Password recovery help please!

Infinitrium · 01-11-2009, 02:07 PM

I had a virus/malware attack on my computer which I successfully eliminated, but in the process of doing so I had to delete all my browser cookies which deleted all my remembered passwords from my browser (Firefox). Now I can't remember the password for my gmail account (jason.bright@gmail.com) I tried using Google's password recovery form, but all I get out of that is "We cannot confirm that you own this account". I filled out every bit of information that I could remember on the form and that's all I get out of them. What can I do now? I tried downloading a few password recovery programs but none actually found it. I do not want to give up on my gmail account just because Google won't help me and I was actually considering getting someone to hack into it. Does anyone know any possible way I can successfully recover my gmail password without having to resort to having someone hack it?

dualsub2006 · 01-12-2009, 11:35 AM

Firefox doesn't store passwords in cookies, it stores them in Saved Passwords. Try checking there. Is this the form that you used to try to recover your password? The one that gets to your secret question and secondary address?

https://www.google.com/accounts/Forg...=mail&fpOnly=1

Have you ever used an email client like Thunderbird or Outlook to access your mail via POP or IMAP? If so, your password will be stored there in the options area for Thunderbird. For Outlook, Outlook Express and Windows Live Mail you will have to look for it.

Hacking into a Gmail account? You only get so many password entry attempts and once that number is reached your account is locked. From my experience, the counter on failed login attempts isn't reset until you log in successfully again. There is no firm answer on the number of failed attempts that it takes to get your account locked, but you say they have already told you that they cannot verify that you own the account. You won't get it back if (when) a hacker gets it locked for you.

AgentOz · 01-12-2009, 12:16 PM

There is a password application for firefox which allows you to dl your passwords to a csv or xcel file.

Here is a link to the password management applications for firefox.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...ssword&cat=all

Hope this helps
-Agent

01-11-2009, 02:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
Infinitrium Noogle Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Password recovery help please! I had a virus/malware attack on my computer which I successfully eliminated, but in the process of doing so I had to delete all my browser cookies which deleted all my remembered passwords from my browser (Firefox). Now I can't remember the password for my gmail account (jason.bright@gmail.com) I tried using Google's password recovery form, but all I get out of that is "We cannot confirm that you own this account". I filled out every bit of information that I could remember on the form and that's all I get out of them. What can I do now? I tried downloading a few password recovery programs but none actually found it. I do not want to give up on my gmail account just because Google won't help me and I was actually considering getting someone to hack into it. Does anyone know any possible way I can successfully recover my gmail password without having to resort to having someone hack it?

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01-12-2009, 11:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
dualsub2006 Senior Googler Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 116 Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts	Firefox doesn't store passwords in cookies, it stores them in Saved Passwords. Try checking there. Is this the form that you used to try to recover your password? The one that gets to your secret question and secondary address? https://www.google.com/accounts/Forg...=mail&fpOnly=1 Have you ever used an email client like Thunderbird or Outlook to access your mail via POP or IMAP? If so, your password will be stored there in the options area for Thunderbird. For Outlook, Outlook Express and Windows Live Mail you will have to look for it. Hacking into a Gmail account? You only get so many password entry attempts and once that number is reached your account is locked. From my experience, the counter on failed login attempts isn't reset until you log in successfully again. There is no firm answer on the number of failed attempts that it takes to get your account locked, but you say they have already told you that they cannot verify that you own the account. You won't get it back if (when) a hacker gets it locked for you.

01-12-2009, 12:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
AgentOz Google Freak Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 277 Thanks: 0 Thanked 23 Times in 22 Posts	There is a password application for firefox which allows you to dl your passwords to a csv or xcel file. Here is a link to the password management applications for firefox. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...ssword&cat=all Hope this helps -Agent

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