Useful tools people may not know of
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I thought it would be neat to start a thread listing off a bunch of useful tools that people might not know of. I have had so many useful programs referred to me and want to share some of them. Add to it!
The IDA Pro Disassembler and debugger is a multi-processor disassembler and debugger hosted on the Windows, Linux and Mac OS X Platforms. - $$$
http://www.hex-rays.com/idapro/
OllyDbg is a 32-bit assembler level analysing debugger for Microsoft® Windows - Free
http://www.ollydbg.de/
PE editor called CFF Explorer and a process viewer. - Free
http://www.ntcore.com/exsuite.php
ExamDiff - The freeware visual file compare tool
http://www.prestosoft.com/edp_examdiff.asp
Code::Blocks
http://www.codeblocks.org/
HxD - Freeware Hex Editor and Disk Editor
http://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/
p.s. please don't let this turn into an argument thread because "the tool you use is better"
The IDA Pro Disassembler and debugger is a multi-processor disassembler and debugger hosted on the Windows, Linux and Mac OS X Platforms. - $$$
http://www.hex-rays.com/idapro/
OllyDbg is a 32-bit assembler level analysing debugger for Microsoft® Windows - Free
http://www.ollydbg.de/
PE editor called CFF Explorer and a process viewer. - Free
http://www.ntcore.com/exsuite.php
ExamDiff - The freeware visual file compare tool
http://www.prestosoft.com/edp_examdiff.asp
Code::Blocks
http://www.codeblocks.org/
HxD - Freeware Hex Editor and Disk Editor
http://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/
p.s. please don't let this turn into an argument thread because "the tool you use is better"
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| p.s. please don't let this turn into an argument thread because "the tool you use is better" |
Anything by SysInternals (Windows only). Special mention to Process Explorer.
If I were to mention programs I would make sure they met the following criteria:
- Multi-platform
- Opensource (It's nice to know that we're allowed to tinker with the code we've invested so much time in learning.)
- Free
...as opposed to:
- Windows, Mac, Linux only...
- Closed Source
- Trial, demo, pay
These are just my prerequisites.
- Multi-platform
- Opensource (It's nice to know that we're allowed to tinker with the code we've invested so much time in learning.)
- Free
...as opposed to:
- Windows, Mac, Linux only...
- Closed Source
- Trial, demo, pay
These are just my prerequisites.
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Valgrind's pretty cool, too bad it doesn't run on Windows.
KDiff3 : my diff tool of choice because it offers more then simple "take left or take right" for merging.
Git : a gift from the Gods of Version Control Systems
TortoiseGit: add Git operations to your Windows context menu
Smart Git : a full blown GUI to run ontop of Git
QT Creator : cross platform Form designer and IDE for creating QT Gui Applications.
Cygwin: the easiest way to run Linux utlities on Windows
Eclipse or Netbeans : my two favorite IDEs
gVim : Gui version of the popular Unix editor Vim, perfect for Windows users that want a powerfull editor.
Notepad++ : great programmer's editor designed specifically for Windows, easier to use then Vim.
KDiff3 : my diff tool of choice because it offers more then simple "take left or take right" for merging.
Git : a gift from the Gods of Version Control Systems
TortoiseGit: add Git operations to your Windows context menu
Smart Git : a full blown GUI to run ontop of Git
QT Creator : cross platform Form designer and IDE for creating QT Gui Applications.
Cygwin: the easiest way to run Linux utlities on Windows
Eclipse or Netbeans : my two favorite IDEs
gVim : Gui version of the popular Unix editor Vim, perfect for Windows users that want a powerfull editor.
Notepad++ : great programmer's editor designed specifically for Windows, easier to use then Vim.
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ddd - An X window front-end to many popular debuggers, guaranteed to break the ice at parties.
lida - A disassembler and code analysis tool, guaranteed to break the ice at penguin parties.
ajunta - An IDE designed for working with GTK+, guaranteed to break the ice at parties.
gcj - A compiler for java, guaranteed to break the ice at naughty parties.
jedit - A lightweight IDE, also guaranteed to break the ice at parties.
EDIT: Proud member of the Learn Google-fu Association.
-Albatross
lida - A disassembler and code analysis tool, guaranteed to break the ice at penguin parties.
ajunta - An IDE designed for working with GTK+, guaranteed to break the ice at parties.
gcj - A compiler for java, guaranteed to break the ice at naughty parties.
jedit - A lightweight IDE, also guaranteed to break the ice at parties.
