Decrypting .DAT file

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Hello,
I have an .DAT file created by C++ program, which contains encrypted data,i have to retrieve sale info from file,it has some readable info and some encrypted.
Is there any way to read info applying some mathematical logic.
small amount of text i m placing here for details.

Á³ 0020020073013 Readable Text 350 TEXT TEXT 3 ð# î.0<›ð#€ãc/› BD3 è ‰ /€ C ‰ 6 ˆF¶ó^¤8; XHi:d

let me know if any one faced such situation or worked on any logic related to it.

Posted 14-Oct-13 18:24pm

pramila1210

Updated 17-May-20 3:30am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 15-Oct-13 2:06am

The file name *.DAT does not indicate any certain data format. Who told you that data is encrypted? Not readable does not mean "encrypted". You did not provide sufficient information to solve this problem. You should ask the author of this C++ program. If the author cannot be accessed, learn how to avoid such situations in future, how to own code asserts of the company.
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#realJSOP · Answer 1 · 2020-05-17T03:31:00

That's not encrypted data. It's what is called a binary data file.

You have to have some idea about what the data represents (base on what the app does that generated the file), and at that point, you can make educated guesses about what the fields are/might be.

Beyond that, we can't really help you, beyond suggesting that you a good hex editor.

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