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Program to analyse an unknown binary

I have a file that is an unknown type, and through the research and data I have gathered on its origins I have determined it may contain multimedia information, much like an archive.

Is there a program that can analyse a binary file and find certain image formats and such, much like an archive repair tool (only one that works for any binary file)?

Solution

  • You can checkout 010 Editor for binary analysis: http://www.sweetscape.com/010editor/

    I don't like windows tools either, but its powerful and has a trial version.

    Cite:

    1. Full Find, Replace, Find in Files, and Replace in Files functionality for many different data types.
    2. Powerful Binary Comparison tool for analyzing byte-by-byte differences between two files.
    3. Use the Histogram tool to count byte occurrences and visualize data.
    4. Computes Check Sum/Hash Algorithms including CRC-16, CRC-32, Adler32, MD2, MD4, MD5, RIPEMD160, SHA-1, SHA-256, TIGER, etc.

    Here a screen from their page screenshot