Techie Toolbag

[Garak]

Well, I can remember when I did teching for a living and there was always bits of software you'd use and swear by. Hence the reason for this post - I'm calling it the techy toolbag - a thread that tech can post in and recommend bits of software (technical and simple - just to make what can be a difficult job go a little smoother).

The list will grow as others add to it.

CCleaner - good for clearing out temporary files - alot better than disc cleaner
AVG Anti-spy - Anti spyware of a simple nature, and finds bits that Spybot couldn.t
AVG Free - Free antivirus software - handy for picking up those peski's
Trend Housecall - Free online virus scan - handy if you've left those CD's at home.
Seatools - HDD defect locator for Seagate HDD's
MHDD - Helpful kit that can revive busted HDD's

I will add more as I go along.

[NooNoo]

adaware
spybot
hijackthis
powermax
pcinspector for hard drives
pcinspector for flash drives
deepburner free
videloan

[Garak]

videloan

videolan? funky stuff that.

[Garak]

updated my list as I remember the good old days.

[Ferrit]

No techie tool bag would be complete without a number of the portable apps, especially if you use a USB stick for your tool bag.
http://portableapps.com/apps

[Garak]

interesting site Ferrit - ta

[Richard1]

I can always appreciate more resources and tools. Thanks.

Here is a site I find useful: http://www.processlibrary.com/ .

[slgrieb]

Virtually anything from Sysinternals, especially Autoruns, Filemon, and Rootkit Revealer. I also use NOD32 evaluation versions in place of AVG. Why go second rate when you can have the best?

[Guts3d]

I carry 2 copies of Ghost floppies and a few hard drives of varying sizes so that I can make a backup on the spot and work with the backup. Then, if all goes well, copy the fixed image to the customers' drive.A copy of CIA commander, adaware, spybot and hijack this as well. Oh, and a copy of Spyware Blaster, and a screwdriver!

[Loopy]

Autopatcher Xp Autopatcher(For WinXP and other versions)

Perfect(also free, and lets you avoid MS's WGA) for all those computer's out there that don't have their patches. A must if you keep a security kit on hand.

[Matridom]

for malware, I tend to use online scanners, makes things easier.

Xcleaner
ewido

Also i tend to use smitfraudfix, spysweeper, hijack this and vundufix to name a few.

For "other" applications, I got me a copy of the systinternal tools.. Since MS bought them, i'm sure they will be paid-for soon.

Ghost is a necessity now days.

I also have a large external notebook drive (60 gig) that has a linux boot partition(ubuntu), it's saved data many a times without taking a system apart. I additionaly have a linux boot CD designed to "hack" into things(based on slackware). It's gotten many an admin/user account password for recovery and saved me from doing factory resets on routers by obtaining the encryption keys..

[Poseidon]

Don't forget -
Customized version of Bart's PE. I normally update it once a month with the latest virus and spyware definitions, etc. I always have at least 2 copies on hand.

Microsoft introduced PE 2.0 with Vista. Haven't played around it too much yet. But what I have seen so far is a vast improvement from the previous version.