EDIT: Proud member of the Learn Google-fu Association.
-Albatross
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You know what would be a really cool addition to a thread like this? Links. I know, I know, we encourage people to use their skills with Google as often as possible but it is szo much easier to click on the little blue words.
A lot of my standard tools have been mentioned already so I'll just link to some from this one site:
- DLL Export Viewer: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/dll_export_viewer.html
- Driver View: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/driverview.html
- What Is Hang: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/what_is_hang.html
A lot of my standard tools have been mentioned already so I'll just link to some from this one site:
- DLL Export Viewer: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/dll_export_viewer.html
- Driver View: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/driverview.html
- What Is Hang: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/what_is_hang.html
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hey, i posted links, but I must ask, how do you get them to show up as clickable links?
thanks.
thanks.
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screen: multiplexes a physical terminal between several processes, guaranteed to break the ice at several parties at the same time.
links: a text mode WWW browser http://www.jikos.cz/~mikulas/links/
links: a text mode WWW browser http://www.jikos.cz/~mikulas/links/
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I had some sinister fun with the black magic of Ollydbg back in the 32 bit days. (Doesn't seem to work on any of my 64 bit machines...)
On topic:
Dependency Walker - Figure out exactly what a program is using...
http://www.dependencywalker.com/
Process Explorer - Awesome
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653
On topic:
Dependency Walker - Figure out exactly what a program is using...
http://www.dependencywalker.com/
Process Explorer - Awesome
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653
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PEDump - Grepable PE dependency information.
http://www.wheaty.net/downloads.htm
BSDTar - tar for Windows
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Utilities/basic%20bsdtar/basic-bsdtar-2.8.3-1/
Tcl/Tk - Script programming language
http://wiki.tcl.tk/
less - "Less is More"
http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/
Resource Hacker - Play with 32-bit PE resources.
http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/
Inno Setup - Powerful, complete, scriptable Windows installer creator.
http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
DScaler - Efficient video display on PC devices without artifacts
http://deinterlace.sourceforge.net/
TaskbarHide - Gets rid of that obnoxious single-pixel line when the taskbar "autohides".
http://www.1space.dk/programs.html
(Note that this is not the same utility as the Eusing Software utility -- at least AFAIK.)
Unlocker - Delete stuff if I really want to (Windows)
http://www.emptyloop.com/unlocker/
Explore2fs - File system explorer for ext2 and ext3 from Windows.
http://uranus.chrysocome.net/linux/explore2fs.htm
od - Unix utility to view binary file data ("Octal Dump", but you can see the data many different ways).
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/coreutils.htm
HxD +1
I like my desktop, shall we say, uncluttered. Most of the other utilities I use regularly I wrote myself. Most are really simple things, but my favorite by far is:
mpath - View and manipulate the Win32 Command PATH variable (not using the current cmd shell). I'm currently updating it to include more functionalities and be a linkable library (yes, you can export from and link to .exe files) so that environment variables can be modified in foreign processes.
That's enough for now. :-)
http://www.wheaty.net/downloads.htm
BSDTar - tar for Windows
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Utilities/basic%20bsdtar/basic-bsdtar-2.8.3-1/
Tcl/Tk - Script programming language
http://wiki.tcl.tk/
less - "Less is More"
http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/
Resource Hacker - Play with 32-bit PE resources.
http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/
Inno Setup - Powerful, complete, scriptable Windows installer creator.
http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
DScaler - Efficient video display on PC devices without artifacts
http://deinterlace.sourceforge.net/
TaskbarHide - Gets rid of that obnoxious single-pixel line when the taskbar "autohides".
http://www.1space.dk/programs.html
(Note that this is not the same utility as the Eusing Software utility -- at least AFAIK.)
Unlocker - Delete stuff if I really want to (Windows)
http://www.emptyloop.com/unlocker/
Explore2fs - File system explorer for ext2 and ext3 from Windows.
http://uranus.chrysocome.net/linux/explore2fs.htm
od - Unix utility to view binary file data ("Octal Dump", but you can see the data many different ways).
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/coreutils.htm
HxD +1
I like my desktop, shall we say, uncluttered. Most of the other utilities I use regularly I wrote myself. Most are really simple things, but my favorite by far is:
mpath - View and manipulate the Win32 Command PATH variable (not using the current cmd shell). I'm currently updating it to include more functionalities and be a linkable library (yes, you can export from and link to .exe files) so that environment variables can be modified in foreign processes.
That's enough for now. :-)
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