usefull programs clark@hushmail.com | updates as needed the following programs have been used while writing the content of this site and were found to be usefull. treat license, price and filesize as a guide because there maybe varation due to product versions. acmeview view, edit and save sections/the entire system memory of a nt system :-) free; 25kb http://www.acmedrivers.com/Acmeview.zip advanced ntsecurity explorer (antexp) dictionary and combination testing of user password hashes from nt demo; $49.00; 1.38mb http://www.elcomsoft.com/antexp.html bootit next generation partition manager, and boot loader - partition image and restore builtin this program is seriously good demo; $29.95; 468kb http://www.terabyteunlimited.com conseal pc firewall rule based firewall and connection logging - now owned by mcafee :-( 15 day demo; no resellers; 915kb/1.03mb ftp.ccsoftware.ca/old_cfw/ file monitor displays file activity in realtime free; 79kb http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/filemon.shtml filewatch compare all files, folders, and registry changes between certain times demo; $29.95; 987kb http://kevin.gearhart.com/filewatch/ hexer convert numbers from one base to another free and open source; 55kb http://www.ractive.ch/gpl/hexer.html iris - the network traffic analyzer capture dialup/network packets, hex explanation, send packets + a lot more eeye, this is amazing!! demo; $995.00; 2.74mb http://www.eeye.com/html/Products/Iris/index.html lc4 (l0phtcrack) dictionary and combination testing of user password hashes from nt, includes sniffer for network authentication demo; $249; 4.08mb http://www.atstake.com/research/lc/ lsadump2 decrypt registry values from the "secrets" key free and open source; 44kb http://www.bindview.com/Support/RAZOR/Utilities/Windows/lsadump2_readme.cfm neotrace visual trace route, gather much information about the route to a ip now owned by mcafee :-( demo; $29.95; 1.56mb http://216.49.81.241/download/NeoTraceProTrial325.exe nmapwin scan remote ips for open ports, os identification etc free; 6.18mb http://www.nmapwin.org/ norton ghost system backup/restore nodemo; $69.95; 9.6mb http://www.symantec.com/sabu/ghost/ghost_personal/ ntfs for dos read or read/write to ntfs partitions in dos read: free; 37kb read/write: nodemo; $299; 959kb read: http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/NTFSDOS.shtml read/write: http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/ntfsdospro.shtml ntfs for windows 98 (some nt files are required) read or read/write to ntfs partitions in windows 98, without the security ;-) read: free - read/write: $49; 796kb http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/ntfswin98.shtml offline ntpassword & registry editor bootable floppy disk with ntfs support. nt user password reseter, registry browser and editor - petter nordahl-hagen, this is amazing!! free and open source; 1.4mb http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ offline ntpassword & registry editor as above, but for a cd free; 1.5mb(iso) http://www.dmzs.com/tools/files/ pwdump2 display user password hashes from active directory or the security accounts manager in nt free and open source; 46kb http://www.bindview.com/Support/RAZOR/Utilities/Windows/pwdump2_readme.cfm pe explorer resource hacker and a bit more, can handle upx exes demo; $99; 1.43mb http://www.heaventools.com/ performance test run different benchmarks on your computer demo; $18.00; 554kb http://www.passmark.com/products/pt.htm phpdev quick setup of a local server with php mysql and perl for script testing free; 13.5mb http://www.firepages.com.au/ process explorer view running processes + their handles, and close both - excellant :-) free; 83kb http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml proview a *very* good dos hex editor demo; $49; 142kb ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/sysinfo/pv12.zip ranish partition manager a *very* good partition manager free; 129kb http://www.ranish.com/part/ registry monitor displays registry activity in realtime - i like this program ;-) free; 67kb http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/regmon.shtml resource hacker view and modify 32bit program resources free; 541kb http://www.users.on.net/johnson/resourcehacker/ taskinfo task manager for 9x operating systems demo; $35; 656kb http://www.iarsn.com/download.html visnetic firewall statefull firewall and connection logging, has the option of deny all when the firewall is not running - how sensible!! demo; $69.95; 2.33mb http://www.deerfield.com/products/visnetic_firewall/ winhex hex editor with many extras - stefan fleischmann, this is amazing!! demo; private $35.95, professional $66.50; 407kb http://www.x-ways.net/winhex/index-m.html win-res-q displays "hidden" windows, some of which are very interesting ;-) free; 136kb http://www.magnetiq.com/ you must get permission from the respective author before reproduction