Few work-related situations are as scary and annoying as having to deal with an important Office file that can no longer be used because you've lost or forgotten the password that was supposed to protect it against unauthorized usage.
Advanced Office Password Recovery is in fact a password cracker that uses various attack methods to retrieve the passwords for your files. Among these methods, the acknowledged brute force attacks, dictionary-based attacks, and mixed ones, are also supported. Though the recovery speed is still largely influenced by the strength of the assigned password that now has to be cracked, I'd say Advanced Office Password Recovery is one of the fastest password recovery tools, as in the case of short passwords, it managed to retrieve them using brute force in just a few minutes.
To conclude, Advanced Office Password Recovery is clearly worth a try when you're dealing with Office files that can no longer be opened and used because their passwords are lost. It's an easy-to-use tool that comes with good password recovery speed and nice additional features like the support for numerous different attack methods.
Pros
- Decent recovery speed, as long as the password to be retrieved is not of exceptional strength
- Compact and easy-to-use interface
- Supports multiple attack methods, including hybrid ones
- Supports many types of files, from different Office applications
Cons
- Pricey
- The interface cannot be customized