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Trust me its worth learning something as simple as running jtr, you will use it more then you can imagine in your "hacking" career. But if you like a more graphical interface I suggest Cain and Abel http://www.oxid.it/cain.html, I always enjoy cli myself, it gives you much more control over what your doing :happy:.