Programmers' Tools - debugging

JDebugTool

Sun, 2 Nov 2008 00:17:41 -0700

Version:
4.1.3

Description:

Debug Applications, Applets, Servlets and EJBs.
Local and Remote debugging.
Run, Attach and Listen.
User friendly GUI.
Multi-Thread debugging.
Breakpoint Groups.

WinAPIOverride32

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:14:45 -0700

Version:
5.0.0

News:

WinAPIOverride :
  - New hooking way
       No stack pointer change (no stack hooking algorithm)
       No base pointer change (allow to hook functions compiled with /Oy optimization)
       Exceptions are not catch and rethrown but just spied, and exception registers are logged
       Call analysis doesn't require the "try to retrieve call stack" option
...

Description:

This software allows you to monitor and/or override any function of a process.
This can be done for API functions, executable internal functions COM or ActiveX methods.

WinAPIOverride is more than a standard API monitoring software.
It can break targeted application before or after a function call, allowing memory or registers changes; and it can directly call functions of the targeted application.

These features allows to fill the gap between classical API monitoring softwares and debuggers.

Main differences between over API hooker :
  - You can define filters on parameters or function result
  - You can define filters on dll to discard calls from windows system dll
  - You can hook functions inside the target process not only API
  - You can hook asm functions with parameters passed through registers
- Pre and Post API call hooking chain (you can install multiple hooks for the same function)
  - Monitor hardware and software exceptions
- COM / ActiveX hooking support
  - Double and float results are logged
  - You can easily override any API, any process internal function, any COM or ActiveX method
  - You can break process before or/and after function call to change memory or registers
  - You can call functions which are inside the remote processes
  - All is is done like modules : you can log or override independently for any function

Daphne

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:29:45 -0700

Version:
1.36

News:

Process list highlighting with colors for custom, system and high CPU-consumption processes.
Corrected a bug: Save configuration on session end or system shutdown.
Corrected a bug: Process with more than 100% CPU at startup.

Description:

Daphne is a small (system tray) application for killing, controlling and debuging window's processes. You can kill a process by dragging the mouse over the windows, by right-clicking the process in the main process list, or by typing its name with the "Kill all by name" command. You can set a any window to be always on top, to be transparent, to be enable, et cetera. The main window displays a list of currently running process with detailed information about:

JSwat

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:25:24 -0800

Version:
4.3

News:

Implemented RFE 458: byte code viewer for current method.
Implemented RFE 1009: validate class name in launch dialog.
Implemented RFE 1010: add last resort hueristic for finding source files.

Description:

JSwat is a graphical Java debugger front-end, written to use the Java Platform Debugger Architecture and based on the NetBeans Platform. JSwat is open-source software and is freely available in both binary and source code form. Its features include breakpoints with conditionals; colorized source code display with code navigator; movable display panels showing threads, call stack, visible variables, and loaded classes; command interface for more advanced features; and Java-like expression evaluation, including method invocation.

GRDB

Sun, 6 Jan 2008 04:36:34 -0800

Version:
9.4

Description:

GRDB is the 'Get Real' real mode debugger for x86. It is somewhat similar to debug, but has a lot of extensions to allow working on real mode with current processors, such as real mode and native 32-bit code support and MMX support. There are also a lot of enhanced features supported as well. The current version even allows support for 32-bit code segments in real mode. A future version may allow debugging DPMI programs.

PEBrowse Pro Interactive

Sun, 8 Jul 2007 02:20:24 -0700

Version:
8.3.3

Description:

PEBrowse Professional Interactive builds upon the framework presented by PEBrowse Professional to create a very powerful, versatile, and customizable Win32 user mode debugger/disassembler. PEBrowse Interactive is not a source code debugger, but operates at the Intel x86 instruction level and therefore at the lowest level where your program executes. The debugger fully supports Microsoft .NET managed processes and seamlessly allows interop or mixed-mode debugging. It can be set as the startup debugger using the system registry Image File Execution Options key - useful for debugging ASP.NET applications.

Window Hack

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:44:21 -0800

Version:
3.0

News:

Added Extended Window/Window/Control style names
Added Action -> Set Transparent (for NT only)
Added HWND_BROADCAST to Send Message
Fixed Set Window Pos

Description:

Window Hack is a program to spy any windows and can modify windows.

Regmon

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:27:47 -0800

Version:
7.04

Description:

Regmon is a Registry monitoring utility that will show you which applications are accessing your Registry, which keys they are accessing, and the Registry data that they are reading and writing - all in real-time. This advanced utility takes you one step beyond what static Registry tools can do, to let you see and understand exactly how programs use the Registry. With static tools you might be able to see what Registry values and keys changed. With Regmon you'll see how the values and keys changed..

Regmon works on Windows NT/2000/XP/2003, Windows 95/98/Me and Windows 64-bit for Itanium and x64.

Filemon

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:27:09 -0800

Version:
7.04

Description:

FileMon monitors and displays file system activity on a system in real-time. Its advanced capabilities make it a powerful tool for exploring the way Windows works, seeing how applications use the files and DLLs, or tracking down problems in system or application file configurations. Filemon's timestamping feature will show you precisely when every open, read, write or delete, happens, and its status column tells you the outcome. FileMon is so easy to use that you'll be an expert within minutes. It begins monitoring when you start it, and its output window can be saved to a file for off-line viewing. It has full search capability, and if you find that you're getting information overload, simply set up one or more filters.

FileMon works on NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 64-bit Edition, Windows 2003 Server, Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows ME.

jBixbe

Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:48:01 -0700

Version:
1.0final

Description:

When debugging Java applications the object-oriented aspect is often ignored. So it is difficult to determine which object is the currently active one.

jBixbe gives you a new innovative way to debug Java applications on the conceptual level of the Unified Modeling Language (UML) at which they are designed and makes it possible to find not only simple bugs but also weaknesses and insufficiencies in application design.

Zeta Debugger

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 09:44:20 -0700

Version:
1.3.14.06.07

Description:

Zeta Debugger is a stand-alone source level debugger and code profiler for Windows 98/2000/XP applications written in C/C++ or assembly languages. Source level debugging is allowed when symbolic debug information emited by your compiler is one of those supported by our debugger or external plug-in modules. Otherwise, when this information is absent or not recognized, you can only debug at machine level.

IceExt

Mon, 17 Jul 2006 13:15:17 -0700

Version:
0.70

Description:

IceExt is a SoftICE NT plugin. It adds some useful commands to the debugger. IceExt is your best helper when debugging your own programs.

TracePlus/Win32

Mon, 17 Jul 2006 13:10:05 -0700

Version:
5.0

Description:

TracePlus®/Win32 provides information on application usage of the Win32, ODBC, and DB-Library APIs. It traces 25 categories of API functions, comprising nearly 1200 API calls.

Using its unique visual realtime display of Win32 activity, you can spot timing-sensitive API issues, view error codes for failed Win32 functions, reverse engineer other Win32 applications without source code, locate DLLs loaded by an application, and discover what registry keys are used by an application.

Detours

Thu, 8 Jun 2006 11:07:48 -0700

Version:
2.1

Description:

Detours is a library for instrumenting arbitrary Win32 functions on x86 machines. Detours intercepts Win32 functions by re-writing target function images. The Detours package also contains utilities to attach arbitrary DLLs and data segments (called payloads) to any Win32 binary.

IDA Pro

Sun, 9 Apr 2006 16:30:35 -0700

Version:
5.0

Description:

IDA Pro is a Windows or Linux hosted multi-processor disassembler and debugger that offers so many features it is hard to describe them all.