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•  Adware-Spyware Tools (4)
  • AdAware Personal (253)
    Free anti-spyware version provides you with advanced protection against spyware that secretly attaches and takes control of your computer.
  • Spybot (259)
    An excellent anti-spy program with many additional tools included. Highly recommended.
  • Windows Defender (261)
    Microsoft's anti-spyware software. Supports only XP and higher systems. Windows Defender detects and removes known spyware from your computer, which helps make your Internet browsing safer.
  • SpywareBlaster (252)
    SpywareBlaster can help keep your system spyware-free and secure, without interfering with the "good side" of the web.
•  Anti-Virus Tools (3)
  • AntVir Personal Edition (266)
    Avira AntiVir Personal Edition Classic reliably protects your private computer against dangerous viruses, worms, Trojans and costly dialers.
  • Avast Home Edition (249)
    ALWIL Software, the producer of avast!, decided in June 2001 to help to solve this situation by offering avast! Home Edition free of charge for home users who do not use their computer for profit.
  • AVG Ant-Virus Free Edition (242)
    Free protection against viruses, worms and Trojans, AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition is ideal for private, non-commercial use.
•  Child Safe Tools (2)
  • iProtectYou (283)
    The iProtectYou Internet filtering and parental control software program enables you to fully control your child’s online use, thus preventing your child from being exposed to the inappropriate, harmful and dangerous aspects of the Internet
  • iRejectTrash (270)
    FREE Internet advertisement blocking software program that protects your privacy and decreases the traffic of junk information to your computer.
•  Encryption Tools (4)
  • AxCrypt (241)
    AxCrypt File Encryption Software - Free Personal Privacy and Security for Windows 98/ME/NT/2K/XP with AES-128 File Encryption, Compression and transparent Decrypt and Open in the original application.
  • CE Infosys CompuSec (225)
    FREE CompuSec® is a Security Suite that protects Notebook, Desktop and Tablet PCs. It provides Access Control, Single Sign On, Hard Disk Encryption, CD encryption, file encryption, network encryption and VoIP encryption.
  • DeltaCrypt Home Edition (261)
    The OneClick Home Edition is a FREE encryption software application for personal use only. DeltaCrypt OneClick Home Edition provides a simple, intuitive interface for encrypting and decrypting.
  • TrueCrypt (255)
    Excellent encryption software that allows you to create an encrypted folder (file) on your hard drive. Can also encrypt a partition or the entire hard drive. Simply the best out there and works across all platforms.
•  Firewalls (1)
  • Zone Alarm (323)
    Easy-to-use firewall blocks hackers and other unknown threats. Systematically identifies hackers and blocks access attempts. Automatically makes your computer invisible to anyone on the Internet.
•  Forensics (14)
  • CERT Forensics (116)
    Grounded in years of research and real-world experience, CERT's forensics team focuses on "gap areas" not addressed by commercial tools or standard techniques.
  • Cisco Router Forensics (203)
    Cisco Router Forensics. Thomas Akin, CISSP Director, Southeast Cybercrime Institute. Kennesaw State University. BlackHat Briefings, USA, 2002
  • Computer Forensic Resources (127)
    Computer Forensics, Cybercrime and Steganography Resources
  • DBAN (94)
    Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot disk that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction.
  • DD and Computer Forensics - Thomas Rude... (113)
    Examples of Using DD within UNIX to Create Physical Backups by Thomas Rude, CISSP.
  • E-Evidence Information (212)
    Within these pages, you will find a compilation of links to material related to all aspects of Digital Forensics and Electronic Evidence.
  • Electronic Crime Scene Investigation... (221)
    Electronic Crime Scene Investigation: A Guide for First Responders, Second Edition. This guide is intended to assist State and local law enforcement and other first responders who may be responsible for preserving an electronic crime scene and for recognizing, collecting, and safeguarding digital evidence. It is not all inclusive but addresses situations encountered with electronic crime scenes and digital evidence.
  • Foremost tool (126)
    Foremost is a linux tool for conducting forensic examinations. Although intended for law enforcement purposes, it may be useful to other members of the community. Foremost reads through a file, such as a dd image file or a disk partition and extracts files.
  • Forensics Wiki (99)
    This is the Forensics Wiki, a Creative Commons-licensed wiki devoted to information about digital forensics (also known as computer forensics). We currently list a total of 652 pages.
  • Forensics with dd Article (130)
    For the dollar, there is no better tool for data forensics than dd because it is free. Included with every Linux and Unix distribution, dd is capable of creating perfect copies of any disk, regardless of whether it is IDE or SCSI.
