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Thursday, January 14, 2010

NirSoft - freeware utilities: password recovery, system utilities, desktop utilities

NirSoft web site provides a unique collection of small and useful freeware utilities, all of them developed by Nir Sofer.
If you are looking for password-recovery tools, click here.
If you are looking for network tools, click here.
To view your IP address and other information, click here.
To view all major IP address blocks assigned to your country, click here.
To read the Blog of NirSoft, click here.
If you have a software-listing Web site, and you want to add the freeware utilities provided by NirSoft, click here
If you can't find what you need in my entire utilities collection, you can check my Software Store page, which contains shareware utilities offered by other vendors, some of them with special discount.

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Here's some examples of what you can find in NirSoft Web site:

    * Password Recovery Utilities
          o Mail PassView - Recover the passwords of popular email clients: Outlook Express, MS Outlook, Eudora, Mozilla Thunderbird , and more...
          o MessenPass - Recover the passwords of instant messenger programs: Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, Trillian, and more...
          o Dialupass: Dialup Password Recovery - Recovers the passwords of dialup entries (VPN and Internet connections). Works also under Windows 2000/XP.
          o Network Password Recovery - Freeware utility that recovers the network passwords stored by Windows XP (Credentials file).
          o Asterisk Logger - Reveal the passwords hidden behind asterisk ('****') characters in standard password text-boxes.
          o SniffPass - Password Sniffer - Listen to your network, and capture POP3, IMAP4, SMTP, FTP, and HTTP (basic authentication) passwords
          o PstPassword - Recover the password of Outlook PST file.
          o Protected Storage PassView - Displays all passwords and AutoComplete strings stored in your Protected Storage.
    * Network Monitoring Tools
          o NetResView - View all computers/shares on your network.
          o BluetoothView - Monitor the Bluetooth activity around you.
          o SmartSniff: TCP/IP Sniffer - Capture TCP/IP packets on your network adapter and view the captured data as sequence of conversations between clients and servers.
          o CurrPorts: TCP/IP Connections Viewer - Freeware tool that displays the list of all currently opened TCP and UDP ports on your local computer.
          o AdapterWatch - displays useful information about your network adapters: IP addresses, Hardware address, WINS servers, DNS servers, MTU value, Number of bytes received or sent, The current transfer speed, and more...
          o WirelessNetView - View the details of all wireless network in your area (SSID, Signal Quality, MAC Address, and more...)
          o DownTester - Test the download speed of your Internet connection.
    * Internet Related Utilities
          o IPNetInfo - Find all available information about an IP address: The owner of the IP address, the country/state name, IP addresses range, contact information (address, phone, fax, and email), and more.
          o MyLastSearch - View your latest searches with Google, Yahoo, and MSN.
          o VideoCacheView - Copy video files (.flv and others) from the Web browser cache and temporary folder.
          o WebVideoCap - Capture Flash video (.flv) and RTSP/MMS streams from Video Web sites.
          o SiteShoter - Take a screenshot of a Web site.
          o DNSDataView - View the DNS records of specified domains.
          o IECookiesView: Cookies Viewer/Manager for IE - View/Delete/Modify the cookies that Internet Explorer stores on your computer. Read More >>
          o IEHistoryView - View/Delete the URLs that you visited in the last few days.
          o HTMLAsText (HTML To Text Converter) - Freeware utility that converts HTML files to text files.
          o WhoisThisDomain - Get information about a registered domain.
    * Command-Line Utilities
          o NirCmd: Freeware Command-Line Tool - Do some useful tasks from command-line: turn off your monitor, turn off the computer, open/close the door of your cd-rom drive, dial to VPN/Internet connection, change your display settings, and much more !!
    * Desktop Utilities
          o SearchMyFiles - Alternative to 'Search For Files And Folders' module of Windows.
          o MyUninstaller - Alternative to the standard Add/Remove applet of Windows operating system.
          o Volumouse - Control the sound volume with your wheel mouse !!
          o FileTypesMan - Alternative to 'File Types' manager of Windows.
    * Freeware System Tools
          o DriverView - List all device drivers currently loaded on your Windows
          o ProduKey - Recover Office/Windows CD-Key
          o OpenedFilesView - View opened/locked files in your system.
          o RegScanner (Registry Scanner) - Scan and find values in the Registry.
          o ShellExView - Displays the details of shell extensions installed on your computer, and allows you to easily disable and enable each shell extension.
          o SysExporter - Grab the data stored in standard list-views, list boxes, and combo boxes from almost any application running on your system, and export it to text, HTML or XML file.
          o OfficeIns - Microsoft Office Add-Ins Manager
          o WinUpdatesList - Displays the list of all Windows updates (Service Packs and Hotfixes) installed on your local computer.

Go there...
http://nirsoft.net/


nirsoft_installer 1.34 has been released (31-Dec-09)

nirsoft_installer is an NSIS installer I whipped up to download and install most of the wonderful utilities found at http://nirsoft.net.

