| SysInternals – Autoruns, Process Explorer, & BGInfo startup registry editor, & IE lockdown | |
| JKDefrag – JKDefrag Installer w/ Shortcuts | |
| Network Tools – Bundled AngryIP, SoftPerfectScan, SuperScanner, TFTPD, Teraterm, & PuTTY | |
| Mozilla Firefox – The Best web browser (don’t forget the addons listed further down) | |
| Ccleaner – Best temp file cleaner available, frequently updated | |
| JKDefrag – The best defrag in an easy install format | |
| 7zip – Open Source, free zip utility, faster w/ better compression (dump Winzip) | |
| Foxit PDF Reader – This is faster, smaller, PDF Reader without the bloat of Acrobat. | |
| CDBurnerXP – Excellent burning software, supports ISO image burning, good interface, small footprint, XP only | |
| Irfanview – A wonderful, fast, compact image file editor. Try it… you’ll love it | |
| VLC Media Player – A great Media Player that plays all types of video/audio including DVD’s for free | |
| Revo Uninstaller – The best app uninstaller on the planet. 5 star recommendation | |
| doPDF – PDF converter/virtual printer, quick and easy | |
| Launchy – An excellent keystroke app launcher to replace icons and menu trees | |
| ComboFix – If you have an infected PC start with ComboFix. UserGuide & Tutorial here http://tinyurl.com/2yct9u | |
| Spyware Doctor by PCTools – Fast scans and great detection rates, link points to Google pack free version | |
| Spyware Terminator – A good solid cleaner | |
| Advanced Spware Removal – Lots of good tools, fast scans, and good detections | |
| Spybot Search & Destroy – Powerful scumware cleaner that includes an immunizer, startup registry editor, & IE lockdown | |
| Super Antispyware – Very nice spyware cleaner. | |
| Hijack This 1.99.1 – Advanced cleaner, use with caution | |
| LSPfix – Repairs damaged Winsock stacks | |
| WinSockFix XP 1.2 – Repairs damaged Winsock stacks | |
| Rootkit Revealer – Advanced rootkit revealer by Sysinternals that identifies discrepancies that may indicate a rookit infection | |
| SmitFraudFix – Desktop/Homepage Hijacker Removal tool. Great tool | |
| Spyware Blaster – a very good spyware prevention software | |
| AntiMalware Toolkit – a toolkit that helps you download all the latest versions of several antispyware tools, very handy | |
| MalwareBytes – one of the best antispyware cleaners available | |
| BOClean – Comodo’s antispyware utility | |
| Ccleaner – Best temp file cleaner available, frequently updated | |
| D.B.A.N. – Secure HD deletion, wipes entire HD | |
| Eraser – Secure HD deletion, always highly rated. | |
| SDelete – Secure file deletion via CLI | |
| QuickClean – RMcCurdy.com’s quick temp file clean shredder based on Sdelete, for advanced users only | |
| CyberShredder – Good freeware shredder, small and fast | |
| Belarc Advisor – Excellent software/hardware inventory tool, free for personal use | |
| System Information for Windows – Completely free Software/Hardware inventory tool, portable version available, supports scripting and batch modes | |
| BGInfo – Great tool for displaying system info on the desktop, This is a direct link to my custom setup. See README.TXT | |
| Autoruns – Great registry tool from Sysinternals, most often used to modify startup programs, but also provides a wealth of info | |
| Dependency Walker – Shows the dependencies of a service or application | |
| WinDirStat – Shows the dependencies of a service or application | |
| Treesize – Shows folder sizes in a gui hierarchical format, great for finding where your HD space is being used | |
| LANSweeper – Free software/hardware inventory program for Windows networks. | |
| DriverMax – Inventories all drivers on a system then backs them up to a single .zip file | |
| ProduKey – Displays the ProductID and Key of Office, Windows, Exchange, and SQL Server installed on your PC | |
| Process Explorer – Task Manager on Steriods, another essential for every PC you touch | |
| Process Monitor – Monitor Process Activity | |
| Autoruns – Great registry tool from Sysinternals, most often used to modify startup programs, but also provides a wealth of info | |
| BGInfo – Great tool for displaying system info on the desktop, This is a direct link to my custom setup. See README.TXT | |
| ZoomIt – Little program from SysInternals, provides zoom and more on your desktop, great for presentations | |
