How to Bypass or Remove a BIOS Password

           A BIOS password is a protection measure that can be used to stop someone powering up a computer system or making changes in some of the computers most sensitive areas. Many big name computer manufacturers such as Dell and HP lock the customers out of this area because they don’t want the customer changing anything and potentially damaging the machine (which the manufacturer may have to warranty). However, when someone like a computer technician or hardware enthusiast needs to make some hardware changes to the computer, they will need to access the BIOS. Here are some methods to bypass or remove a BIOS password.

 NOTE: Do not try to guess the password on a passworded Hard Drive. 3 wrong guesses will often result in the information on the hard drive being lost forever.

How to Bypass or Remove a BIOS Password by Removing the CMOS Battery:

 The simplest way to remove a BIOS password is to simply remove the CMOS battery. A computer will remember its settings and keep the time even when it is turned off and unplugged because these parts are powered by small battery inside the computer called a CMOS battery. If we pull out this battery, the computer will forget alot of its hardware settings, including its BIOS password. This should not be performed on Laptops if you are not experienced working with laptop hardware.

Anyway, open up the computer case using a screw driver and locate the flat, circular and metallic CMOS battery. It should look something like the picture to the right. Some computers have this part standing upright.

Once you have located it, observe how the latches are holding it. There are many different ways to remove a CMOS battery but the most common way on newer computers can be seen in the picture below.

Make sure to power down the computer, unplug the power cables and unplug any USB devices if they are powered. The computer must not be able to get power from anywhere for this to work. Take out the CMOS battery and wait 10 – 25 minutes before putting it back in. The reason for this wait is because the computer can still store power in its capacitors even though everything is unplugged. The waiting period allows enough time for them to discharge.

Plug everything back in, power up the computer and enter the BIOS again. If everything went well there should be no more password. In some cases, if you get weird error messages during bootup now, you will need to goto “Load BIOS Defaults” in BIOS and save the changes to fix them.

If this method didn’t work, try one of the methods below.

How to Bypass or Remove a BIOS Password using Software:

!BIOS is a freeware utility which is designed to be a whole BIOS and security suite. It has the ability to decrypt the passwords used in some of the most common BIOS makes such as Award, Phoenix, American Megatrends, IMB etc..

 It also has the ability to brute force the password (known as “blasters”). However, this method is dangerous and can result in some unexpected and unwanted results.

Note: Because of this applications password cracking abilities, some antivirus software may report it as a virus/trojan. This is a false positive.

To start using !BIOS, reboot your computer and take note of the BIOS type and version you are running. For example, If your motherboard uses Award BIOS you should look for the text “Award Medallion BIOS 6.0″ or something similar.

Download !BIOS from here and save it to your desktop. Then, open a DOS command windows by going to Start > Run and type: cmd

Once you see a black screen in front of you, type: cd desktop

 You should now see something like: C:\Documents and Settings\yourusername\Desktop>

Now type the name of the file you just downloaded, if you haven’t changed the name just type in: bios320.exe

 Use the down arrow and choose “Crackers” and then press the right arrow. Using the up and down arrows, select the BIOS that the motherboard is using and press Enter.

You should now see a menu asking what you want to crack, in most cases its the Supervisor or System Passwords you want to crack, so press the 1 key on your keyboard. It will then show you another menu asking how you want it to be cracked. Option 1 is pretty good so try that first by pressing the 1 key on your keyboard. You should now have your BIOS password.

Reboot the computer, enter the BIOS and try it out.

How to Bypass or Remove a BIOS Password using the manufacturer backdoor password:

On many computers (especially old ones), computer manufacturers build in backdoor passwords for their own technicians to use so they can access the BIOS when the hardware is being serviced. Here are some of the ones that have been reported. You may need to try quite a few passwords before you find one that works

These passwords are case sensitive.

AMI BIOS Backdoor Passwords:

A.M.I.