  • Foundstone Forensic Tools (108)
    Foundstone offers several unique free utilities that you can add to your Forensic security arsenal.
  • Hardware-Based Memory Acquisition Proced... (222)
    A Hardware-Based Memory Acquisition Procedure for Digital Investigations. The acquisition of volatile memory from a compromised computer is difficult to perform reliably because the acquisition procedure should not rely on untrusted code, such as the operating system or applications executing on top of it. In this paper, we present a procedure for acquiring volatile memory using a hardware expansion card that can copy memory to an external storage device.
  • IACIS (102)
    IACIS® is an international volunteer non-profit corporation composed of law enforcement professionals dedicated to education in the field of forensic computer science. IACIS members represent Federal, State, Local and International Law Enforcement professionals. Regular IACIS members have been trained in the forensic science of seizing and processing computer systems.
  • Sleuth Kit (96)
    Sleuthkit.org is the official web site for The Sleuth Kit and Autopsy Browser. Both are open source digital investigation tools (a.k.a. digital forensic tools) that run on Windows and Unix systems (such as Linux, OS X, Cygwin, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and Solaris). They can be used to analyze NTFS, FAT, HFS+, Ext2, Ext3, UFS1, and UFS2 file systems and several volume system types. The Sleuth Kit (TSK) is a C library and a collection of command line tools. Autopsy is a graphical interface to TSK.
•  Internet Privacy Tools (2)
  • CleanUp! (261)
    CleanUp! is a powerful and easy-to-use application that removes temporary files created while surfing the web, empties the Recycle Bin, deletes files from your temporary folders and more. Includes a secure erase option.
  • MRU Blaster (256)
    MRU-Blaster is a program made to do one large task - detect and clean MRU (most recently used) lists on your computer. These MRU lists contain information such as the names and/or locations of the last files you have accessed.
•  Network Tools (1)
  • The Dude Network Mapping and Monitor... (289)
    The Dude network monitor is a new application by MikroTik. It will automatically scan all devices within specified subnets, draw and layout a map of your networks, monitor services of your devices and alert you in case a service has problems. This is a really good free monitoring tool!
•  Password Vaults (2)
  • Password Safe (222)
    Password Safe is an Open Source (free) tool that allows you to have a different password for all the different programs and websites that you deal with, without actually having to remember all those user names and passwords.
  • KeePass Password Safe (220)
    KeePass is a free/open-source password manager or safe which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way. You can put all your passwords in one database, which is locked with one master key or a key-disk. So you only have to remember one single password.
•  Portable USB Applications (38)
  • CodySafe Launcher (110)
    CodySafe, a menu tool for portable apps, turns your flash drive to a "computer-on-a-stick". It allows you to carry and to launch any portable application on any computer directly from your pen drive. We have worked hard to allow you making it easy. The CodySafe Applications Management tool will save your time and efforts, the Drive Doctor will keep your memory device healthy, the ViruSense will detect and prevent virus infection, while the Find-if-Lost will help those who will find your lost thumb drive to contact you. The Freeraser, free data shredder will help you to remove confidential information and classified files from your computer. Note: You can use PortableApps applications with this launcher.
  • Portable Apps (113)
    Portable Apps is a USB Menu Tool. Now you can carry your favorite computer programs along with all of your bookmarks, settings, email and more with you. Use them on any Windows computer. All without leaving any personal data behind.
  • Web Site Listing for Portable Apps #1... (94)
    Good site for a list of portable applications you can use on your USB Drive.
  • Web Site Listing for Portable Apps #2... (101)
    Good site for a list of portable applications you can use on your USB Drive.
  • Browser - Firefox Portable (88)
    Portable version of the Mozilla Firefox browser with all the same plug-in and theme capability.
  • Calculator - Speedcrunch Calculator... (90)
    SpeedCrunch is a fast, high precision and powerful desktop calculator. * history and results on a scrollable display * up to 50 decimal precisions * unlimited variable storage * intelligent automatic completion * fully usable from the keyboard * more than 50 built-in math functions * optional virtual keypad to be used with a mouse * on-the-fly and selection calculation * customizable appearance * syntax highlighting and parentheses matching
  • E-Mail - Mozilla Thunderbird (93)
    Open source cross-platform email and Usenet client based on Mozilla code. Features intelligent spam filters, built-in RSS reader, and more.
  • Editor - Crimson Editor (94)
    CE is an open-source multi-purpose text editor with easily customizable syntax highlighting and other fast, useful text processing features.
  • Editor - Frhed (142)
    Frhed is an binary file editor for Windows. It is small but has many advanced features like ability to load big files partially.
