HOW TO ELIMINATE BIG PROBLEMS WITH SMALL PROGRAMS?

INTERNET RELATED

1. AD-AWARE (1.7mb) - "Standard Edition is THE award winning, free, multicomponent detection and removal utility that consistently leads the industry in safety, user satisfaction, support and reliability"
Code:
http://lavasoft.element5.com/support/download/

2. AOL HIDER (475kb) - "Excellent program that simply hides AOL into the task window in the bottom right corner. Makes it look like you have a real internet connection! Compatable with all versions"
Code:
http://www.simbak2k.net/exes/aolhider104.zip

3. FPIPE - "FPipe is a source port forwarder/redirector. It can create a TCP or UDP stream with a source port of your choice. This is useful for getting past firewalls that allow traffic with source ports of say 23, to connect with internal servers"
Code:
http://www.foundstone.com/resources/proddesc/fpipe.htm

4. FPORT - "Reports all open TCP/IP and UDP ports and maps them to the owning application"
Code:
http://www.foundstone.com/resources/termsofuse.htm?file=fport.zip

5. MAGIC MAIL MONITOR (71kb) - Tiny POP3 compliant Mail Checker: the best choice for checking one or multiple account quickly, at periodic interval. Fully configurable, nice interface
Code:
http://www.geeba.org/magic/

6. MAILINATOR - "Have you ever needed an email .. NOW? Have you ever gone to a website that asks for your email for no reason (other than they are going to sell your email address to the highest bidder so you get spammed forever)?"
Code:
http://www.mailinator.com/mailinator/Welcome.do

7. NET LIMITER [614KB) - "NetLimiter is an ultimate internet traffic control tool"
Code:
http://www.netlimiter.com/

8. NESSUS - "A security scanner which will audit remotely a given network and determine whether bad guys (aka 'crackers') may break into it, or misuse it in some way." For Linux ONLY
Code:
http://www.nessus.org/download.html

9. NETSCAN PRO (925kb) - "NETSCAN PRO is the real advanced TCP/IP monitoring utility which allows you to monitor all network activity at your computer. NETSCAN PRO 3.3 has a graphical and text interface which makes the program unique in its kind! It's very easy to use! All you do is run the program and see all established connections and opened ports at your computer"
Code:
http://www.7forces.com/files/ns3setup.exe

10. NO ADS (215kb) - "Popup killing at its best! This nifty utility is great when surfing websites. If a popup appears, open the program that is in the task tray and double click it and its gone. It will then store it and kill it in the future too. It is the first one I've seen that supports AOL! Even works great with programs like KaZaA"
Code:
http://www.simbak2k.net/exes/NASetup.exe

11. Online JPEG compressor - "Can help you to make your pages load faster by reducing the size of your JPEG files. It will display multiple versions of a given image compressed at different levels for you to pick the smallest image at the best possible image quality you require"
Code:
http://www.chami.com/jc/

12. PCS NETWORK TOOLS (1150kb) - "The PCS Network Tools is a collection of essential network diagnostic tools. These tools include DNS resolution which provides the IP Address, Hostname, Hostname Alias, Mailhost, and Name Server Records for an entered host. In addition, the following tools are also included: IP Scanner, Traceroute, Ping, Whois, Finger, Time, Quote of the Day, and extensive Localhost information. Local information includes the hostname, alias, IP address, MAC address, username, Primary Domain Controller, NetBIOS, memory, windows version and build, and other vital information"
Code:
http://www.learnxgroup.com/software/pcsnt.html

13. PEER GUARDIAN - PeerGuardian 2 is Methlabs’ premier IP blocker for Windows. With features like support for multiple lists, a list editor, automatic updates, and blocking all of IPv4 (TCP, UDP, ICMP, etc), PeerGuardian 2 is the safest and easiest way to protect your privacy on P2P. Plus, by integrating with Blocklist.org, lists are built custom just for you. - Look for the Linux/OSX version on this site
Code:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/peerguardian/pg2-050423-x64.exe?download

14. PING PLOTTER - "This exceptional GUI-based traceroute tool has features I’ve only seen in expensive industrial-strength tools, including dynamic tracking of changes in node response time — great for tracking a network outage across time. It’s also very fast!" - For NT/2K/XP ONLY
Code:
http://www.pingplotter.com/downloads/pngplt_1.exe

15. PROXIRAMA (154kb) - "A tool for finding and testing proxy servers. it will test them for anonymity, speed, if it's a gateway proxy, https support (=chainability) and geographical location. furthermore, it can be used as a local proxy server that redirects your traffic through a arbitrarily long chain of anonymous proxies. it is small, fast, and easy to use"
Code:
http://gaamoa.securibox.net/ProxyramaSetup.exe

