SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.3.2

I don’t know about you, but I don’t really like to part with my hard earned money. Some have gone so far as to call me cheap – I like to think of it as “cautious with money.” I am willing to spend money, but I would much rather get stuff for free. Since the SoftPerfect Research-developed application SoftPerfect Network Scanner is freeware (you can use it free of charge for as long as you want), it immediately scores a point in my book.

I also don’t like to wait a long time for a download to complete. The SoftPerfect Network Scanner weighs in at 721KB, which is quite lightweight. At such a lightweight download size, it will only take a moment to get SoftPerfect Network Scanner off the web and onto your computer. SoftPerfect Network Scanner scores yet another point in my book.

To start using an application after you downloaded it off the web, you must usually install it. In some cases the installation process can prove to be quite lengthy. This is definitely not the case here. SoftPerfect Network Scanner does not have to be installed. To start using the application, simply launch the executable you downloaded.

The fact that SoftPerfect Network Scanner does not have to be installed means the application is portable. If you are always on the go, you can put SoftPerfect Network Scanner on a portable storage device (like an USB stick) and take it with you wherever you need to go.

A very important question has remained unanswered: what is SoftPerfect Network Scanner and what can it do? This SoftPerfect Research-developed application is a multi-threaded IP, NetBIOS and SNMP scanner. It features a modern, easy to use interface, puts many advanced features at your disposal, and can be used free of charge. SoftPerfect Network Scanner, an application meant for system administrators and users interested in computer security, pings computers, scans for listening TCP/UDP ports, displays which types of resources are shared on the network, lets the user mount shared folders as network drives, browse them with Windows Explorer, check for a user-defined port and report back if one is open, resolve host names and auto-detect your local and external IP range.

Pros

• Lightweight download
• Nice user interface
• No need to install the application (portable)
• Works with Windows 7
• Freeware

Cons

• None that I could think of

About SoftPerfect Research
Established back in 2000 and headquartered in Adelaide, Australia, SoftPerfect Research is a small software development team that specializes in the development of Windows network management applications. SoftPerfect Research also provides custom software development and consultation services.

Additional details on SoftPerfect Research and its products are available here.
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SoftPerfect Network Scanner has been reviewed by George Norman on 27 Oct 2010. Based on the user interface, features and complexity, Findmysoft has rated SoftPerfect Network Scanner 4 out of 5 stars, naming it Excellent