Heya /hack/ I'm a real newb to hacking, and I'm doing my absolute best not to just be some script kiddie using proprietary software and premade mods and programs that promise to let you 'hax all the facebook n twitter with one easy button!' I want to lean the ropes, follow the tutorials, know exactly what it is I'm doing, and generally just build up a modest arsenal of knowledge and skills in a subject I find really interesting, data security. But the issue I have at every turn, one that, as a learner, makes me want to headbutt a brick wall until either my cranium or the bricks shatter, is that at the present I'm on Windows (10 to be precise) and verything seems to be written for Linux. Every utility, every tool, every scrap of software seems to be designed to run in Linux! Ov'e tried porting linux software (notably THC Hydra, Medusa and Metasploit) to windows with programs like 7zip and Cygwin, but that's just a bit out of my comfort zone right now, so here's my question; other than Cain and Abel and WireShark, which I can use already, what sort of free programs written hassle-free for windows can I install to learn and practice the basics of hacking/penetration testing?