Syskey
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thumbnail|Screenshot of the Syskey utility on the Windows 8.1 operating system requesting the user to enter a password
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Security issues
- The "Syskey Bug"
- Use as ransomware
- See also
- References
thumbnail|Screenshot of the Syskey utility on the Windows 8.1 operating system requesting the user to enter a password
The SAM Lock Tool, better known as Syskey (the name of its executable file), is a discontinued component of Windows NT that encrypts the Security Account Manager (SAM) database using a 128-bit RC4 encryption key.
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