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I'm looking for an IDA free version previous to 7.0 so I can use it in x86 systems, the current one being only x64, but can't seem to find one and it doesn't look like I saved one neither.
Does anyone know where to get one? Or perhaps mind sharing one? (Kind of risky actually, but...)
It's great that even the free version is x64 now, but my RE VMs are mostly x86 so it's quite unconvenient for myself.
If IDA Freeware 5.0 suits your needs, the ScummVM crew got permission from Hex-Rays to host a copy in perpetuity to ensure that a version supporting older executable formats will always be available for people wanting to try their hand at adding a new engine to ScummVM.
In addition to that news post I linked, the download link is also on their HOWTO-Reverse Engineering wiki page.
I'll answer myself for those who arrive searching for an older x86 version of IDA. I've found an expired demo for the 6.6 version at https://ida-pro.software.informer.com/6.6/, I don't know if it's safe or not, use with caution.
You know the rest.
Dr Thorsten Schneider of Erstwhile REA , crackmes.de , put together all the stuff in a zip and hosted it a site named binaryauditing
that site also appears to be taken down by me too virus flagging scanner operators it had a copy of freeida50
someone has unzipped and hosted the site contents in github
LINK TO COPY OF BINARYAUDITING
this still contains a downloadable copy of idafree50
:\>wget -c https://github.com/Info-security/binary-auditing-training/raw/master/idafree50.exe
Length: 16371302 (16M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: 'idafree50.exe'
idafree50.exe 100%[=====>] 15.61M 426KB/s in 70s
a preliminary scan passes the muster but you are advised to use caution before using the information provided
I'm sure this is not the type of answer you're expecting but if you're looking for something updated, well maintained, free and open-source, why not using x64dbg instead IDA?
From what I've read on your comments, I'm pretty much sure this one will cover your needs pretty well.
Here's a list of features, as you can see it says "can debug both x64 and x32 applications. There is only one interface."
You can download IDA free 5.0 from here https://samsclass.info/126/proj/idafree50.exe the file from the website of Sam Bowne (@sambowne) he is Professor at City College San Francisco and teaching computer networking and security classes.
