Is there a way to prevent Windows password bypass with KON-BOOT ?

William654 · Mar 27, 2023

Hi

I found this tool KON BOOT - best tool for forgotten Windows password and macOS passwords (kon-boot) that can bypass windows password and I dont know if there are other tools like it or not but most important is there a way to prevent that ?

TairikuOkami · Mar 27, 2023

Unencrypted data (no bitlocker) can be always accessed, the hacker does not even have to bypass the account, he can pull out the disk. But MS account can not be abused or accessed this easily, so I would not worry about it, just keep sensitive data protected/encrypted.

BrianInEngland · Mar 27, 2023

TairikuOkami said:
Unencrypted data (no bitlocker) can be always accessed, the hacker does not even have to bypass the account, he can pull out the disk. But MS account can not be abused or accessed this easily, so I would not worry about it, just keep sensitive data protected/encrypted.

And this kon boot site looks dubious (at best), I'm certainly not going to click the link

Bree · Mar 27, 2023

BrianInEngland said:
And this kon boot site looks dubious (at best), I'm certainly not going to click the link

I risked having a look in a Private Browsing window, seems it's paid for software. If you want a safer way to see what it's all about, they have a Youtube video.

There is also a Wikipedia article that explains how it works, and its limitations. Disk encryption would seem the best way to defeat it.

software as Kon-Boot is not able to bypass disk encryption.[24] BIOS password and enabled SecureBoot [25][26] feature is also a good prevention measure. However Kon-Boot since version 3.5 is able to bypass SecureBoot feature.[27] Kon-Boot does not support virtualization and instructs users to turn it off in the bios.[28] Kon-Boot does not support ARM devices such as Apple's M1 chip.