SoftPerfect Network Scanner Changelog

DateVersionDetails
2010-08-304.4.9
  • Added bookmark grouping (bookmarks can be organised in groups by using a vertical bar in its name).
  • Added product version and file CRC32 checksum to the properties retrieved from remote files.
  • Added DHCP server discovery / rogue server detection.
  • Added basic UDP port scan: DNS and TFTP servers discovery.
2010-07-174.4.8
  • Added a workaround in ARP address discovery based on querying SNMP capable gateway (some routers returned malformed data).
  • Fixed sorting by friendly name in the WOL manager.
  • If launched from a HDD, but the folder contains a XML/INI configuration file, the application will use it instead of the registry.
  • Added horizontal/vertical grid lines shown in the tree. Improved main window positioning.
  • Added F2 shortcut to quickly assign comments/friendly names.
  • Fixed ignored 'ping broadcast addresses' option when scanning previously undiscovered nodes.
  • Added parameter substitution for any column when launching third-party applications.
2010-05-134.4.7
  • Fixed doubling bookmarks when loading an external configuration file.
  • Fixed inability to launch 64-bit applications in %SystemRoot% such as mstsc.exe (remote desktop client).
  • Added a tool for creating batch files to run a command against multiple computers. This can be used to update files or remote registry, configure services, etc.
2010-03-254.4.6
  • Added WOL manager button on the toolbar.
  • Improved sorting in third-party applications in the options.
  • Added passing host name to a third party application as %3.
  • Added ignored IP addresses manager.
  • Added /wolfile and /wakeall command-line switches related to Wake-On-LAN. See the manual for details.
  • Added new MAC address discovery method. It works by querying the default gateway provided it is SNMP capable and enables you to determine MAC address of devices behind the router.
  • Added a configurable delay between sending two WOL packets to avoid power consumption peaks.
2010-01-204.4.5
  • Duplicated logon sessions are no longer shown as logged-on users.
  • Added an option to expand shared folders automatically.
  • Streamlined and improved WMI query mechanism (better performance and new Win32 classes).
  • Automatic naming of new WMI items in WMI manager.
  • Fixed showing security info for shared folders broken several builds ago.
2010-01-074.4.4
  • Columns with last scan time, remote time/date and uptime are sorted properly (as time rather than as text).
  • In HTML reports UNC links to shared folders now work in Firefox.
  • Added 'Paste IP' button on the toolbar.
  • Added sorting capability to WMI, remote services, files and registry managers.
  • Added host name lookup options (FQDN / RDN) plus a better name resolution mechanism.
2009-12-144.4.3
  • Column visibility is now saved between sessions.
  • Wake-on-LAN target IP address and port made configurable.
  • WMI, remote registry, file and service columns now have proper titles rather than generic names.
  • Fixed doubling WMI, remote registry, file and service records when loading an external configuration file.
  • Removed item name shown in remote registry, file and service columns to reduce clutter.
2009-11-284.4.2
  • Added assigning friendly names to MAC addresses in the WOL manager.
  • Added parsing colon-separated MAC addresses in addition to dash-separated.
  • Added hibernate and suspend commands in addition to power off.
  • Dead hosts and those gone off-line are drawn in gray for better readability.
  • Added option to leave host information shown when it goes off-line.
  • MAC address is now discovered and shown prior to other slower lookups.
  • Faster termination of live display threads on rescan and shutting the application down.
  • Filtered resultsets can now be saved excluding items not shown.
  • Windows 95, 98, ME and NT are no longer officially supported.
  • Made possible copying single and multiple rows to the clipboard.
  • Added auto-complete feature to friendly names.
2009-11-154.4.1
  • Multiple queries to remote registry, files and services are displayed in individual columns.
  • Multiple simultaneous WMI queries support added (up to 10 at a time).
  • Added quick visible column setup accessible via View - Visible Columns.
  • Added advanced filtering panel allowing to show/hide computers on the main display.
2009-11-064.4
  • Bookmarks can now be copied/pasted.
  • Added 'Wake Selected' command in the WOL manager.
  • Applications can be sorted in the editor.
  • When host goes off-line its friendly name remains shown (was cleared before).
  • Fixed an access violation error after searching the list.
  • Multi-column sort implemented (hold Ctrl and click the columns).
  • Faster rescan of individual computers in the list.
  • Added MRU list for recently saved/loaded results.
  • Added user account enumeration.
  • Added remote service query support.
  • Added server type/role lookup.
  • Several minor bug-fixes and enhancements.
2009-10-214.3.5
  • Showing friendly names in the Wake-on-LAN manager if mapping MAC-to-friendly name is turned on.
  • Option to load initial configuration.
  • Several usability enhancements (hotkey to start scan, sort/copy/paste in friendly names, etc).
  • User-prompt parameters in third-party applications.
  • All actions can now be launched against multiple computers at once.
2009-10-064.3.4
  • Added Wake-On-LAN address manager for mass wakening.
  • Added an option to clear or append to the current display when loading a file.
  • Added import of IP address list from a file.
2009-09-214.3.3
  • Improved external application management.
  • Added remote disk drive enumeration.
  • Added uptime retrieval, plus minor optimisations.
2009-09-114.3.2
  • Bookmarks can be sorted.
  • Fixed problem with message 'invalid integer value' when loading some resultsets.
  • Enhanced thread scheduler should work better with many threads (over 50).
2009-08-214.3.1
  • Quick mapping to friendly names (usability enhancement).
  • Extra check for netscan shown off-screen on multi-monitor configurations.
