19/02/98) ! memory leaks
  59.                 ! password for some archives fith Deflat:N method
  60.                 ! dictionary-based attack for some archives
  61.                 ! password for files with very long path names
  62.                 ! dictionary-based attack: garbage text on exit
  63.                 ! wrond message if dictionary file is missed
  64.                 ! deleting resume-file on exit
  65.                 ! saving password for dictionary-based attack
  66.                 + dictionary-based attack: up/low first letter only
  67.                 + interrupting dictionary-based attack
  68.                 + updating resume-file (options and current
  69.                   password) periodically
  70.  
  71. 0.92a(06/02/98) ! cracking some specific ZIP archives
  72.  
  73. 0.92 (02/02/98) ! displaying benchmark results for very large numbers
  74.                 + performance increased in about 1.5 times
  75.                   (when single file is in archive)
  76.                 + added ' ' (space) to "custom charset"
  77.                 + benchmark: total number of passwords, 
  78.                   passwords per sec/min/hour
  79.                 + saving the password into the .psw file
  80.                   (for future reference)
  81.                 + working with self-extracting and disk-spanned archives
  82.                 + displaying large numbers according to locale settings
  83.                   (for benchmark only)
  84.                 + working in background
  85.                 + pause between exit
  86.                 + default dictionary file name: "dic.txt"
  87.                 + registration: input dialog
  88.  
  89. 0.91a(05/01/98) ! crashing on some machines
  90.  
  91. 0.91 (30/12/97) ! parsing command line
  92.                 ! leaving temporary files in current directory
  93.                 + dictionary-based attack
  94.  
  95. 0.90 (25/12/97) original version
  96.