Superscan

SuperScan
Developer(s) Foundstone
Last release
4.0 / 2003
Development status Inactive
Operating system Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7
Available in English
Type Network tool : Port scanner
License Freeware

SuperScan is a free connect-based port scanning software designed to detect open TCP and UDP ports on a target computer, determine which services are running on those ports, and run queries such as whois, ping, ICMP traceroute, and Hostname lookups.[1]

Superscan 4, which is a completely rewritten update to the other Superscan (version 3, released in 2000), features windows enumeration, which can list a variety of important information dealing with Microsoft Windows such as:

Superscan is a tool used by both system administrators, crackers and script kiddies to evaluate a computer's security. System administrators can use it to test for possible unauthorized open ports on their computer networks, whereas crackers use it to scan for a potentially insecure port in order to gain illegal access to a system.

References

  1. http://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/free-tools/superscan.aspx
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