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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: Burning Babylon on June 09, 2013, 04:38 pm
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This thread will have the purpose of describing my current Application Collection, what applications are in it and what their purpose is. Feel free to post comments, your own collections or just useful stand alone applications. :)
I've divided my Application Collection into six subcategories, namely:
* General
* ISO
* Multimedia
* Security
* Simplistic
* System
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* General
* Adobe Acrobat 3D. v8.10: Just for opening PDF documents, I find the new versions too bloated so I use an old one.
* Apache Open Office. v3.4.1. English: Alternative to Microsoft Office, for documents/excel files and so on.
* DAEMON Tools Lite. v4.47.1.0333: For mounting ISO files as a virtual DVD drive.
* Electrum. v1.8: A very easy to use Bitcoin-client.
* FileZilla. v3.7.0.2: FTP-client and server.
* Firefox. v21.0. English: A web browser alternative to Internet Explorer.
* ImgBurn. v2.5.7.0: An application for burning ISO files to CD/DVDs.
* MultiBit. v0.5.11: A Bitcoin client which is slightly more advanced than Electrum, however also misses some interesting functions of Electrum.
* Radmin. v3.4: Remote control application.
* UltraISO Premium. v9.5.3.2901: Application used for opening and editing ISO files mostly.
* ISO
* Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007. Blue Edition. English: My favorite version of Microsoft Office which includes almost all document editing applications.
* Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007. English: Process editing application, mainly used by business to create process overviews to explain advanced systems more easily to those not involved in them directly.
* Ophcrack. No Tables. Live CD. v3.6.0: Live CD for cracking Windows passwords, without tables.
* Ophcrack. Vista - Windows 7. Live CD. v3.6.0: Live CD for cracking Windows Vista and Windows 7 passwords.
* Ophcrack. XP. Live CD. v3.6.0: Live CD for cracking Windows XP passwords.
* SmartDraw 2008: Process editing application, somewhat similar to Microsoft Office Visio.
* Tails. i386. v0.18: Live CD/DVD for running an operating system straight from a disc.
* Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64 English. murphy78 2013 May: The Windows 7 ISO disc I use for my Windows Install.
* Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x86 English. murphy78 2013 May: The Windows 7 ISO disc I keep around to use on VMWare Workstation for emulating an operating system.
* VMware Workstation. v9.0.2.1031769: Application used to virtually emulate operating systems, can be used to test new applications or more securely do various things without getting compromised.
* Multimedia
* ACDSee Pro. v2.5.363: My favorite image viewer program, it's an older version which isn't as bloated as the new ones.
* Boilsoft Video Splitter. v7.02.2: Used for cutting segments of videos, use it mainly to crop out interesting YouTube-videos.
* Combined Community Codec Pack. v2013-05-30: My preferred Codec Pack, can play almost any video-format without issues.
* dBpoweramp Music Converter. Release 14.4 Reference Edition: Used for ripping and converting audio files to different formats.
* FastStone Image Viewer. v4.8: An alternative image viewer program to ACDSee Pro, has an easy to use function for removing Exif-information from camera images.
* foobar2000. v1.2.6: A music program, mostly as an alternative to Winamp as I feel it has a more advanced ID3-tag editing capability.
* Jasc Paint Shop Pro. v9.0: Image editing application, a very old version as the new ones are just worse in comparison.
* TechSmith Camtasia Studio. v8.0.1.903: Used for recording anything onscreen, will be used for creating video tutorials at a later date.
* Winamp Pro. v5.63.3235: My favorite music listening program at the moment.
* VLC. v2.0.6: Used for video viewing, mostly an alternative if I run across some very peculiar video format.
* Security
* Comodo Internet Security. v6.1.276867.2813: A combined anti-virus and firewall-package, useful sometimes.
* gpg4usb. v0.3.2-1: A GPG client which can be run without an install, the most important traits are it's easy to use and you can actually paste passwords, which you can't in GPG4win.
* GPG4win. v2.1.1: The most advanced PGP client for Windows as far as I'm aware, works decently but pinentry (the subapplication used for entering your password) has by programming choice disabled copy-paste for passwords which makes it unusable for anything else than creating new keys and such.
* HijackThis. v2.0.5: Used for analyzing mostly if there's any applications/viruses that have somehow infected your system, can generate reports that others can use to help analyze.
* Jitsi. v2.2.4603.9615: Chat and video program which has the capability of encrypting both text and video. Might not be as functional as Skype yet, but on the other hand the data isn't logged by the NSA either.
