GFI LANguard
Network Security Scanner
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LANguard
allows you to not only scan your network, but do it
from a Hackers perspective. It will identify all machines
on your network, their Netbios info, open ports, shares
and much more. LANguard Network Scanner can also display
installed hotfixes and scan for known security issues
- providing you with a web link to more information
if any are found. It includes a large database of
common vulnerabilities, including CGI, FTP, registry
exploits and more. You can even customize the database,
add custom criteria and specify alert flags based
on your preference. With the information from LANguard
security scanner, you can proactively starting securing
your network - shutting down unnecessary ports, shares
etc. The program also produces very nice HTML reports
if needed. If you are interested in network security,
you cannot afford not to use this tool! Even for non-professionals,
it will provide great in depth information about your
local LAN. (Some functions only available for NT/Win2k).
Free version has some advanced features disabled (scheduled
scans, report generator, result comparison deployment)
but is well suited for most users.
Windows
98se/Me/2000/ XP |
Company: GFI Software Ltd.
Web: Homepage
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Install LANGuard
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This is a very fast and small IP scanner. It has many options, such as the ability
to resolve host names, check for open ports, scan dead machines, and more. The
previous update fixed a memory leak and added CSV file format support and command-line
options to automate tasks. Angry IP Scanner 2.0 scanning engine was completely
rewritten, so it is more powerful now. It contains many enchancements, such as
configurable scanning columns (NetBIOS info can now appear in the list), multiple
port scanning, and more. It is also now more stable and runs on very old Windows
versions.
Windows 98se/Me/2000/ XP |
Company:
Angryziber Software Web: Homepage |
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Install Angry IP Scanner |  |
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Online privacy is a big deal these days, with huge companies being formed every
month to both protect and exploit information gathered about you. By far the most
common method used to track individuals on the Internet is the 'Cookie', a small
file stored on your machine with information provided by a website... While the
majority of the websites out there use this tool as it was intended, more and
more are exploiting it in ways that were never intended - that's where AnalogX
CookieWall comes in. AnalogX CookieWall allows you to quickly and easily decide
which cookies can stay on your system, and which cookies should go - once you
let CookieWall know which ones are unwelcome, it does the rest. CookieWall can
be configured to delete cookies as soon as they arrive, to notify you of any new
ones, or just que them up for you to check out at a later date. CookieWall
is currently only compatible with Microsoft Internet Explorer or derived versions
(such as NeoPlanet); Netscape support should be available in the near future.
Windows
98se/Me/2000/XP |
Company: analog X Web:
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Windows is a very 'open' system; not open in the sense of Microsoft giving people
access to proprietary information, but open in the sense that the system is very
trusting of other systems. When your computer is at home, not talking to anyone
else, then that's fine; but once you're on the big bad internet, some people like
to make their computers lie to yours, and that's just not right... AnalogX
DHCP Fix is just a simple program that closes a security hole in Windows 95/98/2000
that can make it possible for another computer to monitor every piece of information
that comes and goes from it. The program will allow you to enable or disable the
registry entry that closes this particular hole. It's very easy to do and
will only take you a couple seconds to once more bring a calming sense of security
to your computer... Until the next hole is found :). The security hole was originally
detailed by L0pht Heavy Industries, but I heard about it from The Screen Savers
on ZDTV, so if you'd like more information about this problem, check out these
sites.
Windows 98se/Me/2000/XP |
Company:
analog X Web: Homepage |
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Install DHCP Fix |  |
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Download
Accelerator Plus 5.3 |
Download Accelerator is a download accelerator/manager (see screenshot) that can
increase download speeds by up to 300 percent. It features multiserver connections
to provide the best possible performance from your dial-up or broadband connection.
Download Accelerator can also recover from lost connections, computer shutdowns,
and other errors. This program even searches for mirror sites to maximize your
download performance. It integrates fully into Netscape (including Netscape 6.x,
7.x), Internet Explorer, and Opera, plus it supports proxy servers, features automatic
hang-up after download completion, download scheduling, and dial-up configuration.
DAP also features import and export download list capability, online file
review service, and AlwaysResume, which resumes broken downloads from servers
that do not support resume functions, plus an integrated toolbar for Internet
Explorer, which includes a leecher and links highlighter. The newest version
includes skin support, a ZIP file preview and extract feature, additional acceleration
speed, and a downloads log file. Windows 98se/Me/2000/XP |
Company: SpeedBit Web: Homepage |
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As long as there's an Internet, everyone is going to want to do things faster.
Browse the web, ping servers, download files, whatever. Every time you go to a
new website, or a website you haven't been to in a day or so, your computer needs
to locate the server again using DNS. Each DNS request can take anywhere from
50 milliseconds, to even a second or more, but most are in the 100 to 200 millisecond
range. Want to save a couple hundred milliseconds? Probably not, but what about
a couple million or more? That's what AnalogX FastCache is all about.
AnalogX FastCache is a caching DNS server that runs on your local machine and
handles any DNS request that your computer makes, from Internet Explorer to your
favorite FTP client. Once a query is made, FastCache will override the normal
timeout for the item with one that you specify, so instead of saving a query for
a couple of seconds, it can save it for a couple of days. Now every time you ask
for it again while it's in the cache, it gives it to you instantly. You can read
more about DNS, and how to configure your machine to run FastCache in this article
at WebAttack.
Windows 98se/Me/2000/XP |
Company: analog X Web: Homepage |
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FreeProxy enables you to connect to the Internet and share the connection. It
can proxy HTTP, POP, SMTP, and FTP over HTTP. It includes TCP tunneling, demand
dialing, auto-dialing using a calendar, inactivity hangup, the logging of all
Web sites connected, the ability to filter/forbid access to specified Web sites,
comprehensive logging, hex dump of messages, online help, and run in foreground
or service. Connect to the Internet or via another proxy. A mini Web server is
included.
Windows 98se/2000/XP Pro |
Company: Hand-Crafted Software Web: Homepage |
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Install FreeProxy |  |
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