You can download the binary here and the binary with the source code here.

Here's the changelog.txt:

nirsoft_installer changelog  Version 1.34 - 31 Dec 09:  	Added DevManView - Display All Installed Devices (2000+)  Version 1.33 - 29 Sep 09:  	Added WinFontsView - View Installed Fonts (2000+) 	Replaced nsisunz.dll with nsUnzip.dll (Fixed BlueScreenView unzip issue) 	Added FileTypesMan: Alternative to 'File Types' manager of Windows (98-ME) 	 Version 1.32 - 10 Aug 09:  	Added BlueScreenView - Display 'blue screen of death' crash information (XP+) 	Added BluetoothCL - Monitor the Bluetooth activity around you (XP+) 	Added LiveContactsView - View MSN Live Contacts 	Added Dialupass - Reveal Dial-up Passwords (2000+) (Thanks MrBrian!) 	Updated Dialupass2 - Reveal Dial-up Passwords (98-NT) 	Changed DumpEDID's entry from GUI to CLI 	Reworked install types: 		1: Top 10 		2: Windows 7/Vista/2008/2003/XP or newer 		3: Windows 2000/NT 		4: Windows NT 		5: Windows ME/98/95 		6: Windows 95  Version 1.31 - 24 June 09:  	Added MACAddressView - Lookup MAC Address company information (98+) 	Added OutlookStatView - Display Outlook mailbox statistics (2000+) 	 Version 1.30 - 18 Apr 09:  	Added DownTester - Test Download Speed 	Added WhatInStartup - Enable/Disable Startup Applications (2000+)  Version 1.29 - 01 Apr 09:  	Added Clipboardic - Save Clipboard Activity to .clp Files (2000+) 	Added CurrPorts - IP to Country file (IpToCountry.csv) 	Added IPInfoOffline - IP to Country file (IpToCountry.csv) 	Added SmartSniff - IP to Country file (IpToCountry.csv) 	Added USBDeview - USB VendorID/ProductID file (usb.ids) 	 Version 1.28 - 13 Mar 09:      Added AlternateStreamView - View NTFS Alternate Streams (2000+)     Added OutlookAttachView - View Outlook Attachments (2000+)     Added SearchMyFiles - Improved File Search Method (2000+)  Version 1.27 - 01 Jan 09:      Added ChromeCacheView - Google Chrome Web Browser Cache Viewer     Added SNRemove - Removes reference to strong name signatures from .NET exes/dlls     Added StartBlueScreen - Crash Windows by initiating a Blue Screen of Death (2000+)     Removed duplicate AtNow entry, thanks MrBrian!  Version 1.26 - 27 Nov 08:  	Added DNSDataView - GUI Alternative to NSLookup (XP+) 	Added IPInfoOffline - View IP Address Information Offline 	Added SkypeLogView - View Skype Logs (2000+) 	Added UserProfilesView - View User Profiles (2000+) 	Added WirelessNetConsole - Console App to Dump Wireless Network Information (XP+)   Version 1.25 - 15 Sep 08:  	Added ChromePass - Reveal Google Chrome Web Browser Passwords  Version 1.24 - 10 Sep 08:  	Added OperaCacheView - View Opera Web browser cache 	Added UserAssistView - View UserAssist Entries Registry Entries  Version 1.23 - 11 Aug 08:  	Added ShellBagsView - View Saved Folders Settings 	Added PasswordFox - Recover the passwords of Mozilla Firefox 	Changed sort order of program list to be case-insensitive 	 Version 1.22 - 15 Jul 08:  	Fixed broken link for Dialupass 	Fixed broken link for IEDesignMode  Version 1.21 - 14 Jul 08:  	Added ProcessActivityView - View process access of files & folders 	Added SocketSniff - Watch WinSock Activity of Selected Processes 	Added GACView - .NET assembly viewer alternative 	Added IECacheView - Internet Explorer Cache Viewer 	Added RegFromApp - Creates .reg file from application 	Added VNCPassView - Recover the passwords stored by the VNC tool 	Fixed HTMLDocEdit description 	Fixed FileDateChanger description 	Removed Windows NT+ specific apps from Windows 95+ InstType, and visa versa 	Fixed Windows 95/98 vs. Windows 2000/XP links (really), thanks Dubiaku! 	Re-alphabetized program list  Version 1.20 - 06 Jun 08:  	Added CleanAfterMe - Auto clean files and registry entries 	Added DotNetResourcesExtract - Extract Resources from .NET applications 	Added HtmlDocEdit - Simple HTML designer/editor 	Added MUICacheView 	Added ResourcesExtract - Extract Resources from DLL,EXE,OCX files 		http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/resourcesextract.zip 	Added SpecialFoldersView - View Special Folder Locations 	Fixed Windows 95/98 vs. Windows 2000/XP links 	Changed Added leading space to "Website" and "Uninstall" icons  Version 1.19 - 17 Apr 08:  	Added MyEventViewer - Event Log Viewer  Version 1.18 - 19 Mar 08:  	Added MyEventViewer - Event Log Viewer 	Added SiteShoter - Save Screenshots of Web Pages 	Added WirelessNetView: Monitor wireless networks on your area  Version 1.17 - 06 Feb 08:  	Added BluetoothView: Monitor the Bluetooth activity around you 	Added FileTypesMan: Alternative to 'File Types' manager of Windows 	Added OpenWithView: Disable/Enable items in the 'Open With' dialog-box of Windows 	Updated "Top 10" list per http://www.nirsoft.net/top_utilities_downloads.html  Version 1.16 - 29 Dec 07:  	Changed "All" to "All - Windows 2000/XP/2003" & InstType "All - Windows 95/98/ME" 	Added InsideClipboard: View clipboard contents 	Added RecentFilesView: View Recent Files (Unicode & non-Unicode versions) 	Added WebVideoCap: Capture Flash video and RTSP streams 	Added HashMyFiles: Calculate MD5/SHA1/CRC32 hashes of your files (Unicode & non-Unicode versions) 	Added Unicode version of NK2View 	Added Unicode version of URLProtocolView 	Update "Top 10" list per http://www.nirsoft.net/top_utilities_downloads.html 	Re-alphabetized application list  Version 1.15 - 21 Nov 07:  	Added MyLastSearches 	Added InstalledCodec  Version 1.14 - 30 Oct 07:  	Added VideoCacheView 	 Version 1.13 - 02 Oct 07:  	Added MozillaCacheView  Version 1.12 - 18 Sep 07:  	Added MozillaHistoryView  Version 1.11 - 11 Sep 07:  	Added RegDllView 	Added IEDesignMode  Version 1.10 - 07 Sep 07:  	Added HeapMemView 	 Version 1.9 - 06 Aug 07:  	Added GDIView 	Added URLProtocolView 	Removed "What's New" install options 	Upgraded NSIS to 2.29  Version 1.8 - 22 May 07:  	Added RunAsDate  Version 1.7 - 05 Apr 07:  	Added NK2View 	Fixed user defined start menu folder bug 	Upgraded NSIS to 2.24  Version 1.6 - 27 Dec 06:  	Added Remote Desktop PassView - Display passwords in .rdp files used by the Remote Desktop Connection utility 	Updated description text  Version 1.5 - 18 Oct 06:  	Added "What's New" category, containing the following items 	Added DumpEDID - Dump extended display identification data 	Added LSASecretsDump - Dumps LSA secrets (RAS/VPN passwords) 	Added LSASecretsView - Displays LSA secrets (RAS/VPN passwords) 	Added MonitorInfoView - Displays monitor information 	Added USBDeview - Lists all USB devices 	Added WirelessKeyView - Recovers all wireless network keys  Version 1.4 - 23 Aug 06:  	Added Iepv - IEPassView  Version 1.3 - 21 Aug 06:  	Upgraded NSIS to 2.19  Version 1.2 - 23 Jun 06:  	Added PstPassword 	Added InjectedDLL  Version 1.1 - 12 May 06:  	Download errors are retried 5 times before reporting failure  Version 1.0 - 14 Apr 06:  	Initial release  $Id$ 