AAAMMMII

AMI

AMI?SW

AMI_SW

BIOS

CONDO

HEWITT RAND

LKWPETER

MI

Oder

PASSWORD

Award BIOS Backdoor Passwords:

(eight spaces)

01322222

589589

589721

595595

598598

ALFAROME

ALLY

Ally

Ally

Ally

Apaf

Award

AWARD PW

AWARD SW

AWARD?SW

AWARD_PW

AWARD_SW

AWKWARD

Awkward

IOSTAR

CONCAT

CONDO

Condo

Condo

D8on

Djonet

HLT

J256

J262

J262

J322

J332

J64

KDD

LKWPETER

Lkwpeter

PINT

Pint

SER

SKY_FOXSYXZ

SKY_FOX

Syxz

SYXZ

TTPTHA

ZAAAADA

ZAAADA

ZBAAACA

ZJAAADC

Russian Award BIOS Passwords:

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%äåâÿòü ïpîáåëîâ%

Phoenix Backdoor BIOS Passwords:

BIOS

CMOS

Phoenix

PHOENIX

Other Manufcaturers Backdoor Passwords: (manufacturer name – password)

VOBIS and IBM – merlin

Dell – Dell

Biostar – Biostar

Compaq – Compaq

Enox – xo11ne

Epox – central

Freetech – Posterie

Iwill – iwill

Jetway – spooml

Packard Bell – bell9

QDI – QDI

Siemens – SKY_FOX

SOYO – SY_MB

TMC – BIGO

Toshiba – Toshiba

OPEGYPT TASK-1

Hello Hackers;

There is a good chance to become a member of anonymous hackers group.

The Irc registration process is In the following post read it carefully.

There is a revolt going on Egypt join the revolt by ddos attack over the respected targets given.

The Tagets will be available at irc channel of anonops

Server:    irc.anonops.com

Channel: #egypt

Software you have to use:

Hping:          http://www.hping.org/

slowloris:     http://ha.ckers.org/slowloris/

HOIC:           http://www.mediafire.com/?jkc7924jsa0161Z

Pyloris:         http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyloris/

THC-SSL-DOS: http://www.thc.org/thc-ssl-dos/

Torshammer:  http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/98831

I RECOMMEND HOIC

For anonymity use a vpn software Compulsory

DOWNLOAD FREE HOTSPOT SHIELD at www.hotspotshield.com

BUT Hacktrack Is Not Responsible For Anything , So u Have To Do it On Ur Own Risk.

REGISTER IN IRC CHANNEL:

REGISTER IN IRC CHANNEL

Follow these following steps to register in Irc,

Download An Irc Client: xchat (recommended)

Install it and run it

Click start

In Window at Bottom u will be Seen a Chat Box

Type These Commands to get registered

/nick NickName

Press Enter

Enter the server address on which server u want to be registered

/server irc.anonops.com (recommended)

Press enter

/msg nickserv register password email@address

Then a Mail will be sent to your mail account and they will give a command link

Just paste the link in the chat box of the Irc client

Then U will be registered in their server

Whenever u want to login

Just enter the server command given and it will ask to identify

Then enter the following command and press enter

/msg nickserv identify password

After finishing identify then u have to join a channel

Type the following command to join a channel

/join #channelname

For joining in anonymous group first logon to their server

And join the following channels

#opegypt

#opisrael

Then u Will Be Seen Many Members Chatting with each other join them

BLUETOOTH:

           The simplest and most common way for two hand held devices to communicate with each other is via Bluetooth. Bluetooth networking transmits data via low-power radio waves. It communicates on a frequency between 2.402 GHz and 2.480 GHz. This frequency band has been set aside by international agreement for the use of industrial, scientific and medical devices (ISM). Bluetooth devices send out weak signals of about 1 mill watt to avoid interference with other devices such as computers and cell phones. This low power, however, limits its range to 10 meters, but its signal can pass through walls so direct line of sight is not required.

           Another great advantage of Bluetooth is that it can connect up to eight devices simultaneously without interference. It use a technique called “spread-spectrum frequency hopping” which, put in simple words, means it keeps changing its frequency in the designated range and thus interference, if any, lasts for a fraction of a second and goes unnoticed.

            Like any wireless network, security is a concern with Bluetooth. The automatic nature of the connection which makes it easy to use can also be used against you by sending data without your permission. To avoid this, Bluetooth offers several security modes, and device manufacturers determine which mode to include in a Bluetooth-enabled gadget, the user has to decide whether to allow it. If you use the device quite often, you can mark the device as trusted and it will be able to exchange data without permission.

