I just performed a preliminary Google for "crack excel password" and a bunch of sites came up. I've used Squrf's method to get around Word passwords before, but I've never tried a spreadsheet.

Hi all,A horrific thing happened to me this morning as I went to retrieve a Word document that I've been modifying off-and-on for oh-around 5 years now. I couldn't remember the password. I change ...

When your password is guessable, hackers can probably crack it without sweat. Fortunately, Kaspersky has some advice to make your password stronger.

Change your password. Don't give me that, "Oh, I'll do it later," malarkey. Update your most important accounts now —and please, for the love of all of your files in the cloud, don't change it ...

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Still, the software can use a 500,000-word dictionary attack and crack a relatively weak six-character password in about 10 hours.

Hackers can crack weak passwords in seconds, while strong ones may take years. Learn about the time to crack your password and boost security.