A dbcc freesessioncache command should clear the plain text password from the logs.

Used both, prefer SSMS.

opc.three (4/26/2013)

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A proper solution would be to get rid of the use of xp_cmdshell all together.

The recommended way using either a SQL Agent job or a web service that...

I'm posting on this old post mainly for completeness and to help anyone else out that has this same issue.

I'm not sure how far back this goes, but I know...