Utilities/Programs

From Bob's Basement

Utilities/programs for the Windows_Utility_Package_(working_title) project.

Contents 1 Utilities/Programs 1.1 Network Analysis 1.1.1 NT LM Password Recovery 1.1.2 Bios password recovery 1.2 Security 1.2.1 Anti-Virus 1.2.2 Rootkit Detector 1.2.3 Firewall 1.2.4 Spyware Removal 1.3 Annonymity 1.3.1 Erasers 1.3.1.1 File Erasers 1.3.1.2 Drive Erasers 1.4 Encryption 1.4.1 Encrypted Volumes 1.4.2 File Encryption 1.5 Communication 1.5.1 SSH client 1.5.2 Instant messenger client 1.5.3 VNC client 1.5.4 Boot Managers 1.6 Virtulisation 1.7 Emulators 1.8 Applications 1.9 Utilities 1.10 Disk Tools 1.11 File Management 1.12 Network Tools 1.13 Wi-Fi Tools 1.14 Registry Tools 1.15 System Information Tools 1.16 Diagnostics 1.17 Games 1.18 Media Player 1.19 Other

Utilities/Programs

Network Analysis

Packet sniffers

NT LM Password Recovery

Ophtcrack

Kane and Abel

John the Ripper

Bios password recovery

Security

Anti-Virus

Avast

AVG Free

Rootkit Detector

AVG Anti-Rootkit Free

Firewall

Spyware Removal

Ad-Aware

AVG Anti-Spyware Free

Spybot Search and Destroy

Cleansweep (?)

Annonymity

Tor

"Tor is a network of virtual tunnels that allows people and groups to improve their privacy and security on the Internet. It also enables software developers to create new communication tools with built-in privacy features. Tor provides the foundation for a range of applications that allow organizations and individuals to share information over public networks without compromising their privacy."

Tor

Erasers

File Erasers

Eraser

Licence: GNU General Public License

Pros: Small, simple, will overwrite files with a number of algorithms, allows creation of own algorithms, scheduling feature, allows creation of DBAN boot disk, see following entry.

Cons: None.

Drive Erasers

DBAN - Darik's Boot And Nuke

Licence: GPL

Pros: Small, very simple, will boat from floppy, CD, memory stick and wipe all installed drives. There are a variety of algorithms to choose from and you can select the number of passes.

Cons: None.

Encryption

Encrypted Volumes

TrueCrypt

Licence: TrueCrypt License Version 2.2

Pros: Creation of visible and hidden encrypted volumes to allow plausible deniability, do not need entire volume, excellent documentation, a variety of encryption and hashing algorithms available and scriptable.

Cons: Cannot encrypt files individually.

File Encryption

Axcrypt

Licence: GNU General Public License 2 or later.

Pros: Will encypt individual files, good algorithm.

Cons: GUI only, only AES 128 bit encryption.

Communication

Hyperterminal

RDP client

IRC client

mIRC

VOIP

Skype

GoogleTalk

STFP client

SSH client

PortaPutty

Licence: MIT

Pros: The same as PuTTY below, except is completely portable.

Cons: None

PuTTY

Pros: Simple, small.

Cons: None.

Licence: The licence is Open Source certified and complies with the Debian Free Software also.

Instant messenger client

Pidgin (formerly Gaim)

VNC client

Tight VNC

Boot Managers

GRUB for DOS and WINGRUB

Virtulisation

VMware

Emulators

Applications

Open Office

Utilities

ISO burning

DVD Burning

Checksums

Pdf viewer

Adobe Reader

Winrar/Winzip

Process.exe

Kill.exe

Terminal

Disk Tools

Backup/Cloning

Defrag

Diagnostic

Partition

Security

Disk Recovery

File Management

Compression

Explorers

Recovery

Network Tools

Wi-Fi Tools

Netstumbler (for my sins)

Licence: Unknown

Pros: Simple

Cons: Not enough features, can anyone suggest a better 'Kismet' like scanner for Windows?

AirSnort

Aircrack

License: Unknown

Pros: Simply great, does exactly what you want.

Cons: Would be nice if it was automated.

Scripts for use with Aircrack.

Registry Tools

Scripts

System Information Tools

Benchmark tools

Diagnostics

Scripts

Games

Media Player

WinAmp

VLC "It supports a large number of multimedia formats, without the need for additional codecs"

Other