* KeePass. v2.22: Master Password Manager, useful for keeping track of very long and complicated passwords.
* Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Pro. v1.75.0.1300: As the name implies used for removing malware and other unwanted intrusions in your system.
* Passware Password Recovery Kit Professional. v11.1.4: Password cracking for most Office type documents and a few other formats aswell.
* PC Tools Password Utilities. v1.0.0.5: Password Generating Utility.
* QFX KeyScrambler Premium. v3.1.0.0: Scrambles all keyboard entries into random data which would make any keylogger record the random data and be of no use. Will not protect against hardware keyloggers.
* Tor Browser Bundle. v2.3.25-8: Tor Browser Bundle used for surfing on sites like Silk Road.
* TrueCrypt. v7.1a: Encryption program for files or partitions/hard drives, can be used to encrypt the whole system disk so you can't gain access to it at all without the correct pass. Worth keeping in mind is the active TrueCrypt key is stored in the RAM when the computer is on if you have system encryption, and it will be removed 5-15 minutes after the computer is turned off. This technically means Law Enforcement can if they are proficient enough remove your RAM, cool it down significantly so the data lasts longer and extract your key from the memory.
* Simplistic
* f.lux: A must have application for controlling the light sensitivity on screen, regulates according with what time of the day it is.
* Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder. v2.0.9.8: Shows your current Windows License Key.
* Mp3tag. v2.55a: Used to edit tags on Mp3-files.
* Process Explorer. v15.3: A more advanced version of the Windows Task Manager for Processes.
* Regshot. v1.9.0: A before and after snapshot-utility of the Windows Registry, useful for seeing what kind of changes an application does after being installed.
* ReNamer. v5.70: A mass-file-renaming utility.
* TreeCopy. v1.11: Used for copying all folder structures of any given folder but not copying any files at all.
* WhatChanged. v1.07: A before and after snapshot-utility very similar to Regshot, but slightly different.
* WinDirStat. v1.1.2: Used to give a presentation on exactly where all the files on your hard drive are.
* Windows 7 USB-DVD Download Tool. v8.00.7600.16385: Mainly used for burning Windows ISO files to USB memory sticks.
* System
* 2BrightSparks SyncBackPro. v6.3.13.0: Backup utility.
* Active@ File Recovery v.10.0.8: File-recovery application, can be used to recover deleted files which haven't been overwritten yet (these types of applications are used by Law Enforcement).
* Active@ Partition Recovery. v8.0.0: Partition-recovery application, in case the partition table gets messed up.
* AIDA32. v3.94.2: Used for giving useful information about the computer.
* EASEUS Partition Master. v9.1.0 Professional Edition: A partition manager program.
* HashCheck. v2.1.11: A MD5-haschecker, the best one I know of currently but there are certainly things that could be improved.
* HDD Capacity Restore. v.1.2: Has the capacity to sometimes repair a corrupt partition table, not used very often but it has saved me atleast once previously.
* Lavalys EVEREST Ultimate Edition. v5.30.1900: Used for giving useful information about the computer, and some benchmarking capabilities.
* RARLAB WinRAR. v4.20 (32-bit): The 32-bit version which is used for compressing and opening various storage formats like RAR.
* RARLAB WinRAR. v4.20 (64-bit): The 64-bit version which is used for compressing and opening various storage formats like RAR
* UltraDefrag. v6.0.2: Used for defragmenting fragmented hard drives.
* WinAudit. v2.29: Used for giving useful information about the computer, very similar to AIDA32 but slightly different
This is valid as of today ( 2013-06-09 ) and some applications occasionally get updated, while others do not. :P
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Time for an update. :)
The folder "ISO" has been changed into the project "Disc Collection. v1.0", I'll include it below as I won't create a separate thread for it:
* DriverPack Solution. v13 R346 (21.04.2013):
A DVD which will install Windows Drivers.
* FalconFour's Ultimate Boot CD. v4.6:
A Boot CD which has various diagnostic and problem solving applications.
* Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007. Blue Edition. English:
Microsoft Office consists of: Access, Excel, Groove, InfoPath, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher and Word.
* Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007. English:
Diagramming and vector graphics application, best used for creating process overviews like for work flows.
* Ophcrack. Vista - Windows 7. Live CD. v3.6.0:
Live CD for cracking Windows Vista and Windows 7 passwords.
