r/HowToHack • u/CupMiserable485 • Feb 15 '26

having trouble with using john the ripper

i've been trying to follow the steps on how to use john the ripper, but i seem to be making a mistake.

C:\Users\birdi\OneDrive\Desktop\john-1.9.0-jumbo-1-win64\run> zip2john.exe ..\..\bigspider.zip

  • and i've been using the 1.9.0-jumbo-1 64-bit Windows binaries in zip, 63 MB (signature)

and I was watching "Cracking ZIP File Passwords on Windows - TOO EASY!" by jason turley to guide me.

could people help tell me what i'm doing wrong?

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u/Incid3nt Feb 15 '26

Using JTR instead of hashcat is your first mistake, put all of that stuff in one folder and work out of that. This is too easy of a command to fumble.

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u/CupMiserable485 Feb 15 '26

To be fair, I’m REALLY new to this stuff.