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Kon Boot – Resets Windows and Linux Admin Passwords
Kon-Boot is an prototype piece of software which allows to change contents of a Linux kernel (and now Windows kernel also!!!) on the fly (while booting).
In the current compilation state it allows to log into a Linux system as ’root’ user without typing the correct password or to elevate privileges from current user to root. For Windows systems it allows to enter any password protected profile without any knowledge of the password.
It was mainly created for Ubuntu, later the author has made a few add-ons to cover some other Linux distributions.
Entire Kon-Boot was written in pure x86 assembly, using old grandpa-geezer TASM 4.0.
Kon-Boot for Windows
Kon-Boot was moved to Windows platforms. So now it provides support for Microsoft Windows systems and also the Linux systems listed below. Kon-Boot for Windows enables logging in to any password protected machine profile without without any knowledge of the password. This tool changes the contents of Windows kernel while booting, everything is done virtually – without any interferences with physical system changes. So far following systems were tested to work correctly with Kon-Boot:
- Windows Server 2008 Standard SP2 (v.275)
- Windows Vista Business SP0
- Windows Vista Ultimate SP1
- Windows Vista Ultimate SP0
- Windows Server 2003 Enterprise
- Windows XP
- Windows XP SP1
- Windows XP SP2
- Windows XP SP3
- Windows 7
Usage for Windows:
No special usage instructions are required for Windows users, just boot from Kon-Boot CD/Floppy, select your profile and put any password you want. You lost your password? Now it doesnt matter at all.
Kon Boot for Linux
It has been tested with the following Linux distributions:
- Gentoo 2.6.24-gentoo-r5 GRUB 0.97
- Ubuntu 2.6.24.3-debug GRUB 0.97
- Debian 2.6.18-6-6861 GRUB 0.97
- Fedora 2.6.25.9-76.fc9.i6862 GRUB 0.97
Usage for Linux:
1. Boot with Kon-boot CD or Floppy
2. When Linux is fully booted go to the console mode
3. Type ‘kon-usr’ as login, if it works you should be now in the system
Remember: To restore the system when you are leaving, you can do this by typing ‘kon-fix’ as login again.
Sample Output:
Ubuntu 8.04 torpeda tty1
torpeda login: kon-usr
# id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root)
# whoami
root
Logging Problem?
torpeda login: kon-usr
/bin/sh: Can’t open kon-usrFIX: type ‘kon-fix‘ as login
Download:
You can download Kon-Boot here:
Floppy Image – FD0-konboot-v1.1-2in1.zip
CD ISO Image – CD-konboot-v1.1-2in1.zip
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Hi friend, thanx for this post but i think it is of no use for Windows XP..
I can explain it..
Suppose you lose your password and you really dont know what the passkey is. Then you just have reboot your PC, press F8 to go into the boot menu where you choose safe mode of Win XP & enter it(needs no password). Now open run from start menu and type compmgmt.msc which will open a dialogue box, go to local user and group > user. Find the user profile in which you want to enter. Right click on it go to set password. Type a new password there and reboot, your work is done..
The softy you shown here is Nice, but a hacker should learn all the prospects of Hacking i.e. with and without softwares….
@ Ashutosh,
It can be only done when your main admin’s account has not been set with a password.
What demohunter said is true. Today no system has an empty main Admin password. Hence Ashutosh’s method will not work.
Also I need to know if there’s a method to make an optical disc multiboot. Since most hacking tools are less than 5 mb in size, it’d be better if we can put them all in a single disc and boot the preferred software.
hello im bil
i downloaded it for window xp
i boot it and there is an advertising of the software websites
after that when i press enter ites just a black screen which appear nothing than that.
can you help me..!!!
thanks in anticipation
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this does NOT RESET THE PASSWORD. that is why it is used! it modifies the kernel onboot to bypass the password stage. I also figure is should say that it WILL NOT WORK ON MANY COMPUTERS. most of the code was written in X86 assembly and thus will only work on that architecture… no powerpc…sparc.. and many other type of processor architectures
Having used Kon-Boot for nearly 3 months now, I can tell what it does and does not do.
Kon-Boot works on nearly ALL x86 based operating systems. So far it has worked for every Windows version I have tested as well as Ubuntu.
Like cavedweller said, this does not modify the original password at all. It just lets you access any account you want to. If you wanted to reset your password after logging in, you can, but it will not change the password automatically.
Kon-Boot has been a lifesaver recently, even though it will not work on my PC (64-bit OS). The majority of PC users are still using 32-bit OSes, so having Kon-Boot handy when someone has forgotten their password is very, very convenient.
Great man!!You rock!!
How can I run this from a USB, is that possible?
ben, i think that the thing you are looking for is a u3 sandisk usb drve-it has the soft ware to run a cdrom partition on it, tricking the computer into thiking that it is a disk…
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