| SDelete – Secure file deletion via CLI | |
| PSTools – Window’s Multitools for managing local and remote systems, these are the tools that put SysInternals on the map | |
| Rootkit Revealer – Advanced rootkit revealer by Sysinternals that identifies discrepancies that may indicate a rookit infection | |
| IPERF – Excellent network throughput analysis tool. See Throughput Testing Made Simple(pdf) for more info | |
| PortQry 2 – MS command line utility to see what processes are listening on which ports | |
| Packetyzer – Great network sniffer from the folks at Network Chemistry | |
| Angry IP Scanner – IP scanner that can be run without being installed | |
| Super IP Scanner – IP & port scanner (my fav) but requires install, an essential for network pros | |
| SoftPerfect Network Scanner – Free multi-threaded IP, NetBIOS and SNMP scanner with very nice interface | |
| SolarWinds IP Subnet Calculator – Subnet calculator so you don’t have to think | |
| SolarWinds TFTP Server – Simple and effective TFTP server | |
| TeraTerminal – Terminal program, highly recommended, supports telnet & SSH | |
| TFTPD Server – Network Swiss-Army knife, provides TFTP, SYSLOG, & DHCP server functionality | |
| Kiwi Syslog Daemon 8.0.2 – Syslog server software | |
| PuTTY – The standard for SSH communication, supports telnet also | |
| Dameware Mini Remote Control – Great remote capabilities and a whole lot more, free 30-day trial | |
| Wireshark – Packet Sniffer, the successor to Ethereal | |
| Newt Network Scanner – Agent-free scanner to retrieve detailed info of client computers. | |
| Winfingerprint – Network scanner that can be used to enumerate patch level, OS, user, sessions and more. | |
| Axence NetTools – A full suite of free network utilities, very handy | |
| the Dude Network Monitor – network discovery and monitoring with a graphical diagram | |
| Spiceworks – Free network management/inventory software | |
| Mozilla Firefox – The web browser you should be using. | |
| Mozilla Thunderbird – Great mail client from Mozilla (does not support exchange, of course) | |
| Open Office Suite – Fantastic Office suite, free, full featured, and has inherent PDF capability, did I mention it was FREE! | |
| TorPark – Portable Firefox version that uses the EFF’s anonymous browsing TOR technology | |
| 7zip – Open Source, free zip utility, I recommend this over Winzip anyday | |
| Notepad++ – This is what Windows Notepad dreams of being, from html to config files, this is your tool | |
| Filezilla – The only FTP client you will ever need; fast and reliable. | |
| Ultimate Boot CD – Like the name says, Ultimate Boot CD, a must have | |
| Bart’s PE – Bart’s PE is a wonderful CD to boot into a Windows like environment | |
| JKDefrag – Simple, small, excellent defrag software. This is my favorite but it is for purists only… | |
| SmartDefrag – Robust defrag utility with great GUI and scheduling | |
| TestDisk by CGSecurity – The only hard drive partition recovery utility you will ever need. | |
| Knoppix – Linux Distro that runs from CD, good for file recovery, great for nix noobs | |
| CHNTPW – Windows local administrator password reset tool, one of a kind, a lifesaver | |
| Auditor – Linux distro that is primarily for security tasks | |
| BackTrack – Another great Linux distro that is primarily for security tasks | |
| NetStumbler – Find AP’s, filter by encryption, see signal strength, and more (XP Only) | |
| inSSIDer – Free Wi-Fi network scanner compatible with XP & Vista | |
| Vistumbler – Free, Open SourceWi-Fi network scanner compatible with Vista | |
| AirSnort – WEP key cracker (nix only) | |
| Kismet – Wireless detector and sniffer (nix only) | |
| NMAP – The ultimate scanning/probing tool. | |
| SNORT – The standard for intrustion detection. | |
| HPING – command-line oriented TCP/IP packet assembler/analyzer | |
| Ettercap – Tool suite for man in the middle attacks on LAN | |
| dSniff by Dugsong – Great collection of Auditing/Pen Testing tools | |
| Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer – Microsoft Baseline Analysis | |
| Nessus Vulneraility Scanner – THE network vulnerability scanner | |
| Firewalker – Reconnaissance network security tool that attempts to determine what layer 4 protocols a given firewall will pass | |
