SysAdmin Tools Ian’s handy links of (mostly windows) downloads

Anti-Virus


AVG Free

http://free.avg.com/

Microsoft (extended) Trial Partner

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/viruses/wsc/en-us/default.mspx

Remove AV


http://www.technibble.com/repair-tool-of-the-week-antivirus-removal-tools/

Trend micro Sysclean AV

http://www.trendmicro.com/download/dcs.asp

http://www.trendmicro.com/download/pattern.asp

Remove Norton


ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/removal_tools/Norton_Removal_Tool.exe

http://www.appremover.com/get/appremover.exe

http://www.technibble.com/repair-tool-of-the-week-antivirus-removal-tools/

Web Based AV Scanners (whole system)


http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner

http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan

http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?productid=symhome&langid=ie&venid=sym

http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp

http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/

http://www.f-secure.com/en_EMEA/security/

Web Based AV Scanners (individual files)


http://onlinescan.avast.com/

http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus

http://www.virustotal.com/

Manually Download Virus Definitions


http://free.grisoft.com/ww.download-update

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/download/pages/US-N95.html

http://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/definitions.jsp

http://www.mcafee.com/apps/downloads/security_updates/dat.asp

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam/database/mbam-rules.exe

http://www.superantispyware.com/definitions.html

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923159

http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/

Specialized AV programs


http://vundofix.atribune.org/

http://www.lunarsoft.net/downloads/doc_download/21-virtumondobegone

http://siri.geekstogo.com/SmitfraudFix.php

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix

http://www.rizone3.com/archives/93

Manual AV Tools


http://www.filehippo.com/download_hijackthis/

http://www.filehippo.com/download_autoruns/

Remap exe and other windows file associations


http://www.technibble.com/downloads/windows-tools/xp_fileassoc.bat

http://www.technibble.com/downloads/windows-tools/xp_exe_fix.reg

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/231/1/An-Utility-to-Unassociate-File-Types-in-Windows-7-and-Vista.html

Anti-Spyware


http://wiki.lunarsoft.net/wiki/Anti-Malware_Toolkit

http://www.filehippo.com/download_malwarebytes_anti_malware/

http://www.filehippo.com/download_superantispyware/

http://www.filehippo.com/download_windows_defender/

http://download.cnet.com/Spyware-Doctor-Starter-Edition/3000-8022_4-10704508.html

http://www.spybot.info/en/mirrors/index.html

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/

http://www.ccleaner.com/download/

Anti-rootkit


http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix

http://www.gmer.net/

http://www.sophos.com/products/free-tools/sophos-anti-rootkit.html

http://sites.google.com/site/rootrepeal/

http://www.f-secure.com/en_EMEA/security/tools/blacklight/

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/Dr-WEB-CureIt.shtml

http://info.prevx.com/downloadcsi.asp

http://www.filehippo.com/download_rootkit_revealer/

http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/rkstinger.aspx

http://www.trendmicro.com/download/rbuster.asp

http://download.cnet.com/Panda-Anti-Rootkit/3000-8022_4-10717196.html?part=dl-PandaAnti&subj=dl&tag=button&cdlPid=10717197

Vista Rootkit scanners


http://www.antirootkit.com/blog/2008/01/11/anti-rootkit-software-scanners-for-vista/

Virus definitions


http://www.superantispyware.com/definitions.html

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923159

http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/

http://www.trendmicro.com/download/viruspattern.asp

Firewall


http://www.filehippo.com/download_zonealarm_free/ http://www.filehippo.com/download_comodo/

Remove Flash


http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html

Plug-in checker page (any browser, not just FF)

