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yahoo messenger decoding

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hi i have a capture of my local pc with yahoo messenger authentification i examined the packets and indeed i got the username, but when i looked at the password i got something like u/x*q/(w-f+y+f|o+(n+f+k/u/f)/4/h)/q/y/y/1/i/b/3/e/8/2 I want to mention the the capture was not made on INTERNET EXPPLORER MAIL, it was made on YAHOO MESSENGER

Can anyone tell me how to decode that string of characters? Thanks

asked 29 May '11, 02:00

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It's encrypted. Decrypting it may be a challenge or may be impossible. A quick Google search found this article which has some information about the encryption algorithm used. Wikipedia of course also has an article.

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answered 31 May '11, 07:04

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edited 09 Mar '12, 07:09