WinHex

More often than not, you may come across a file that you cannot open with the standard text editors, in which case you may need to turn to a hex editor to open the binary data and find the information in it. WinHex is one of the alternatives to consider, as it is a straightforward tool that lets you open files' binary data and make changes.

The program has a typical interface for its type, meaning that it contains a single window interface with three main areas. While in the left and right panels, you can access the files and view various details, the middle area is the workspace where you can analyze the binary data. You will be happy to learn that the application works well with different file system types, including, but not limited to FAT12, FAT16, exFAT, NTFS, UDF and CDFS. Moreover, the app embeds a RAM editor that allows you to explore the physical RAM data and the virtual memory used by the particular file you are analyzing.

In addition to binary data and RAM, the tool can come in handy for calculating the file hashes and checksums, so you can tell right away if a file suffered modifications from the original. Of course, in this particular case, you need to have the checksum and hash of the original file. Lastly, it is worth mentioning that the program can display the common character standards, such as Unicode, ANSI or ASCII and you will be happy to learn that you can convert binary data to any of them.

WinHex is a reliable tool that is especially designed for computer forensics, IT security and data recovery. In fact, in the right hands the app can help uncover important files which may be related to crime or that contain valuable information that was deleted accidentally.

WinHex is part of these download collections: HEX Editor