This module uses John the Ripper or Hashcat to identify weak passwords that have been acquired from Windows systems. LANMAN is format 3000 in hashcat. NTLM is format 1000 in hashcat. MSCASH is format 1100 in hashcat. MSCASH2 is format 2100 in hashcat. NetNTLM is format 5500 in hashcat. NetNTLMv2 is format 5600 in hashcat.
To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':
msf > use auxiliary/analyze/crack_windows
msf auxiliary(crack_windows) > show actions
...actions...
msf auxiliary(crack_windows) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf auxiliary(crack_windows) > show options
...show and set options...
msf auxiliary(crack_windows) > run
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