* Ophcrack. XP. Live CD. v3.6.0:
Live CD for cracking Windows XP passwords.
* SmartDraw 2008:
Process editing application, alternative to Microsoft Office Visio.
* Tails. i386. v0.19:
A live operating system which preservs your privacy and anonymity.
* Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64 English. murphy78 2013 July:
The Windows 7 ISO disc I use personally for any new installation.
* Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x86 English. murphy78 2013 July:
The Windows 7 ISO disc I use on VMWare Workstation for emulating an operating system.
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Application Collection. v1.0
* General
* Multimedia
* Recreation
* Security
* Simplistic
* System
* General
* µTorrent. v3.3.1 Build 29963: The most widely used free BitTorrent client.
* Adobe Acrobat 3D. v8.10: Application to view, create, manipulate, print and manage files of the PDF format.
* Apache Open Office. v3.4.1. English: Alternative to Microsoft Office, various document editing applications.
* DAEMON Tools Lite. v4.47.1.0333: For creating Virtual DVD Drives which can mount ISO files among others.
* Dupli Find. v6.16: Used for searching files for duplicate entries and then displaying them.
* Electrum. v1.8: A very easy to use Bitcoin Wallet Client, the seed function is an interesting recovery option.
* FileZilla. v3.7.1.1: A FTP-client and FTP-server combined in one.
* Firefox. v22.0. English: A very widely used Web Browser, a superior option to the default Internet Explorer.
* ImgBurn. v2.5.8.0: Allows the recording of many types of CD, DVD and Blu-Ray images to recordable media.
* Mp3tag. v2.57: Metadata Editor, mainly ID3-tags for MP3-files.
* MultiBit. v0.5.12: A Bitcoin Wallet Client which is slightly more advanced than Electrum but also harder to use.
* Mumble. v1.2.4: Low-latency, high quality voice chat software - has built in encryption.
* qBittorrent. v3.0.10: A free BitTorrent client, alternative to µTorrent.
* UltraISO Premium. v9.5.3.2901: Application for creating, modifying and converting ISO image files.
* Multimedia
* ACDSee Pro. v2.5.363: My favorite image viewer application, a fairly old version which doesn't contain much bloat.
* ACE Mega CoDecS Pack. v6.03: An alternative Codec Pack to Combined Community Codec Pack just in case.
* Combined Community Codec Pack. v2013-05-30: My preferred Codec Pack, can play almost any video-format.
* FastStone Image Viewer. v4.8: An image browser, converter and editor. Alternative to ACDSee Pro.
* foobar2000. v1.2.9: Audio Player which has a lot more options like ID3-editing and transcoding.
* Jasc Paint Shop Pro. v9.0: Graphics Editor, a very old version as the new ones are just worse in comparison.
* My MP4Box GUI. v0.6.0.6: MP4 muxer which can for example extract audio only from a YouTube-video.
* TechSmith Camtasia Studio. v8.0.1.903: Used for recording videos of anything onscreen.
* Tomabo YouTube Video Downloader. v3.3.7: Download videos from YouTube and other video sites.
* Winamp Pro. v5.63.3235: My favorite audio player of choice at the moment.
* VLC. v2.0.7: Media Player with included codecs which can play just about anything.
* Xilisoft Video Converter Ultimate. v7.7.2.20130619: Video Converter which supports a lot of formats.
* Recreation
* CDisplayEx. v1.9.9: Sequential Image Viewer made for viewing the images in the style of a Comic Book.
* WBFS Manager. v3.0.1: A Nintendo Wii Game Manager which has the ability to put games on a memory container.
* Xpadder. v5.7: Has the ability to emulate a mouse and/or keyboard using a controller or joystick.
* ZSNES. v1.51: Super Nintendo Game Emulator.
* Security
* Emsisoft Online Armor. v6.0.0.1736: Firewall with functions like Keylogger Protection and DNS-Spoofing protection.
* gpg4usb. v0.3.2-1: A portable PGP client as an alternative to GPG4win.
* GPG4win. v2.2.0-Beta34: The most advanced PGP client for Windows, this beta version supports copy/paste.
* KeePass. v2.23: Password Management Utility to keep track of long and complicated passwords.
* Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Pro. v1.75.0.1300: Used for blocking and removing malware.
* Passware Password Recovery Kit Professional. v11.1.4: Password cracking for various file types.