16. SPYBOT - SEARCH & DESTORY (3.5mb) - "This free program can detect and remove spyware of different kinds from your computer. Spyware is a relatively new kind of threat that common anti-virus applications do not yet cover"
Code:
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=download


OS RELATED
1. FILE

a.) BCWIPE - "Is intended to give you a confidence that your deleted files cannot be recovered by an intruder" For Linux/FreeBSD/OpenBSD/Solaris/Digital UNIX/Irix/Windows
Code:
http://www.jetico.com/download.htm

b.)BEST CRYPT - "A Data Encryption system provides the most comprehensive and easy-to-use secure data storage and access control facilities available" For Linux/FreeBSD/OpenBSD/Solaris/Digital UNIX/Irix/Windows
Code:
http://www.jetico.com/download.htm

c.) CIA UNERASE - " Is the first product using the CIS technology to recover deleted files. Using CIS, CIA Unerase recovers almost any file you deleted even before you installed CIA Unerase and files where all other solutions on the market failed. CIA Unerase is the smallest, easiest and fastest Unerasing-tool we know"
Code:
http://217.160.136.183/en/Download/down.php?login=1&loginemail=nikita69@mailinator.com&loginname=tina&status=aktiv&CIA_Unerase=1

d.)DARIK'S BOOT AND NUKE (1962kb) - "Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot floppy 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." Available in floppy and CD version. This tool is very dangerous. After using the WinImage extractor to create the “nuke” boot floppy disk, you then reboot the target system with the disk in drive A. The main point of this program is to securely delete everything, so NEVER run it on a system that you intend to use again.
Code:
http://dban.sourceforge.net/

e.)ERASER (2745kb) - "Eraser is an advanced security tool (for Windows), which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns. Works with Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP and DOS. Eraser is FREE software and its source code is released under GNU General Public License.
The patterns used for overwriting are based on Peter Gutmann's paper "Secure Deletion of Data from Magnetic and Solid-State Memory" and they are selected to effectively remove magnetic remnants from the hard drive.
Other methods include the one defined in the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual of the US Department of Defence and overwriting with pseudorandom data. You can also define your own overwriting methods." The US Defence Security Service (DSS) is one of their clients.
Code:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/eraser/Eraser57Setup.zip

f.)DELLATER (3kb) - "DelLater is the ideal program to use when you can't delete a file, no matter how hard you try"
Code:
http://www.diamondcs.com.au/downloads/dellater.zip

g.)HIDE IT - Hide running applications
Code:
http://www.annoyances.org/downloads/ftp/hideit.zip

h.)KILL - "Shuts down one or more running Windows NT tasks or processes" - For 2K/XP
Code:
http://helpdesk.kixtart.org/Download/Utils/KILL.EXE

i.)KILL95 - Shuts down any processes running in memory
Code:
http://helpdesk.kixtart.org/Download/Utils/kill95.zip

j.)ZAP - "deletes files that are either in use or otherwise cannot be deleted" - For 2K/XP *****
Code:
http://helpdesk.kixtart.org/Download/Utils/zap.exe

2. CONTROL/MONITOR

a.) CIS - "A free security scanner written and maintained by Cerberus Information Security, Ltd and is designed to help administrators locate and fix security holes in their computer systems. This tool is a must!" To see the checks it does, go http://www.cerberus-infosec.co.uk/vulndb.txt]HERE - For NT/2K
Code:
http://www.cerberus-infosec.co.uk/CIS-5.0.02.zip

b.)COOL BEANS SYSTEM INFO (820kb) - "A small but powerful program that monitors your computer's CPU, physical memory, and swap memory usage"
Code:
http://dl.winsite.com/files/180/ar1/winxp/sysutil/sysinf02.exe

c.)DEPENDENCY WALKER (406KB) - "A free utility that scans any 32-bit or 64-bit Windows module (exe, dll, ocx, sys, etc.) and builds a hierarchical tree diagram of all dependent modules." Can be helpful to identify missing files/dll after installtion of programs
Code:
http://www.dependencywalker.com/depends21_x86.zip

d.)HHD SRVADMIN - "A very useful as a replacement to the ordinary NT service and device control panel applets, because it repeats and extends the functionality provided by them. Plus, it allows administrators to perform tasks, which usually not available to them without installing Windows NT Resource Kit." For NT/2K
Code:
http://www.hhdsoftware.com/Download/srvadmfull.zip

