Debuggers - What's your favorite one to use, and why?

[Shooter]

I'm curious to know which debugger is preferred by the more wise, and why?

[Shooter]

I guess the more wise are better than I thought and don't use debuggers.  :'(

[jj2007]

The less wise use Olly.

[Shooter]

The less wise use Olly.

Well, that's where I'm at, using Olly, but I wondered if there was some others that carried the same, if not better features of Olly. WinDbg is just a fancier version of the old DOS debug, at least to me it is. I was just curious what others use if NOT Olly.  :bg

[GregL]

Shooter,

I prefer the MS Visual C++ debugger. It works great for MASM programs as well as C/C++ programs. I have gotten used to it over the years and I won't settle for anything else. I really don't care for WinDbg and OllyDbg is OK but it just doesn't have all the features the VC++ debugger has.  The VC++ debugger supports x64 (64-bit) too.  The Express Edition debugger does everything the full version debugger does, at least everything I have needed to do.  I guess the downside is you have to install VC++ to use it, but being a C programmer I already have it installed.

To use it, assemble with /Zi, link with /DEBUG.  Load the executable with the command-line devenv.exe /debugexe program.exe or VCexpress /debugexe program.exe.  Or you can load the executable from the menus as File -> Open -> Project/Solution and select the executable.

[Shooter]

GregL,
Is that part of the Studio package, or can I take a look at it without having to get all the rest?

-Shooter

[GregL]

Shooter,

You would have to install VC++ to use it.  The Express Edition is free.

[Shooter]

You would have to install VC++ to use it.  The Express Edition is free.

Welp, I'm downloading it now to give that a shot. I'm always looking to improve my knowledge, hence my original question.  :8)

[caseys]

OllyDBG or IDA - Easy and Powerful! =]

[GregL]

Shooter,

Give it a shot, you can create MASM projects in it too, but it's not the easiest thing to do.  It's great for mixed C and MASM projects.  You get a C/C++ compiler and the latest version of MASM too. :bg

I agree, IDA is a good disassembler. Hutch posted a link to the free version a while back.

[Shooter]

OllyDBG or IDA - Easy and Powerful! =]

I have IDA, and I like some of the features it has, but as a general debugger it's sorta cumbersome. I like the Analysis option Olly has. I haven't quite figured out how to do that with IDA.

[caseys]

IDA is for more expert use =] ollydbg is simplier and faster

[meg49]

The old link for IDA Pro free version didn't work, so I found the latest one. It is for version 5, at the IDA vendor's web site
see http://www.hex-rays.com/idapro/idadownfreeware.htm

[Magnum]

Shooter,

You would have to install VC++ to use it.  The Express Edition is free.

Thanks for the link.

It requires Sp3 to install.

Some things "stopped working" with Sp3.

I will stick with Ollydbg.

[Dogim]

Hmmmm no gobug users here ?  :(