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Old 12-27-2007, 05:37 PM
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It does indeed look like an md5 hash. The salt is simply a string added to your password, then the salted string is encrypted. This adds strength to your password. Say your password is "dog" the salted string would be "dog`#"uQ" which is then encrypted and thus adds much more complexity to your password.

At this point, md5 is not able to be decrypted, however there are bruteforcers that can help you crack the password. If your lucky, you can find an online database of md5 hashes that my contain that particular hash and its unencrypted value.
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