CEC (CONSUMER ELECTRONIC CONTROL):

          One of the biggest challenges of technological revolution is creating intelligent devices that can communicate with each other. The CEC technology brings us one step closer to the dream. CE (CONSUMER ELECTRONIC) devices can automatically configure themselves and correct errors without user intervention. Using the HDMI frame work, CEC takes user experience to a whole new level. For example, you can connect your camcorder to your CEC-enabled HDTV and TV will automatically detect the device and display it on the screen. You can control your camcorder with your CEC-enabled HDTV. Same goes for DVD players and set-top boxes; you don’t need to switch remotes when you use different devices. Unlike DLNA, interportability is an issue here. You can control devices only of they have the same manufacturer.

DLNA (DIGITAL LIVING NETWORK ALLIANCE):

When people started networking home entertainment devices, it was difficult and confusing to add a new device and get it to communicate with their computers and other network devices. There was need for standards and guidelines for home networking media devices. So, several manufactures got together to create a standard so that all of their products were compatible in a home network and thus the digital living network alliance was born in 2003. When a device is DLNA certified devices irrespective of the manufacturer of the product. DLNA certified devices can: find and play movies; send, display and/or upload photos; find, send, play and/or download music; and send and print photos. DLNA uses universal plug and play (UPnP) for media management, discovery and control so they require little or no setup and can be immediately connected to your existing DLNA network.

ANONYMOUS EMAIL SENDING

Most of us are very curious to know a method to send anonymous emails to our friends for fun. But the question is, is it possible to send anonymous emails in spite of the advanced spam filtering technology adopted by email service provides like Gmail, Yahoo etc? The answer is YES, it is still possible to bypass their spam filters and send anonymous emails to your friends. For example, you can send an email to your friend with the following sender details.

From: Bill Gates <billg@microsoft.com>
The art of sending this kind emails is known as Email Spoofing. In my previous post on How to Send Fake Email I insisted on using your own SMTP server to send anonymous emails. This method used to work successfully in the past, but today it has a very low success rate since Gmail and Yahoo(all major email service providers) blocks the emails that are sent directly from a PC. In this post I have come up with a new way to send anonymous emails (spoofed emails) that has a better success rate. If you have to successfully send an anonymous email or spoofed email, you should send it using a relay server.

What is a Relay Server?

In simple words, a relay server is an SMTP Server that is trusted by Google or Yahoo as an authorised sender of the email. So, when you send an email using a relay server, the email service providers like Yahoo and Gmail blindly accept the emails and deliver it to the inbox of the recipient. If the SMTP server is not authorised, Google and Yahoo will reject all the emails sent from this SMTP server. This is the reason for which using our own SMTP server to send emails fail.

So What’s Next?

Now all we have to do is, find a trusted SMTP server to Send Spoofed Emails. Usually all the emails that are sent from web hosting providers are trusted and authorised. So, you have to find a free web hosting provider that allows you to send emails. But, most of the free Web Hosts disable the Mail feature and do not allow the users to send emails. This is done just to avoid spamming. However, all the paid hosting plans allow you to send any number of emails. Once you find a hosting service that allows to send emails from their servers, it’s just a cakewalk to send anonymous emails. All we have to do is just modify the email headers to insert the spoofed From address field into it.

I have created a PHP script that allows you to send emails from any name and email address of your choice. Here is a step-by-step procedure to setup your own Anonymous Email Sender Script:

Go to X10 Hosting  and register a new account.

Download my Anonymous Email Sender Script (sendmail.rar).

Login to your FreeWebHostingArea Account and click on File Manager.

Upload the sendmail.php, pngimg.php and bg1.PNG files to the server.

Set permissions for sendmail.php, pngimg.php and bg1.PNG to 777.

Now type the following URL:

http://yoursite.x10hosting.com/sendmail.php
NOTE: yoursite must be substituted by the name of the subdomain that you have chosen during the registration process.
Use the script to send Anonymous Emails. Enjoy!!!