NirSoft web site provides a unique collection of small and useful freeware utilities, all of them developed by Nir Sofer. I will add this on my Web watch list...
Nir Sofer, is experienced developer with extensive knowledge in C++, .NET Framework, Windows API, and Reverse Engineering of undocumented binary formats and encryption algorithms.
NirSoft is a Web site of one man. In NirSoft, there is no CTO or CEO, there is no secretary, there is no development team, and there are no rented offices. The entire Web site and all the utilities that you can find here were developed by Nir Sofer.
NirSoft utilities receive amazing awards such as Editor's Pick of wareseeker.com , received 6 ducks award (the best) at NoNags Web site, has been reviewed by Home Computer Magazine , rated with 5 bulls by BullDownload, received the best award on softonic.com, has been awarded by Softpedia with 5 stars and SoftPedia Pick Award and many more..
Advantages of NirSoft utilities
For almost every utility that you can find here, there is probably others alternative tools with similar functionality. However, NirSoft utilities have some unique advantages over many other freeware and commercial products:
Most of the utilities in this site were developed in C++, which make them fast, small and effective.
My utilities are portable and mostly don't require any installation. While many software companies create a bloated installation package with size of 1 - 3 MB, the size of single utility in NirSoft is usually less than 100KB.
All my utilities (except of a few very old tools) don't write anything to the Registry or to your profile folder. This means that you can use them from a USB Flash drive, without leaving traces in the computer that you use.
Most of my utilities can be used from command-line, without displaying any user interface.
You don't have to register or give your email in order to download from NirSoft.
My utilities are completely freeware, without any catch.
Here's some examples of what you can find in NirSoft Web site:
Password Recovery Utilities
WebBrowserPassView - View the passwords stored by your Web browser (Supports Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Opera)
Mail PassView - Recover the passwords of popular email clients: Outlook Express, MS Outlook, Eudora, Mozilla Thunderbird , and more...
MessenPass - Recover the passwords of instant messenger programs: Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, Trillian, and more...
Dialupass: Dialup Password Recovery - Recovers the passwords of dialup entries (VPN and Internet connections). Works also under Windows 2000/XP.
Network Password Recovery - Freeware utility that recovers the network passwords stored by Windows XP (Credentials file).
BulletsPassView - Reveal the passwords hidden behind asterisk ('****') or bullets characters in standard password text-boxes.
SniffPass - Password Sniffer - Listen to your network, and capture POP3, IMAP4, SMTP, FTP, and HTTP (basic authentication) passwords
PstPassword - Recover the password of Outlook PST file.
Network Monitoring Tools
WirelessNetView - View the details of all wireless network in your area (SSID, Signal Quality, MAC Address, and more...)
Wireless Network Watcher - Show who is connected to your wireless network.
BluetoothView - Monitor the Bluetooth activity around you.
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.
CurrPorts: TCP/IP Connections Viewer - Freeware tool that displays the list of all currently opened TCP and UDP ports on your local computer.
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...
DownTester - Test the download speed of your Internet connection.
Internet Related Utilities
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.
MyLastSearch - View your latest searches with Google, Yahoo, and MSN.
VideoCacheView - Copy video files (.flv and others) from the Web browser cache and temporary folder.
WebVideoCap - Capture Flash video (.flv) and RTSP/MMS streams from Video Web sites.
SiteShoter - Take a screenshot of a Web site.
DNSDataView - View the DNS records of specified domains.
IECookiesView: Cookies Viewer/Manager for IE - View/Delete/Modify the cookies that Internet Explorer stores on your computer. Read More >>
IEHistoryView - View/Delete the URLs that you visited in the last few days.
HTMLAsText (HTML To Text Converter) - Freeware utility that converts HTML files to text files.
WhoisThisDomain - Get information about a registered domain.
DNSDataView - DNS lookup tool.
MS-Outlook Tools
NK2Edit - Edit, delete, add, merge, and repair records in the AutoComplete files (.NK2) of Outlook.
OutlookAttachView - View and extract attachments in your Outlook mailbox.
OutlookStatView - Get statistics about your Outlook mailbox.
OutlookAddressBookView - View / export the address book of MS-Outlook.
Command-Line Utilities
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
SearchMyFiles - Alternative to 'Search For Files And Folders' module of Windows and also duplicate files search.
MyUninstaller - Alternative to the standard Add/Remove applet of Windows operating system.
Volumouse - Control the sound volume with your wheel mouse !!
FileTypesMan - Alternative to 'File Types' manager of Windows.
Freeware System Tools
ProduKey - Recover Office/Windows CD-Key
ShellExView - Displays the details of shell extensions installed on your computer, and allows you to easily disable and enable each shell extension.
WhatInStartup - Add, delete, modify or disable programs that run at Windows startup.
USBDeview - View all installed/connected USB devices on your system.
DevManView - Alternative to device manager of Windows.
DriverView - List all device drivers currently loaded on your Windows.
RegScanner (Registry Scanner) - Scan and find values in the Registry.
OpenedFilesView - View opened/locked files in your system.
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.
BlueScreenView - View crash information stored in the MiniDump files created on blue screen of Windows.
My Top choices are WiFiInfoView , Icon Extract and Password Recovery Tool.