Hackman Suite ( Figure E) is a collection of 'hacking' utilities, one of which is a hex editor. The software even supports the use of encryption. Neo includes a large set of operators you can use when editing a file, including rotations, logical shifts, arithmetic shifts, negation, and many more. In addition, Neo supports bookmarks, which is extremely helpful when editing large files. It can do all the basic things that the previously described hex editors can do-but it can also open processes, files, volumes, and physical disks.

Figure C 4: Free Hex Editor Neoįree Hex Editor Neo ( Figure D) offers a huge feature set. This could be handy for manually repairing a file that has a damaged header. One especially nice feature is the ability to paste from a file. Cygnus has all the features you would expect from a basic hex editor, such as the ability to modify, insert, and delete data and to do search and replace. There is also a handy data view for looking at the currently selected byte, word, etc. Like HxD Hex Editor, Cygnus displays the offset, hexadecimal, and ASCII codes for the data that is being edited. 3: Cygnus Hex Editor Free EditionĬygnus Hex Editor Free Edition ( Figure C) is another free hex editor. Hex Workshop sells for $89.95, but a free trial version is available for download. Hex Workshop also contains other handy functions, such as a base converter, a hex calculator, and a checksum generator. In addition to displaying the basic information provided by HxD Hex Editor and similar tools, it provides a Data At Offset, Structures, and Compare Result view. Hex Workshop ( Figure B) is a much more advanced hex editor.

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