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Offline polonus

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Various free vuln.scans in one
« on: June 09, 2005, 09:21:31 PM »
Hello my forum friends,

Sometimes it is handy to have all sort of vulnerability scans in one place. Here I listed them:
Address for a free trojanscan


http://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/


Address for a free security scan

https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

Address for another free security scan:

http://scan.sygate.com/

And yet another free scan:

http://www.hackerwatch.org/probe/

And yet another free scan:

http://www.hackerwatch.org/safetyfirst/

And a free vulnerability scan:

http://www.simovits.com/nyheter9902.html

And a free popup-test scan:

http://www.popuptest.com/

And a free Dutch security advice, translate using Babelfish:

http://wiebenik.beveiligingadvies.nl/

Well go there and enjoy, and know how you can get safer.

Kindest regards,

polonus
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Re: Various free vuln.scans in one
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2005, 09:43:15 PM »
Security Space do a comprehensive vulnerability check for IT professionals.

They seem to scan for every vulnerability known to man. For this service you have to pay (big time, about $200 a month I think.)

But home users can sign up for a basic free scan

https://secure1.securityspace.com/sspace/index.html

and also take individual vulnerability tests for free. The tests cover all OS's, the latest being for Redhat, FreeBSD, Mandrake and Ubuntu.

Another site is HackerWhacker:

http://www.hackerwhacker.com

http://www.hackerwhacker.com/freetools.php

(Seems to be having problems with site certification at the moment: has always been legit in the past.)

And don't forget PCFlank:

http://www.pcflank.com/
« Last Edit: June 10, 2005, 06:19:32 AM by FreewheelinFrank »
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Re: Various free vuln.scans in one
« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2005, 10:07:24 PM »
Howdy FreewheelinFrank,

Thanks for the nice addenda. It is good to keep on track.
Good posting..ta.

Regards,

polonus
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