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/

Standard Stuff


http://www.filehippo.com/download_firefox/

http://www.filehippo.com/download_openoffice/

http://www.filehippo.com/download_winrar_32/

http://www.filehippo.com/download_vlc/

http://www.filehippo.com/download_jre_32/

http://www.filehippo.com/download_flashplayer_ie/

http://www.filehippo.com/download_flashplayer_firefox/

http://www.filehippo.com/download_shockwave/

http://www.filehippo.com/download_adobe_reader/

http://www.tightvnc.com/download.html

http://picasa.google.com/

http://ninite.com/

Old links but possibly useful

http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player.exe

http://sdc.shockwave.com/shockwave/download/

http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=acrobat

http://sdc.shockwave.com/products/acrobat/readstep2_allversions.html

System Tools


http://www.analogx.com/files/nsli.exe

http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/ats.htm

http://www.analogx.com/files/itrci.exe

http://www.analogx.com/files/sdefendi.exe

http://www.analogx.com/files/capturei.exe

http://www.analogx.com/files/banishi.exe

http://www.cygwin.com/

http://www.majorgeeks.com/Active_SMART_d246.html

http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/download.php?mode=ViewCategory&catid=5

http://john.obyrne.free.fr/files/chronoshutdown.zip

http://www.docsdownloads.com/dr-delete-1.htm

http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty.exe

http://www.filehippo.com/download_jkdefrag/

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/search_my_files.html

http://www.sysinternals.com/

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=201670

Windows debugging Toolbox


http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/Autologon.zip

http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/Autoruns.zip

http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/ProcessExplorer.zip

http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/Filemon.zip

http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/ProcessMonitor.zip

http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/PageDefrag.zip

http://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free/download.shtml

http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=5

http://www.technibble.com/ssdtweaker-repair-tool-of-the-week/

http://www.technibble.com/lookinmypc-repair-tool-of-the-week/

http://analogx.com/contents/download/Programming/textscan/

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/opened_files_view.html

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/app_crash_view.html

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/monitor_info_view.html

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/my_event_viewer.html

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/driverview.html

http://www.technibble.com/safemsi-exe-start-windows-installer-service-in-safe-mode/

http://www.technibble.com/beep-codes-viewer-quickly-look-up-what-beep-codes-mean/

Windows Pre-Reinstall


[If the machine still runs, then run the “Windows 7 Easy Transfer tool”]

http://www.technibble.com/tools/windowsid/

http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/

http://www.drivermagician.com/Lite.htm

http://sourceforge.net/projects/drvback/

http://www.bioticaindia.com/

http://www.dagondesign.com/files/XPKeyDecrypt.exe

http://www.windowsupdatesdownloader.com/ProgramFiles.aspx

http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/download

http://pack.google.com

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/device_manager_view.html

Windows User State Migration Tool (XP) [large deployments?]

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=799AB28C-691B-4B36-B7AD-6C604BE4C595&displaylang=en

Windows Easy Transfer for XP

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2B6F1631-973A-45C7-A4EC-4928FA173266&displaylang=en

Streamline reinstall


http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/09/01/5-apps-for-painless-windows-reformats-for-8-2-08-switched-thin/

http://www.innovative-sol.com/drivermax/

http://www.nliteos.com/

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/12/23/how-to-backup-your-internet-explorer-settings/

http://www.almeza.com/

App to download and burn Windows updates to CD


http://www.vulnerabilityassessment.co.uk/ctupdate.htm

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/11/25/3-alternative-ways-to-get-windows-updates/

Backup


http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm

Online backup


11/6/2009

http://www.adrive.com/plans

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_online_backup_services

http://www4.crashplan.com/consumer/store.vtl

http://crashplan.com

Mozy Backup Refferal Code

T5J3RA - or your email address - during the registration process.