and here's the readme.txt:

nirsoft_installer - Copyright (c) 2005-2009 Ross Smith II (http://smithii.com) All Rights Reserved  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------  nirsoft_installer lets you download and install most of the freeware  applications available at http://nirsoft.net.  nirsoft_installer looks in the directory where nirsoft_installer.exe is for  any files it needs before attempting to download them. If it does download a  file, it will attempt to save a copy of the file in this same directory.  nirsoft_installer adds the installation directory (typically  C:\Program Files\NirSoft) to your PATH environment variable.  If the program is a Windows GUI application, an icon is created in the C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Start Menu\Programs\NirSoft directory.  Applications that require Windows 98, ME, or NT 4.0, are not included.  Note: you are responsible to verify that each program you install using  nirsoft_installer is designed to work in your environment.  If you are unsure, then please visit http://nirsoft.net for more information.  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Usage: nirsoft_installer [options]  Options: /S         Install the application silently with the default options selected /D=path    Install into the directory 'path' (default is             %ProgramFiles%\NirSoft) /INSTYPE n Where n is a number between 0 and 3:            0: Top 10 (Default)            1: All - Windows 2000/XP/2003            2: All - Windows 95/98/ME            3: None  The following options are planned to be implemented in a future version:  /SAVEDIR d Save downloaded files in directory d /PROXY     Set proxy settings  /RETRIES n Number of times to retry each download before reporting failure            (default: 5)  /ALLUSERS  Install icons for all users             This is the default if the user is an administrator /USER      Install icons for the current user only             This is the default if the user is not an administrator /VERSION   Show the version and quit  /?         Show this help message and quit   $Id$ 
Go there...
http://smithii.com/nirsoft_installer

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