e.)NTFS Reader for DOS - This is an absolutely essential recovery tool if you use NTFS partitions. Add this 147 KB executable file to your Win9x-based boot floppy and it will let you read any NTFS partition and copy off files to any FAT partition. (Don’t be thrown when the page says “Demo software.” It’s outright freeware.) - For NT/2K/XP ONLY
Code:
http://www.ntfs.com/downloads/readntfs.zip

f.)NTSubst - "Extended version of the NT subst command. NtSubst allows you to assign the drive letter not only to any valid path, but also any valid NT Object Manager path." For NT/2000
Code:
http://www.hhdsoftware.com/Download/ntsubst.exe

g.)POWER PROMPT - "will allow you to run programs as System"
Code:
http://www.skrubbeltrang.com/Tools.aspx?Tool=PowerPrompt

h.)PROCESS EXPLORER (150kb) - "The unique capabilities of Process Explorer make it useful for tracking down DLL-version problems or handle leaks, and provide insight into the way Windows and applications work"
Code:
http://www.sysinternals.com/files/procexpnt.zip

i.)REVELATION - Discloses passwords that are only displayed as asterisks. I suppose, ultimately, this is a cracker’s tool; but there are practical, legitimate uses for it, so I decided to post the link. - For 9x/2K/XP. Please use it in good faith.
Code:
http://www.snadboy.com/RevelationV2.zip

j.)RUN AS USER v4.1 - The function of this software is to allow Administrators to deploy applications that require elevated user rights to users who have restricted rights without having to issue Administrator Credentials to the user. It does this by passing a Run As User type command to the Operating System for the duration of the task at hand. It will only give the elevated rights to that specific task, so you can be safe knowing that the user will not have access to any restricted resources while the application is running. Other uses of this software include running games that require the administrator account to run. - For XP. Please use it in good faith.
Code:
http://www.palmersoft.co.uk/software/runasusersetup.exe

k.)SHUTDOWN - Small commandline utility that makes it a breeze to log off, shutdown, restart, hibernate, or put in stand-by mode your Win XP computer. It’s the only utility I know that shuts down Win XP and then reliably powers off the computer. For XP ONLY.
Code:
http://aumha.org/downloads/shutdown.zip

l.)STARTUP CPL - "A nifty control panel applet that allows you to easily configure which programs run when your computer starts."
Code:
http://www.mlin.net/files/StartupCPL.zip

m.)STARTUP MONITOR - "A small utility that runs transparently (it doesn't even use a tray icon) and notifies you when any program registers itself to run at system startup. It prevents those utterly useless tray applications from registering themselves behind your back, and it acts as a security tool against trojans like BackOrifice or Netbus."
Code:
http://www.mlin.net/files/StartupMonitor.zip

n.)STORM WINDOW - A great and FREE utility for Windows desktop security
Code:
http://www.cetussoft.com/stormwin.htm


3. INFORMATION

a.)ADVISOR - Displays all your PC info (hardware/software) on one page
Code:
http://www.belarc.com/Programs/advisor.exe

b.)SKRUB THE WEB - "Search Microsoft Knowledge Base, MSDN, Google and Google Groups in a single click"
Code:
http://www.skrubbeltrang.com/Tools.aspx?Tool=SkrubTheWeb


4. UTILITIES

a.)DOS HERE (197kb) - "An Explorer Shell Extension to provide easy and quick access to the DOS Prompt in the requested folder"
Code:
http://user.tninet.se/~fgo483j/files/ch20.zip

5. TWEAKS

a.)ANSWERS THAT WORK - "Through our support service we often come across problems caused primarily by programs running in the background, programs which in most cases start at the same time as Windows. Sometimes these programs are useful and need to be there; quite often, however, they are not needed, and in too many cases they cause severe problems." This is not a program, however it would be a great small utility if packaged.
Code:
http://www.answersthatwork.com/

b.)ERUNT - "Finally, a tool to back up the Win XP Registry! (Microsoft didn’t include one with Win XP itself.)" - For NT/2K/XP ONLY

Code:
http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt/erunt.zip

* NTRegOpt is included in the above file - This optimizes the Win NT/2K/XP Registry much as SCANREG /OPT does for Win98/ME.

c.)HIJACK THIS - "HijackThis examines certain key areas of the Registry and Hard Drive and lists their contents. These are areas which are used by both legitimate programmers and hijackers." - USE WITH CAUTION AND AT YOUR RISK
Code:
http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/hijackthis.zip

d.)TWEAKUI - THE BEST OF ALL THE PowerToys! This should be standard on every (pre-XP) Windows computer whatsoever! Many new features added.
Code:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winme/Install/1.0/WinMe/EN-US/Tweakui.exe

RESULTS WILL VARY
No matter how good your systems may be, they're only as effective as what you put into them.