For Immediate Release Contact: Nataly Koukushkina, media@lostpassword.com Protect Your Company Against Lost Passwords Access Password-Protected Documents When Passwords Are Accidentally or Intentionally Lost Tallinn, Estonia - August 16, 2005 - Passware, Inc., the technological leader in password recovery solutions, has released Passware Kit 7.3, a comprehensive password recovery suite that protects your company when employees lose or tamper with file passwords. When critical employees unexpectedly leave your company, or simply forget their passwords, Passware Kit gives you access to their password-protected documents and files. Passware Kit is the all-in-one password recovery software for desktop office applications, databases, compression programs, servers, email and network applications. The Kit supports over 80 file formats and w orks with all versions of MS Office, including the latest Office 2003 release of Access, Excel, Word, Outlook and VBA. The program can also recover passwords for Acrobat, Quicken, QuickBooks, WordPerfect, WinZip, WinRar, Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 accounts, ACT!, Money and many other popular business applications. eSecurity planet said, "Passware Kit is a veritable Swiss Army Knife that can crack the passwords of almost any software you can think of." New features in version 7 include instant preview and decryption of MS Word and Excel documents via proprietary Decryptum server; the ability to create a bootable USB Flash disk to boot every PC with USB ports and reset Windows security settings, in a matter of minutes; resetting security settings for the Windows Server 2003 and Tablet PC Edition 2005; and support for the latest versions of personal finance software, including Money 2006, QuickBooks 2005, and Peachtree 2005. PC Magazine published a survey that concluded that a large number of respondents among over 3,000 IT managers, executives, and security personnel regularly forget or lose passwords, resulting in downtime and consultations with IT managers. 51 percent of users required IT help to access applications because of forgotten passwords. "Passware Kit addresses the problem and supplies the tools needed to quickly recover lost passwords or remove password protection and reduce the business costs of inaccessible documents," said Dmitry Sumin, CEO of Passware. Professional password recovery software is as essential to a company's survival as file backup software. Help Desk and other IT support people should install the program and be trained in its use before there is a crisis. In the event of a lost password, however, Passware Kit may be ordered online, and will be available for download immediately. A single Passware Kit 7.3 license costs $495(US), and may be purchased securely online at http://www.lostpassword.com. Individual password recovery modules start at $45(US). Site licenses and an Upgrade Subscription Program are available. A Passware Kit demo may be downloaded from http://www.lostpassword.com. Passware Kit runs under Windows 95/98/Me/NT4/2000/XP/2003. For more information, contact Passware at media@lostpassword.com. Fax: +1 (202) 478-0752. Passware, 4 Tallinn St., Tallinn, 11624 Estonia. # # # Evaluation Copy Available on Request Please visit the Press Resources page on http://www.lostpassword.com/company/press.htm About Passware Founded in 1998, Passware, provides help desk personnel, law enforcement, forensic agencies, IT professionals and consumers of any qualification with the security tools that they need to ensure data availability in the event of lost passwords. With keys for 80+ vital business applications, and a subscription plan to ensure that Passware Kit users have the latest tools to unlock protected files, Passware ensures that businesses won't spend time recreating critical documents. New keys are being added continuously to Passware Kit. Passware security applications are used by thousands of companies, government agencies, and law enforcement organizations, worldwide. Passware counts among its customers 42 of the Fortune 50 list.