  • Editor - KompoZer Portable (87)
    Kompozer is an easy-to-use web editor similar to Microsoft Frontpage or Dreamweaver. It is based on the same Gecko engine that powers Firefox and Thunderbird and features an FTP site manager, color picker, tabbed interface, CSS editing, standard-compliant markup, fully customizable interface, a built-in spellchecker and more.
  • Editor - Notepad++ Portable (88)
    Notepad++ Portable is a full-featured text editor with features like: * Syntax Highlighting and Syntax Folding (C, C++, HTML, ASP, Java, Pascal, CSS and more) * User Defined Syntax Highlighting * Auto-completion * Multi-Document * Regular Expression Search/Replace supported * Full Drag ‘N' Drop supported * Zoom in and zoom out * Multi-Language environment supported * Brace and Indent guideline Highlighting * Macro recording and playback
  • Editor - Photofiltre (90)
    PhotoFiltre is a complete image retouching program. It allows you to do simple or advanced adjustments to an image and apply a vast range of filters on it. It is simple and intuitive to use, and has an easy learning curve. The toolbar, giving you access to the standard filters with just a few clicks, gives PhotoFiltre a robust look.
  • Editor - PSPAD (106)
    Full program version including English help file. PSPad does not require installation, it can be simply unpacked into any directory. The archive contains subdirectories and must be unpacked with subdirectory preservation enabled. Desktop and Start menu links, as well as system integration can be later created by choosing Program Settings/System Integration from PSPad's Settings menu and selecting the appropriate checkboxes. Everything is user controllable. Also available is an installer version that will automatically perform all of these tasks according to user preference.
  • Editor - TextDiff (107)
    TextDiff is a text comparison tool. It supports drag-and-drop of files, customizable color highlighting of differences, comparison of folders, two-way merging, in-place text editing etc.
  • Music - Winamp (97)
    Easily access the Media Library, Playlist Editor, Video, Visualizations, Media Monitor Browser, EQ, Skin Options and Color Themes all from one single user interface. Includes over 20 color themes that suit nearly every mood or occasion! Winamp carries forward the unobtrusive "Window Shade" mode.
  • Network Tools - Lan Search Pro (89)
    LAN Search Pro is a free utility for fast file searching across your LAN. You can search for specific file names or for specific file types (e.g. all MP3 files). LAN Search Pro provides a lightning fast search engine and lets you search hidden network resources, restricted access resources, IP subnets, LAN FTP servers and much more. It comes with a built-in password manager to store your network logins for resources with restricted access.
  • Network Tools - SoftPerfect Network Scan... (96)
    SoftPerfect Network Scanner is a free multi-threaded IP, NetBIOS and SNMP scanner with a modern interface and several advanced features. It is intended for both system administrators and general users interested in computer security. The program pings computers, scans for listening TCP ports and displays which types of resources are shared on the network (including system and hidden).
  • Network Tools - SmartSniff (103)
    SmartSniff is a network monitoring utility that allows you to capture TCP/IP packets that pass through your network adapter, and view the captured data as sequence of conversations between clients and servers. You can view the TCP/IP conversations in Ascii mode (for text-based protocols, like HTTP, SMTP, POP3 and FTP.) or as hex dump. (for non-text base protocols, like DNS)
  • Computer Tools - Process Explorer... (98)
    Process Explorer is a freeware computer program for Microsoft Windows created by Sysinternals, which was acquired by Microsoft Corporation. Process Explorer is a system monitoring and examination utility. It provides the functionality of Windows Task Manager along with a rich set of features for collecting information about processes running on the user's system. It can be used as the first step in debugging software or system problems.
  • Computer Tools - Restoration (124)
    Restoration is a free tool which can restore files which are deleted from the recycle bin or deleted while holding down the Shift key by mistake. You can use it after deletion of confidential documents, embarrassing files and so on.
  • Computer Tools - SIW Portable (91)
    SIW (System Information for Windows) is single-EXE wonder that gathers detailed information about your system, such as motherboard, BIOS, CPU, devices, memory, video, drivers, ports, printers etc. It is also a real-time monitor for CPU, memory, pagefile usage, network connections, network traffic etc.
  • Computer Tools - TCPView (96)
    TCPView gives a detailed listing of all TCP and UDP endpoints on your system, including the local and remote addresses and state of TCP connections. On Windows NT, 2000 and XP TCPView also reports the name of the process that owns the endpoint. TCPView provides a more informative and conveniently presented subset of the Netstat program that ships with Windows.
  • Computer Tools - WhatChanged (125)
    What Changed is a simple utility that searches for modified files and registry entries. There are two steps for using What Changed: 1) First, take a snapshot of the state of the system. 2) Second, run What Changed again to see the differences from the previous snapshot.
