Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your ACCESS file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert ACCESS to another file type
To convert ACCESS configuration files to another format, you need Java JMX or other System software.
Convert a file to ACCESS
To convert other file formats to the "Encrypted File or Log" file type, you need software like Java JMX or a similar tool.
About ACCESS files
The .access file extension represents three distinct and unrelated formats, making it a highly specific system or data file. Primarily, it is an encrypted JPG image modified by the Dharma / CrySiS ransomware strain. Alternatively, it is used by Java Management Extensions as a remote access control configuration file, defining user roles and permissions. Finally, Pulse Secure uses the .access extension for VPN access log files. Users often seek to convert .access files to recover their original images or extract readable text from logs. However, ransomware-encrypted files are locked with military-grade algorithms and require a specific decryption key. This is a closed, proprietary, and encrypted format. This explains clearly why standard online converters fail to process it. Conversely, JMX configurations and Pulse Secure logs are typically plain text. They do not require complex conversion but are often restricted by system permissions. Converting the system logs to TXT or CSV is optimal for data analysis. For encrypted ransomware files, format conversion is impossible without the private key. Because these files are highly specialized, often only the original software can properly read or export the data. Just drag and drop your file to see what it is and convert it if supported. convert.guru can still identify the file format, inspect the file, and show text or internal content. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your ACCESS file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert ACCESS file to SQL, SQLITE, CSV, PDF, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG or CONF, you can use Java JMX or similar software from the "Logs or Encrypted Image Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to ACCESS, try Java JMX or another comparable tool in the "Logs or Encrypted Image Storage" category.
The ACCESS Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our ACCESS converter.