Home / malware HackTool:Win32/Passview
First posted on 04 July 2019.
Source: MicrosoftAliases :
HackTool:Win32/Passview is also known as Tool.PassView, not-a-virus:PSWTool.Win32.Passview, PWCrack-PassView, Trojan.PSW.IcqSmiley.c, NirPassView, Hacktool.PStorRevealer, HKTL_PASSVW.A.
Explanation :
HackTool:Win32/Passview is the detection of a tool named "Protected Storage PassView". The tool is used to display the passwords which may be stored in Windows Protected Storage (Pstore). HackTool:Win32/Passview can function as a command-line tool or GUI to show the passwords in Pstore. Some examples of passwords stored within Windows Protected Storage are: Microsoft Outlook Express account credentials Internet Explorer auto-complete passwords passwords saved for password-protected sites MSN Explorer passwords
An image of the tool is shown below: Analysis by Shawn WangLast update 04 July 2019