Getdropbox

https://www.getdropbox.com/referrals/NTE2NDIwMTk

http://lifehacker.com/5154698/sync-files-and-folders-outside-your-my-dropbox-folder

System Fixes


http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/selfhelp/PKUInstructions.aspx

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=889482FC-5F56-4A38-B838-DE776FD4138C&displaylang=en

http://www.xp-smoker.com/downloads/xptcprep.exe

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299357

http://www.technibble.com/repair-tool-of-the-week-scanpst/

http://4sysops.com/archives/wuinstall/

http://www.dslreports.com/faq/10131

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/repair-internet-explorer-with-fix-ie-utility

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/open_with_view.html

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/officeins.html

sfc /scannow (Verify system files) [Run -> Cmd -> Run as admin]

http://www.fantasticfreeware.com/applications/stalled-printer-repair/

http://www.technibble.com/safemsi-exe-start-windows-installer-service-in-safe-mode/

Network Fixes


http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm

http://www.technibble.com/rizone-complete-internet-repair-repair-common-internet-connection-issues/

Media Players


http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/standalone.html

http://forms.real.com/real/player/blackjack.html

http://www.filehippo.com/download_klite_codec_pack/

http://www.filehippo.com/download_windows_media_player/

http://www.filehippo.com/download_vlc/

http://www.filehippo.com/download_flashplayer_firefox/

http://www.filehippo.com/download_silverlight/

QT 6.5.2 reinstall (mac)

http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime652reinstallerforquicktime701.html

Old IE Installers


IE 6

http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie6sp1/finrel/6_sp1/W98NT42KMeXP/EN-US/ie6setup.exe

IE 7

http://www.google.com/toolbar/ie7/

IE8

http://www.filehippo.com/download_internet_explorer_xp/

http://www.filehippo.com/download_internet_explorer_vista/

Offline Service Packs


Win2000 Service Pack 4 - FULL

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1001AAF1-749F-49F4-8010-297BD6CA33A0&displaylang=en

XP Service Pack 1

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/sp1/network.mspx

XP Service Pack 2

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/winxpsp2.mspx

XP Service Pack 3

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5b33b5a8-5e76-401f-be08-1e1555d4f3d4&displaylang=en

Vista Service Pack 1 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsvista/bb738089.aspx

Vista SP2 32-bit http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=16468

Vista SP2 64-bit http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17669

Windows 7 Service Pack 1 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=c3202ce6-4056-4059-8a1b-3a9b77cdfdda&displaylang=en

Windows Server Service Packs

Windows Server 2008 x64 SP2 Windows Server 2003 Service Packs Windows Server 2003 32bit SP1 Windows Server 2003 32bit SP2 Windows Server 2003 64bit SP2

Microsoft Office Service Packs

Office 2003 SP3 Office 2007 SP3 Office 2010 SP1

Offline Office service packs

http://www.h-online.com/security/Offline-Update–/features/112953

Recovery

http://www.smart-projects.net/isobuster/ http://www.boomdrs.com/macosx/


handy links

get cmd line during xp install

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=498320&p=6#r112

Cleanup files

Instructions on cleanup

http://www.yorkspace.com/pc-de-crapifier/

http://www.clonespy.com/

Itunes Library Updater/Cleanup

http://itlu.ownz.ch/

http://dougscripts.com/itunes/

Speed up windows

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/02/20/speed-up-windows-without-registry-hacks/

Crypt disk image

http://www.truecrypt.org/

http://www.pegtop.de/start/

Image editor comparison

http://www.smileycat.com/miaow/archives/000267.html

Frys Ads

http://www.frys-electronics-ads.com/

http://newspaperads.mercurynews.com/ROP/ads.aspx?advid=32664

Portable Apps

http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable

http://portablefreeware.com/

http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/27/029209&from=rss

http://sourceforge.jp/projects/crystaldiskinfo/

Bootable CD

http://ubcd4win.com/contents.htm

http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/

http://www.hirensbootcd.net/

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/download.html

DOS/Windows Boot Disk

http://www.bootdisk.com/

Time Management (online)

http://tickspot.com/

Electronic Survivial kit

http://subwiki.honeypot.net/cgi-bin/view/Main/ElectronicSurvivalKit

Note taking site

http://stu.dicio.us/

To try & Check out

http://www.ewido.net/en/

Dial-A-Fix

Misc Tools

http://www.clariondeveloper.com/wepgen/-

http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml

http://launchy.net/

http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/

http://www.winimage.com/

http://www.tinyapps.org/

http://www.gtopala.com/index.html

http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=11

http://4sysops.com/archives/eventtracker-pulse/

http://lists.thedatalist.com/

configure windows UI settings

http://pitaschio.ara3.net/manual.htm

http://www.winvistaclub.com/Ultimate_Windows_Tweaker.html

Process Scan (find rogue programs)

http://www.processlibrary.com/processscan/

Remove exess processes?

