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You don't say what program you are attempting to use, or what platform it
was written for, or in what programming language. Most of the tools that you can
download from the Net are written in some variant of C, Perl, or a
combination of the two. Most are written for a Linux (UNIX) platform rather than
Windows.
At the very least, you will need a C compiler or Perl interpreter (or
equivalent if a different language is used) in order to run the code. If the code is operating system dependent, you will likely need to have a Unix machine to use to do your testing. If you look back to some of the other questions I've answered, you'll
note that I have referred to Unix being the platform of choice for all types
of testing and hacking tools.
There are language tools available for Windows-based machines. ActiveState has a free Perl interpreter that I've used that works well. I don't know of
any
free C compilers for Windows, but there likely is one somewhere. I haven't
really looked for one. To convert a program designed for UNIX to one that
will run on Windows will take some programming knowledge, though it can
(usually) be done.
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