| Cain & Abel – Password cracker and network info tool, use with caution it is very powerful (your antivirus will detect this as a trojan) | |
| NetCat – A swiss army knife network tool/scanner etc | |
| AdBlock – It blocks most internet ads | |
| Download Them All – Faster downloads, an essential add-on | |
| FlashBlock – Prevents annoying flash elements from autoplaying, very nice | |
| Xmarks – Keep bookmarks automatically synched between multiple computers | |
| Personal Menu – replaces the standard menu bar with a customizable dropdown menu | |
| Bit.ly Preview – Mouseover previews of shortened URLs, very handy for Twitter.com | |
| Mozilla Ubiquity – The Ultimate Killer WebApp | |
| ForecastFox – Compact weather toolbar powered by AccuWeather© | |
| PDF Download – Allows you to download PDF without automatically opening the file | |
| Download StatusBar – View download progress in status bar, very useful | |
| Gestures – Perform browser functions with Mouse Gestures, very handy, you won’t know how you surfed without it | |
| Stylish – Great for improving and tweaking FF interface, after install start here http://bit.ly/rVDsr | |
| Nuke Anything – Allow hiding of almost anything, for example before printing, via context menu “Remove Object” | |
| Site Advisor – McAfee’s Site Advisor provides link ratings on search results to protect you from potentially malicious sites | |
| NoScript – Prevents a website from running a script unless you specifically allow the script, makes Firefox safer | |
| Better Gmail – Collection of UI tweaks for Gmail | |
| Better GCal – Collection of UI tweaks for Google Calendar | |
| Better GReader – Collection of UI tweaks for Google Reader | |
| Shareaholic – Makes it easy to submit content to multiple social sites. | |
| CDBurnerXP – Excellent burning software, good interface, small footprint | |
| EventComb – This is a great MS utility for parsing event logs and looking for patterns in error messages, available here as a standalone | |
| WinRAR – Very good .zip and .rar program | |
| Foxit PDF Reader – Say no to bloat, dump Acrobat. This is faster, smaller, and without the gunk of Acrobat. | |
| PhotoStory 3 – Free app from MS that you can do amazing photo shows, panning, narration, music, the works | |
| XP AntiSpy – Utility that lets you disable some built-in update and authentication “features” in XP, great tweaker for XP | |
| WinTime Agent – Network Time problems? this is your salvation, highly recommended, server & client functions | |
| WinMerge – Folder comparison tool, great when backing up files, or synching often changing folders | |
| Nlite – Excellent software for slipstreaming Service Packs & creating unattended installations | |
| VisionApp RemoteDesktop – Manage Multiple RDP sessions and credentials, req free registration | |
| Irfanview – A wonderful, fast, compact image file editor. Try it… you’ll love it | |
| Revo Uninstaller – The best app uninstaller on the planet. 5 star recommendation | |
| Launchy – An excellent keystroke app launcher to replace icons and menu trees | |
| doPDF – PDF converter/virtual printer, quick and easy | |
| File Recovery – An excellent file recovery software from Soft Perfect | |
| MagicISO – Virtual CD-ROM that allows you to mount/create/edit ISOs | |
| Truecrypt – Disk/Volume encrption software, very good, easy, and secure | |
| InfraRecorder – Free CD/DVD burning software with excellent audio/data/ISO features. | |
| FastStone Photo Resizer – Image converter/resizer that provides great batch functions | |
| SyncBack Freeware – Very robust backup and sync software | |
| Outlook Attachment Remover – Excellent attachment pruning tool, great for reducing pst size | |
| Health Monitor – Free and powerful Windows system monitoring tool | |
| Free Media Converter – A great utility for converting video and audio formats | |
| Log Parser – A great windows log parsing utility CLI only see, add Log Lizard for Gui | |
| Log Parser Lizard – An excellent GUI front end for Log Parser | |
| JavaRa – Detect & Uninstall old versions of Java | |
| Flash Player Uninstaller – Detect & Uninstall old versions of Adobe Flash | |
| Display Fusion – Fantastic multiple display manager |
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Some of the best known softwares and addons
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