http://www.ghostsecurity.com/procx/

Startup Cop Pro 3

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2177188,00.asp

Duplicate finder

http://feeds.downloadsquad.com/~r/weblogsinc/downloadsquad/~3/146483486/

Cleanup music with tuneup (sound patterns, finds names for songs)

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/05/13/preview-clean-up-your-music-with-tuneup/

Universal Extractor

http://www.legroom.net/software/uniextract

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/resources_extract.html

Batch image resizer

http://www.fotosizer.com/Default.aspx

Windows data recovery

(freeware)

http://www.recuva.com/

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html

http://www.undelete-plus.com/

http://www.softperfect.com/products/filerecovery/

http://www.dirfile.com/smart_data_recovery.htm

http://smartpctools.com/data_recovery/index1.html

http://www.oemailrecovery.com/cd_recovery.html

http://www.pcinspector.de/Sites/file_recovery/info.htm?language=1

http://www.z-a-recovery.com/demo-ir.htm

http://code.google.com/p/undbx/downloads/list

(not freeware)

http://runtime.org/

http://iolo.com/sr/4/

http://www.recuva.com/

http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html

PDF Pass Recover


http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/291

http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/01/how-to-open-password-protected-pdf.html

http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/43

Password Recovery


http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/#password_utils

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/mailpv.html

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/mspass.html

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/network_password_recovery.html

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wireless_key.html

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/router_password_recovery.html

Dissasembly guides


http://www.ifixit.com/

http://www.r3uk.com/index.php/tech-tips/34-disassembly-guides

http://www.technibble.com/7-sites-with-laptop-teardown-guides-repair-resource/

Mac OS App Cleaner

http://www.freemacsoft.net/AppCleaner/

Misc


Win Packet Sniffer

http://www.technibble.com/repair-tool-of-the-week-smartsniff/

Windows free Screen Shot video Recorder


http://www.technibble.com/repair-tool-of-the-week-camstudio-portable/

http://code.google.com/p/padp/downloads/detail?name=CamStudioPortable_2.0.paf.exe


Windows 7 free upgrades

http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=217800056

Norton Free upgrade Link

http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoffice/support/special/upgrade2007/vista/migration_start.jsp?site=nuc

http://updatecenter.norton.com/

http://www.technibble.com/windows-7-problem-step-recorder-create-step-by-step-recordings/

Windows 7 trial extention to 120 days

Cmd -> slmgr –rearm & reboot



Windows 7 Professional - $29

http://windows7.digitalriver.com/store/mswpus/en_US/DisplayHomePage

Download Windows 7 [Student] ISO’s

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/28/direct-download-ISO-dvd-for-windows-7-student-upgrade/

Office 2007 Ultimate $59

http://www.microsoft.com/student/discounts/theultimatesteal-us/default.aspx

Retail Prices [Amazon]

Win 7 Professional - $199 Upgrade $299 full

Office 2007 home & student - $84 [no outlook, access, publisher, ]

Office 2007 Ultimate - $334

Office 2008 (mac) Home & Student - $119 [basically full]

Kaspersky 2010 $36 – 3 users [one year??]

AVG 8.5 – 2 year subscription [$19.99]

AVG Rebate special (expires 3/31/2010) - $10 ARB, 2YR 3USR

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832108450

Norton AV 2010 - $15 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832108450

Trend Micro 2008 - $39

Eset nod32 V4 - $49

http://www.technibble.com/pcprogramswholesale-review/

HSU Spam Filter


https://miso.humboldt.edu/registration/

https://barracuda2.humboldt.edu

https://experts.humboldt.edu/ditss/download/

Ian Sidle

Technomancer
SF Bay Area