[Skynet_0]

FOR WINDOWS 7...

I asked a thread on this previously, and received replies pointing me towards Hydra - an Unix based program. I run Windows 7 (not my choice, believe me.) and the download for Cygwin takes way too long. Is there another tool similar to Hydra out there, but compatible with Windows?

[x34c]

Depends what you want to crack.. websites? windows passwords? things like ftp?

[King5555]

Try Cain and Able the only that i know but have a lot of stuff.

[SpecEyedSquint]

Try Cain and Able the only that i know but have a lot of stuff.

Please don't take this advice.
Most people use a tool called Sentry NBA.

[Niely]

There was a Windows version for Hydra, but it's hard to find. The website I got it from in the past is taken down.

Anyway, most good/decent tools are made for Linux. Besides a few exceptions you won't find that much good tools for Windows.
Windows just isn't a good OS for pen-testing.

Anyway, maybe you can find one in this list:
http://sectools.org/tag/crackers/

Brutus is I think the most used on Windows.

[Skynet_0]

I'm trying to brute-force a username password combination for a website. Executes a .php file on submit.

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Also, if I can't do much with windows, what is the bare minimum that I need to download from cygwin to run programs like Hydra?

[jozsi777]

My advice is to grab a pendrive and burn kali linux into it, a 4gb pendirev is enough for this click here to write kali to your pendrive (http://bit.ly [WARNING: potentially infected]/1zeLKqr).
On Kali Linux it is easier to crack any password.
Then click here: http://bit.ly [WARNING: potentially infected]/1zeLE1S (opens google), and show the "top 10" cracking tools.
For more help just pm me...

I see that you want to do under windows but it is much more easier using kali linux...
I'm not recommended windows for this.

[w34k]

FOR WINDOWS 7...

I asked a thread on this previously, and received replies pointing me towards Hydra - an Unix based program. I run Windows 7 (not my choice, believe me.) and the download for Cygwin takes way too long. Is there another tool similar to Hydra out there, but compatible with Windows?

Hydra is cross-platform. I would suggest to get Kali Linux if you're doing any kind of hacking etc. You should always have a Linux distro, Windows isn't the best choice. It would be a lot easier than installing the dependencies when needed for this type of work.

If you want the Windows version of Hydra, you can download it from here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/hydra75win32port

Navigate to directory of Hydra.
Example:

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cd c:\hydra-win

Run Hydra followed by your syntax. (-h for help)

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hydra.exe -h

If you want to brute-force website logins, go for Sentry MBA.