  • Computer Tools - WinAudit (101)
    WinAudit performs a rapid and exhaustive audit of installed software, license information, security configuration, hardware inventory, network settings etc. The report can be save in various formats (text, PDF, HTMl etc.), sent via email, or exported to a database via ODBC.
  • Computer Tools - WorkShare Trace... (110)
    TRACE! is a free document security tool that provides personal protection against information privacy and compliance violations in all documents you touch. Run TRACE! against any Microsoft Office document on your computer, company network, or on internal or external websites.
  • Password Storage - KeePass Portable... (87)
    KeePass is a password manager that helps you manage your passwords in a secure way. You can put all your passwords in one database, which is locked with one master key or a key-disk. You need only remember one single master password to unlock the whole database. The databases are encrypted using the best and most secure encryption algorithms currently known (AES and Twofish).
  • Productivity - KeyNote NF (102)
    Keynote is a flexible notebook that is particularly suitable for writing and organizing free-form information, especially those that fit naturally within a tree-based structure, such as lists or outlines. A search function quickly locates information you are looking for. Notes can be easily and securely encrypted using either Blowfish or IDEA under the File - Properties menu.
  • Productivity - OpenProj (105)
    OpenProj is a free, open source desktop alternative to Microsoft Project. OpenProj has been downloaded over 1,250,000 times in over 142 countries and has quickly become one of the most popular open source applications.
  • Productivity - ToDoList (103)
    ToDoList is a hierarchical task manager with native XML support for custom reporting. It allows you to repeatedly sub-divide your tasks into more manageable pieces, which makes it ideal for IT related projects as well as more general activities.
  • Productivity - WordWeb (94)
    WordWeb is a one-click English thesaurus and dictionary for Windows that can look up words in almost any program. It works off-line, but can also look up words in web references such as the Wikipedia encyclopedia. It includes full dictionary and thesaurus for American, British, Canadian, Australian, Indian, and global English.
  • Productivity - Xmind (122)
    XMind is the world's coolest brainstorming and mind mapping software and the best way to share your ideas. With XMind, you can just double-click to create and edit topics anywhere on the map. Drag-and-drop for reorganizing topics, moving markers, taking a mapshot, and adding attachments. You can even search on topic with Google and drag images into your map without leaving the working window.
  • Misc. Tools - 7-Zip Portable (96)
    7-Zip is a file archiver that supports the new "7z" format with very high compression ratio using LZMA compression. In addition, it supports the creation/extraction of 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR files, as well as the extraction of RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS files. 7-Zip Portable is a package for 7-Zip that is optimized for portable usage.
  • Misc. Tools - Eraser Portable (107)
    Eraser allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns. The patterns used for overwriting are selected to effectively remove magnetic remnants from the hard drive so that they cannot be recovered.
  • Misc. Tools - Filezilla Portable... (106)
    FileZilla is a fast and reliable FTP and SFTP client. It includes a site manager and supports uploads/downloads queue, keepalive, timeout detection, remote file search, SOCKS 4/5 and HTTP 1.1 proxy etc.
  • Misc. Tools - FreeFileSync (82)
    FreeFileSync is a folder comparison and synchronization tool. It supports comparison by date or content, filters, file sizes > 4GB, delete-before-copy for large sync operations, and creation of batch files for automated synchronization.
  • Misc. Tools - Freeraser (133)
    An ordinary deleting of files isn't enough! When you wish to delete any sensitive information, like industrial secrets or some unwanted content, you want to be sure that it will be deleted permanently. Sorry to say, there is a plenty of software recovery tools that can restore your deleted items. If you need to destroy any data and eliminate any possibility of its restoration you need a "shredder". This software destroys the data you choose before the deletion, using a complicated procedure of filling the actual content with random data.
  • Misc. Tools - Putty Portable (95)
    PuTTY Portable is the lightweight PuTTY telnet and SSH client packaged as a portable app, so you can take securely connect to your systems on the go. This release fixes a bug where PuTTY Portable would lose saved sessions when run on a PC without PuTTY installed locally.
  • Misc. Tools - WinMD5Sum Portable... (95)
    WinMd5Sum Portable is a simple MD5 sum checker that allows you to check and compare the md5 sums of files.
•  Secure Erasure (1)
  • Eraser (234)
    Eraser is a secure data removal tool for Windows. It completely removes sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns. Also erases free space on your hard drive.
•  Security Scanners (1)
  • Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer... (247)
    Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) is an easy-to-use tool designed for the IT professional that helps small- and medium-sized businesses determine their security state in accordance with Microsoft security recommendations.