* QFX KeyScrambler Premium. v3.1.0.0: Scrambles/encodes all keystrokes to random data.
* Tor Browser Bundle. v2.3.25-10: Tor Browser Bundle used for connecting to the Tor Network.
* TrueCrypt. v7.1a: Used for encrypting hard drives, partitions or containers. Supports Full System Encryption.
* Zemana AntiLogger. v1.9.3.454: Prevents Keylogging, Screenlogging, Webcam Logging and Clipboard Logging.
* Simplistic
* DicoLab TeamPlayer. v3.0: Lets two or more users operate a single PC at the same time with unique cursors.
* f.lux: Controls the light sensitivity on screen based on location and time of day to reduce eye strain.
* File Splitter and Joiner. v3.3: Split and join any file.
* FLV Extract. v1.6.3: Extracts the audio and/or video from a YouTube-video, complement to My MP4Box GUI.
* HDHacker. v1.4: Saves, visualizes, and restores the MBR. Can do the same for the BootSector on a logical drive.
* HijackThis. v2.0.5: Report of registry and file settings. Useful in detecting malware.
* JAM Software Ultrasearch. v1.7.1: Searchs through NTFS partitions by searching directly in the Master File Table.
* Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder. v2.0.9.8: Shows your current Windows License Key.
* PC Tools Password Utilities. v1.0.0.5: Password Generating Utility.
* Process Explorer. v15.3: A more advanced version of the Windows Task Manager for Processes.
* Regshot. v1.9.0: Allows you to take a snapshot of your registry and then compare it with a second one later.
* ReNamer. v5.70: A batch file renamer, has extensive options for renaming only certain parts of a name.
* SetFileDate. v2.0: Allows you to alter the last edited time and date of one or more selected files or folders.
* TreeCopy. v1.11: Allows you to copy the directory structures from one folder to another, without the files.
* Unlocker. v1.9.2: As the name implies has the capability of unlocking files which are currently used by the system.
* WhatChanged. v1.07: Takes a snapshot and then searches for modified files and registry entries at a later date.
* WinDirStat. v1.1.2: Graphical disk usage analyzer, presents the directories with how much space they're taking.
* Windows 7 USB-DVD Download Tool. v8.00.7600.16385: Used for burning Windows ISO files to memory sticks.
* System
* 2BrightSparks SyncBackPro. v6.3.13.0: Backup, Restore and Synchronisation application, alternative to FreeFileSync.
* 7-Zip. v9.20 (32-bit): File Archiver and Data Compression Utility (32-bit). Alternative to RARLAB WinRAR.
* 7-Zip. v9.20 (64-bit): File Archiver and Data Compression Utility (64-bit). Alternative to RARLAB WinRAR.
* Active@ File Recovery. v.10.0.8: Restores deleted files and folders.
* Active@ Partition Recovery. v8.0.0: Restores deleted & fixes damaged partitions
* AIDA32. v3.94.2: Can perform a detailed audit of the hardware and software configuration of your computer.
* Defraggler. v2.15.741: Disk Defragmenting Utility, alternative to UltraDefrag.
* DriverMax. v7.15.0.27: Allows you to backup and reinstall all your Windows drivers.
* EASEUS Partition Master. v9.1.0 Professional Edition: Partition manager software.
* FreeFileSync. v5.18: Backup, Restore and Synchronisation application, alternative to 2BrightSparks SyncBackPro.
* HashCalc. v2.02: Calculator which is primarily used for checking checksums and HMACs for files.
* HashCheck. v2.1.11: A MD5-haschecker, the only one I've been able to find which doesn't consistently crash.
* HDD Capacity Restore. v.1.2: Has the capacity to sometimes repair a corrupt partition table to it's original state.
* Lavalys EVEREST Ultimate Edition. v5.30.1900: Computer diagnostics and system profiling application.
* Radmin. v3.4: Remote access software.
* RARLAB WinRAR. v4.20 (32-bit): File Archiver and Data Compression Utility (32-bit). Alternative to 7-Zip.
* RARLAB WinRAR. v4.20 (64-bit): File Archiver and Data Compression Utility (64-bit). Alternative to 7-Zip.
* UltraDefrag. v6.0.2: Disk Defragmenting Utility, alternative to Defraggler.
* WinAudit. v2.29: Can perform a detailed audit of the hardware and software configuration of your computer.
* VMware Workstation. v9.0.2.1031769: Used for setting up Virtual Machines where each instance runs its own system.