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Below are some links to where you can download some useful software, many of which can be used for free. If the developer is providing the software for free and asks for a donation, then send them something to encourage them to create some more useful things.

We accept no liability if you download or install any of these, this is all done at your own risk;
you should check them out first before you install them on your computer.

If you know of any other free useful software applications which can be utilised by investigators then email us and we will try to include them.

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Anonymizers
Anti-Virus
Audio
Encryption, Steganography & Passwords
File Recovery Software
Firewall
Hash Value Generator
Hidden Data
Image Viewer
Internet History Eraser
Laptop Recovery Software
Media Converter
Meta Search Utility
Network Tools
Newsgroup Readers
Odd Ones
On-Screen Video
PDF
SpyWare Protection
UK Telephone Number Locator
Video Player
Video Recording / Downloading
VOIP
Web Site Copier

Anonymizers
www.torproject.org - Tor is a software project that helps you defend against traffic analysis, a form of network surveillance that threatens privacy
www.iprivacytools.com - this tool lets you change your IP Address anytime by routing your Internet traffic through private and secure overseas servers
www.hotspotshield.com - allows you to hide your IP address and protects your computer whilst at public wi-fi hotspots
www.hideman.net - a free & paid for service which easily allows you to pick a country & IP Address

Anti-Virus
www.grisoft.com - ideal integrated protection for your home and small office workstations
www.avast.com - free integrated protection for your computer
www.comodo.com - free anti-virus software, with extra features
www.sophos.com - protect against a variety of web-based threats
www.agnitum.com - free anti-virus software, with extra features

Audio
www.sourceforge.net - Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds

Encryption, Steganography & Passwords
Encryption
www.safehousesoftware.com - safehouse explorer is free encryption software
www.truecrypt.org - truecrypt provide free open source encryption software
www.axantum.com - axcrypt is free open source encryption software for windows systems
Steganography
www.embeddedsw.net - OpenPuff steganography software
www.softpedia.com - Hide-In-Picture software
Password Recovery
www.softpedia.com - a free trial version of the very good Advanced PDF Password Recovery Pro, which can open up password protected pdf's
www.lostpassword.com - reasonably priced software to recover lost passwords for all popular applications used at home or in the office
Other Stuff
www.cleanersoft.com - Free Hide Folder is a free computer security software to hide your private folders, a useful way to keep your personal data away from others

File Recovery Software
www.z-a-recovery.com -ZAR is suitable for home users and small businesses who need a powerful data recovery solution, the free evaluation copy is ideal for lost images
www.piriform.com - Recuva (pronounced "recover") is a freeware Windows utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer
www.aic-media.com - AIC File Recovery is a powerful freeware tool that allows its users to recover deleted files

Firewall
www.zonelabs.com - ZoneAlarm provides free basic PC protection for the home user, or pay and get the advanced firewall with identity and privacy protection
www.comodo.com - Comodo's firewall monitors all internet traffic and lets you allow or deny applications which attempt to go online
www.ashampoo.com - the Ashampoo FireWall Configuration Assistant guides you through every step of the simple setup process. Easy Mode makes using it a breeze, you don't need any special technical knowledge and everything is explained clearly
www.agnitum.com - free firewall software, with extra features

Hash Value Generator
www.karenware.com - obtain a unique number for the contents of a file or folder, to preserve its integrity, to show it has not been altered, added to or deleted
www.slavasoft.com - SlavaSoft HashCalc is a free hash value generator but for files not folders
www.nirsoft.net - Hash My Files is a free hash value generator
www.md5calculator.com - md5 calculator is a free hash value generator

Hidden Data
Documents
www.microsoft.com - Office 2003/XP Add-in. Remove Hidden Data. With this add-in you can permanently remove hidden data and collaboration data, such as change tracking and comments, from Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint files
www.downloadcrew.com - FOCA was designed as a penetration testing tool but can be used locate metadata in many document types
www.payneconsulting.com - Payne Group is a leading provider of metadata removal and desktop automation software
www.esqinc.com - a leading provider of Microsoft Office metadata management
www.javacoolsoftware.com - free software to view & strip out metadata in office documents
www.evermap.com - AutoMetadata is a free application for exploring & editing metadata in pdf documents
Photographs
www.photo-freeware.net - there are a number of different Image Meta EXIF Data tools located here, find the one that shows the type of data you want to see
www.photome.de - PhotoME is a powerful tool to show and edit the metadata of image files
www.tawbaware.com - basic exif viewer
www.geosetter.de - free but powerful exif viewer with nice geo-locator display & IPTC data
www.sourceforge.net - hide a file in a picture with hip2.1
www.bartdart.com - BartMark Bitmap Encoder allows you to encode text messages into bitmap images
Social Networking Site
www.github.com - creepy is an application that allows you to gather geo-location related information about a users Twitter & Flickr account
Videos
www.headbands.com - Gspot can access & display very basic metadata in video files but is a bit old and outdated
www.sourceforge.net - MediaInfo is a newer tool which display very basic metadata in video files

Image Viewer
www.irfanview.com - an image viewer that allows you to open most of the image and video formats

Internet History Eraser
www.bartdart.com - ScrubXP cleans a computer from temporary files and registry keys resulting from opening files and or using the Internet
www.privacyroot.com - Wipe 2011.00 clears browsing history and many other tracks of PC activity

Laptop Recovery Software
www.preyproject.com - Prey lets you keep track of your laptop, phone & tablet whenever stolen or missing

