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Essential Software
for Network Professionals:
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Ad-Ware / Spy-Ware
detection and removal:
Ad-Aware® SE Personal
Edition. Ad-Aware is designed to provide advanced
protection from known Data-mining, aggressive advertising,
Parasites, Scumware, selected traditional Trojans, Dialers,
Malware, Browser hijackers, and tracking components. The
Personal Edition of the software is free.
Link: Lavasoft
Spybot - Search & Destroy
can detect and remove spyware of different kinds from your
computer. The download and
the software are free.
Link:
Downloads - The home of Spybot-S&D!
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Networking and
Security Tools:
Ethereal - A freeware
protocol analyzer with more features and easier to use than
Network monitor. Includes promiscuous mode. To run Ethereal, you
will need to download the installer from the
Ethereal
Windows Download Site. and download the
Windows Packet Capture Library.
Both programs are free.
Look@Lan - Network
Scanner and Monitoring software allows you to monitor your LAN
or your network in few clicks. Easy to use and automatically
detects and analyzes your network nodes, including operating
system. The program can monitor the nodes and alert you of any
changes The download and the software are free.
www.lookatlan.com
Sam Spade - Provides a
GUI and implementation for many handy network query tasks. It
was designed with tracking down spammers in mind, but can be
useful for many other network exploration, administration, and
security tasks. It includes tools such as ping, nslookup, whois,
dig, traceroute, finger, raw HTTP web browser, DNS zone
transfer, SMTP relay check, website search, and more.
http://www.samspade.org/ssw/download.html
Super Scan: Foundstone's (McAffee)
Windows TCP port scanner. A connect-based TCP port scanner,
pinger and hostname resolver. No source code is provided. It can
handle ping scans and port scans using specified IP ranges. It
can also connect to any discovered open port using
user-specified "helper" applications (e.g. Telnet, Web browser,
FTP)
SuperScan
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Management Tools:
Real VNC - VNC (Virtual
Network Computing) software makes it possible to view and
fully-interact with one computer from any other computer or
mobile device anywhere on the Internet. VNC software is
cross-platform, allowing remote control between different types
of computer. For ultimate simplicity, there is even a Java
viewer, so that any desktop can be controlled remotely from
within a browser without having to install software.
Link: RealVNC -
VNC DownloadsToggit
Command Line Assist -
Use your favorite command line utils from a convenient
interface. Includes PING, TRACERT, NETSTAT, NBTSTAT, and many
more.ToggitCH.zip
Toggit Zap App
- Gives you a convenient interface for creating ZAP
files. ZAP files are used to distribute non-MSI applications
in Active Directory policies.
zapapp.zip
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Extras:
WhoAmI?- A
perfect solution to managing multiple servers from a single
video switchbox. WhoAmI generates wallpaper with computer
name, user name, IP address, or whatever you configure.
Download Whoami
Toggit Errors Screen Saver
- A screen Saver that Cycles through several system errors
including the infamous BSOD (Blue Screen of Death), Windows 98
critical error, a Linux Kernel Dump, MAC failure, and Guru
Meditation Error.
Errors.zip
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