Image Converter Plus 8.0 Released

Alexandria, VA, October 14, 2009 - fCoder Group, Inc announces the release of its Image Converter Plus 8.0. The new version is based on a new graphics engine and features improved performance, new sharing options (email and FTP upload), support for 17 new formats and numerous formats dialects, support for multi-core and 64-bit systems, and an improved user interface.

Image Converter Plus

Improved graphics engine

Image Converter Plus 8.0 features an improved graphics engine. Most of the changes in Image Converter Plus are in the engine. Here are some highlights:

Image Converter Plus 8.0 works faster
It's a computing paradox that computers are becoming more powerful but software is working slower. Image Converter Plus 8.0 has undergone profound optimization and now operates 15% faster. This is a feature users will definitely notice.

Image Converter Plus 8.0 converts huge files*
Modern cameras with more megapixels produce larger photos. Not just a couple of megabytes or even several dozen megabytes (a piece of cake for Image Converter Plus), but really HUGE files several gigabytes in size. The new Image Converter Plus 8.0 eats them up! This is the kind of feature business users were waiting for. Work easily with big multipage TIFF files or aerospace photos.

Image Converter Plus 8.0 supports more formats and dialects
Image Converter Plus already supported all the popular image formats and most of the rare ones. Now the new Image Converter Plus 8.0 supports more than 260 formats and format dialects.

Image Converter Plus 8.0 works better with HDRI formats
HDRI formats are becoming popular as more people get into HDR photography. Image Converter Plus 8.0 offers complete support for HDRI formats.

Image Converter Plus 8.0 supports more RAW formats
New professional cameras hit the market every month, and almost all of them use their own file formats. Image Converter Plus 8.0 adds support for a number of new RAW formats, including photos created by cameras like Kodak, Nikon, Canon, Minoltra, Sony, Casio, Fuji, Pentax and Panasonic.

Image Converter Plus 8.0 supports multi-core processors
Multi-core systems are intended to make working with software more convenient. Enjoy that convenience to the full extent with Image Converter Plus 8.0.

Image Converter Plus 8.0 works on 64-bit systems
Image Converter Plus 8.0 offers complete support for 64-bit systems. Users working on the latest models will love it.

Image Converter Plus 8.0 provides extended support for 16-bit/channel in many formats, including PDF
16-bit images contain more colors and provide more flexible and precise image processing. Image Converter Plus 8.0 extends 16 bit/channel support.

Image Converter Plus 8.0 can work with EXIF and IPTC information
EXIF and IPTC tags contain metadata for formats like JPEG, TIFF, or RAW. With Image Converter Plus 8.0, users can save or change this information even when converting formats (as long as both the source and destination formats support EXIF or IPTC).

New sharing options
Images have to save to the hard drive or local network, right? Wrong! Image Converter Plus 8.0 makes it easy to reach more distant destinations.

Image Converter Plus 8.0 emails converted files
Email converted files with just a single mouse click.


Image Converter Plus 8.0 uploads converted files to FTP
Upload files to FTP or a website easily with Image Converter Plus 8.0. There's no need to open an FTP client.

Improved user interface
Do more in less time! That's always been the main idea behind the Image Converter Plus user interface. The new Image Converter Plus 8.0 takes it one step further. It isn't a different interface - it's just better. The streamlined interface of Image Converter Plus 8.0 is easier to use and saves valuable time.

ElcomSoft Updates Distributed Password Recovery With Dictionary Attacks

NEW YORK, October 14- ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. updates Distributed Password Recovery with dictionary attacks and a password cache, making near-instant recovery of strong encryption keys possible. Password cache automatically stores all discovered passwords, unlocking other documents protected with the same password momentarily. Enhancements to Distributed Password Recovery will help forensics and government authorities to combat and prevent criminal activities by unlocking up to 40-50 per cent of protected documents in real-time.

Dictionary Attack

The newly added dictionary attack allows unlocking information protected with strong passwords faster. Visa EU Password Selection Survey and ElcomSoft Survey suggest that 40 to 78 per cent of passwords are susceptible to dictionary attacks. Dictionary attack can recover the majority of passwords used by general public, and up to 40 per cent of passwords employed in corporate environments. By adding the dictionary attack, ElcomSoft reduces time required to access information protected with strong encryption algorithms and long, complex passwords.

Password Cache

Computer users tend to use the same password to protect various types of information. Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery stores all passwords it discovers to a separate dictionary. The dictionary of discovered passwords is being used to recover other documents protected with the same password. By attacking the weakest link, ElcomSoft dramatically decreases time required to recover strong encryption algorithms.

About Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery

The tool enables accelerated password recovery for Microsoft Office documents, Adobe PDF, PGP, personal security certificates and exchange keys, MD5 hashes, Oracle passwords, Windows and UNIX login and domain passwords. ElcomSoft's patent-pending GPU acceleration technology and zero-overhead scalability to over 10,000 workstations make it a high-end solution offering the speediest recovery.

About ElcomSoft Co. Ltd.

Established in 1990 in Moscow, Russia, ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. manufactures state-of-the-art computer forensics tools and provides computer forensics training and computer evidence consulting services. Since 1997, ElcomSoft was serving the needs of businesses, law enforcement, military, and intelligence agencies. ElcomSoft tools and products are used by most of the Fortune 500 corporations, multiple branches of the military all over the world, governments, and all major accounting firms. ElcomSoft and its officers are members of the Russian Cryptology Association. ElcomSoft is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and an Intel Software Partner.

Prices for Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery start from $599. For more information visit ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. at http://www.elcomsoft.com/edpr.html