Media Converter
www.cocoonsoftware.com - Quick Media Converter can convert video or audio formats
www.freemake.com - free media converter which can convert many types of video or audio formats

Meta Search Utility
www.copernic.com - Copernic Agent Basic queries leading search engines to bring you back relevant, high quality results
www.paterva.com - Maltego is useful search facility for linking individuals & accounts

Network Tools
www.majorgeeks.com - SamSpade a dated but great network investigators tool
www.netstatagent.com - NetStat Agent is a powerful network toolkit that includes well-known tools like netstat, ping, traceroute, ipconfig, arp, route, whois, http checker and dns query
www.nirsoft.net - IPNetInfo is a small utility that allows you to easily find all available information about an IP address

Newsgroup Readers
www.forteinc.com - Forte Agent is an integrated Newsreader and Email viewer
www.newsrover.com - News Rover is a Usenet newsreader that features a built-in search engine for finding files in any Usenet newsgroup
www.phex.org - Phex is a file sharing client for the Gnutella network

Odd Ones
Free Software
www.sourceforge.net - a site with links to open source software
www.osalt.com - a site with links to open source software
www.opensourcemac.org - a site with links to open source software for apple macs
www.orbitdownloader.com - free software to download music and video files from sites like Youtube & Myspace
Software
www.download.com - a site with links to all types of software
www.snapfiles.com - a site with links to all types of software
www.nonags.com - a site with links to all types of software
www.filehippo.com - a site with links to all types of software
www.majorgeeks.com - a site with links to all types of software
www.thedatalist.com - a site containing a large list of very useful software, much free to use
www.ninite.com - an easy & fast way to automatically install & update popular applications
Tools
www.revouninstaller.com - Revo Uninstaller helps you to uninstall and remove unwanted programs installed on your computer even if you have problems uninstalling and cannot uninstall them from "Windows Add or Remove Programs" control panel applet
www.cleansofts.org - the Update Notifier is a small utility that scans your computer for installed software and displays a list of updates.
www.callgraph.biz - an add-on for Skype, which allows the user to record audio calls
www.pamela.biz - an add-on for Skype, which allows the user to record calls, videos and chat
www.openwith.org - if you have been sent or downloaded a file that you don't recognize and can't open, this programme will tell which free programme you'll need to open it.
www.montpellier-informatique.com - PREDATOR is a small utility which allows you to lock your computer using a USB Flash Drive, which is free to download
www.vmware.com - VMware Player is the easiest way to run multiple operating systems at the same time on your computer
www.isodisk.com - ISO Disk is a clever utility that allows you to access ISO disc files so that they appear as a normal drive, save you having to load cds / dvd's everytime you want to use them
www.notepad-plus-plus.org - Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages

On-Screen Video
www.techsmith.com - Camtasia allows you to record your onscreen activity, but expensive
www.camstudio.org - Camstudio is open source software which allows you to record your onscreen activity
www.sourceforge.net - RecordMyDesktop is an open source software for linux based systems, which allows you to record your onscreen activity. Useful explanatory video on YouTube
www.pixelmetrics.com - CaptureWizPro is a professional tool for capturing anything on your screen
www.screenpresso.com - free video screen capture for windows
www.wisdom-soft.com - AutoScreenRecorder video screen capture

PDF
www.cutepdf.com - CutePDF Writer (Freeware) create professional quality PDF files from almost any printable document. FREE for personal and commercial use! No watermarks! No popup Web advertisements!
www.primopdf.com - Primo PDF (Freeware) create professional quality PDF files from almost any printable document. Also offers a free on-line service changing files to pdf
www.foxitsoftware.com - a small & fast PDF viewer / creator
www.pdfcore.com - free advanced PDF utilities
www.nitroreader.com - free advanced PDF creator
www.tracker-software.com - PDF viewer / creator
www.pdf2jpg.net - PDF to JPG converter

SpyWare Protection
www.safer-networking.org - the home of Spybot-S&D, the best (according to PC World, PCMag.com,) privacy software available
www.malwarebytes.org - Malwarebytes is all about helping users remove malware from their computers and making sure their computers stay infection free
www.spywareterminator.com - Spyware Terminator 2 is another good & free spyware protector
www.superantispyware.com - detects and removes Spyware, Adware, Malware, Trojans, Dialers, Worms, KeyLoggers, HiJackers and many other types of threats. Free home version and paid for pro version
www.lavasoft.com - Ad-Aware offers a number of free and paid for software option
www.agnitum.com - free anti-spyware software, with extra features

UK Telephone Number Locator
www.mediaweb.connectfree.co.uk - the UK telephone number locator is a handy utility which sits in your system tray & can look up the location from a telephone number

Video Recoding / Downloading
www.keepvid.com - download streaming videos from YouTube, DailyMotion, Google Video, Megavideo, Metacafe & Vimeo
www.handbrake.fr - useful tool for downloading videos to play on mobile devices
www.freemake.com - useful tool for downloading videos from different websites, which can then be saved in many different file types
www.streamtransport.com - download video clips from a number of on-line video hosting websites, such as iPlayer, Hulu, Joost, YouTube, Yahoo etc

Video Player
www.videolan.org - VLC is a powerful media player, playing most of the media & video formats out there

VOIP
www.skype.com - free Skype to Skype calls & cheap calls to other phones
www.prettymay.net - PrettyMay Call Recorder for Skype is a powerful Skype add on, which allows you to easily record skype calls on Windows