  • Rescanning of previously undiscovered nodes either when loading a XML file or on command.
2009-08-104.3
  • Added '/config' command-line switch allowing to load a specific XML configuration file on startup.
  • Added 'Open as Secure Web (HTTPS)' command.
  • Added remote time-of-the-day discovery.
  • New live display discovery modes. Either scanning for previously undiscovered nodes only, or rescanning those already discovered, or both (old behaviour).
  • Enhanced search dialog (bidirectional now).
  • Added IPv6 address discovery (Windows Vista and above).
  • Minor code optimisations and GUI enhancements.
2009-06-264.2.2
  • Fixed broken remote registry scan (local registry was scanned due to a bug).
  • Added several extra predefined registry keys related to Windows information.
2009-06-214.2.1
  • Maximum possible number of threads raised up to 1000.
  • Implemented Drag-n-Drop to rearrange MIB OIDs in the SNMP OID manager.
  • Added Mark All/None button in registry and remote file scan. Default items are initially unmarked.
2009-06-154.2
  • Added remote registry scan. The application can connect to the remote registry of remote PCs running Windows and retrieve useful information.
  • Added remote file scan. Likewise, provided the administrative shares are enabled and accessible, you can pull out information about a specific file on remote computers.
2009-05-304.1.1
  • Fixed showing host properties as they failed with an AV error.
  • Fixed showing shared folder properties as they did not work.
2009-05-274.1
  • New feature: NIC vendor lookup based on the first three octets of a MAC address.
  • Added Windows 2008 R2 / Windows Seven detection in remote OS lookup.
  • Enhanced ability to copy value from any visible column to the clipboard (previously only 4 predefined columns were available).
  • A set of operations such as Wake-on-LAN, network messaging, remote shutdown and remote poweroff can now be performed against a set of computers rather than on a one-by-one basis.
  • Fixed saving to CSV if data contained quotes or commas.
  • Removed the redundant word 'Open' shown in the list of open ports.
2009-05-194.0.1
  • Fixed overlapped toolbars when large fonts are enabled.
  • If an error occurs while sending a network message, the application prints error code and description.
  • Check whether a host is up and running before accessing it is made configurable.
2009-05-164.0
  • Enhanced shared folder security scan.
  • Shows readers and writers of shared folders along with with the Everyone user permissions assigned.
  • Added WMI query manager and WMI scan support with ability to execute WQL queries against hosts being scanned.
2009-03-303.9.193
  • Added saving favourite IP ranges as bookmarks.
  • Added preliminary shared folder security scan (reading permissions for the user "Everyone").
  • Added a feature to send network messages to a remote host.
  • The scanner now logs in with user-specified credentials used in a scan when exploring a shared folder.
2009-03-223.9.191
  • User interface enhancements: Improved the status display, showing a number of visible/total computesr, and a number of threads separately.
  • Columns made draggable allowing the user to arrange them in a convenient way.
2009-02-283.9.190
  • Ping ICMP requests are now sent with a 32-byte payload. Previously they were sent without any payload, which some routers handled incorrectly.
  • Added 'Last Scan' column with a scan timestamp useful for long running or continuous scans.
  • Fixed an issue in which computers being scanned have been wrongly hidden if a filter was applied.
2009-02-123.9.188
  • Fixed a tiny problem with icon showing scan progress.
2009-02-053.9.187
  • Added enhanced paste IP address feature.
  • Tab now allows to switch between two IP address input fields.
2009-01-293.9.186
  • Added a 'Rescan all computers' command that lets you re-scan all the computers shown in the list (filtered or not).
  • Added a quick check whether a host is on-line before attempting to explore shared folders. This is to prevent the network scanner from being unresponsive while attempting to explore a shared folder on an off-line host.
2009-01-053.9.185
  • Enhanced the on-line auto update feature.
2009-01-043.9.184
  • Added a menu item to copy the complete path to a shared folder to the clipboard.
  • Added automatic online version checking with user notification if a newer release is available.
2008-12-153.9.182
  • Added user warning if netscan is to connect to the Internet.
2008-10-233.9.181
  • Internal changes related to stability and drawing issues.
2008-10-143.9.180
  • Added MIB OID manager with several predefined well-known OIDs.
2008-09-243.8.179
  • Going more portable: reading/writing settings from/to a XML file (instead of the registry) if the application is launched from a removable USB or floppy disk.
2008-09-223.8.178
  • Added shared folder status output to CSV export.
2008-09-093.8.177
  • Added port range scanning support.
  • Faster closure and termination.
2008-09-053.8.176
  • Added %2 command-line parameter in third-party applications launcher to pass the MAC address to user applications.
2008-08-293.8.175
  • Added switchable profiles (ability to save/load a configuration separately).
2008-06-223.8.174
  • Fixed broadcast IP address scanning ending with zero like x.x.x.0.
2008-05-193.8.173
  • Added new feature to remotely discover LAN group name (i.e. domain name or workgroup name) and OS type.
2008-04-103.8.172
  • Now settings can be optionally stored in a XML file to overcome the INI file limits.
2008-04-103.8.170
  • Added friendly host name/comment feature.
  • Multiple OIDs in SNMP scan are now possible (comma separated).
2008-03-133.8.165
  • Minor bug fix. Dead hosts doubled when loaded from a file.
2008-03-103.8.164
  • Added shared folder writability status in CSV output.
2008-02-143.8.163
  • Added a MAC address discovery option: ARP-NetBios or NetBios-ARP.