That’s why having a clear map of your IP address space enables you to identify your network parts quickly, and at the same time helps you manage the whole network in a more efficient way.įor security researchers, it’s the starting point of identifying potential vulnerable sub-networks and IP addresses, for performing deep reconnaissance tasks such as OS and service scanning, vulnerability scanning, and more. When you’re working with a company with a large number of connected networks, managing all that IP address allocation could be somewhat tricky. IP scanning, or IP mapping, is one of the oldest and most traditional tasks performed by people in all types of IT roles, from system administrators and network engineers to security researchers.
If there is, the user should know about it. The AVs detect PUPs because, if you are a normal user (say, one who only pays bills and visits Facebook with his/her computer), there should not be a PUP on your computer. Well, it's supposed to be Angry IP Scanner! That's what the website is distributing! Please be safe evereyoneĭid you notice that the AVs classify Angry IP Scanner as a PUP (Possibly Unwanted Program), unwanted application, tool and riskware? Some of these even explicitly say "this application is Angry IP Scanner". There is also an optional installer version ( V3.2.1) available, with, presumably, a matching un-installer, but I believe that's a bit off limits to PFC's remit ?Īs a fellow *eghem* programmer, I know a file like this should be FUD here are the results if it may be of an assistance to you to possibly make a little more under the table. The main multi-platform version does not need installing at all.
Writes a load of \JavaSoft\Prefs settings entries to the Registry, with no user-friendly way to delete them, save plain manual Registry editing. I'll leave to better qualified hands the judgment about including or not the new multi-platform Version 3.xīe warned that (unlike legacy version v221) this new-fangled multi-platform version, while quite appealing and streamlined compared to the old one, I'm not against updating the entry to version 3.2.Īhem, thanks for the new responsibility.Īnyway, I just fixed the pointers to Angry IP Scanner v2.21 legacy version (windows only), and put up a note about reversibility of created Registry entries. SYSTEM wrote: Because you have more than 50 posts, you can edit the entry yourself.
However, as I noted in the comments section, there is a neat option to delete those registry entries upon user's request.īTW, v2.21 legacy version is a UPX-packed executable, no need to uniextract, unless one wants to perform some kind of forensic analysis.Īnyway, for the inquisitive mind, here are the gory details inside:Ĭharacteristics = Executable 32-bit NoRelocs NoLineNums NoLocalSyms Any preference?Īngry IP Scanner V2.21 legacy version (windows only) creates a few registry entries when some options are selected
I'm tempted in the mean time to link to the version until the 3.x series can be tested for portability.
Windows-only legacy version 2.21 (small 112k): I am not sure if the latest 3.x executable is flagged as of yet.
When using this in a portable fashion, you must make sure to exclude this program from virus scanning, or it will be removed.
The full source code is available under the GPL license for anyone to review - there are no viruses or trojans.Īnti-virus software vendors (currently Symantec and McAfee), have the program in their database considered as a malware ('hacktool', 'potentionally unwanted program', etc).
The program is very lightweight and unobtrusive (a user may just download and run it - no installation is needed). It is featured in many magazine articles and other publications on security. It is being used by network administrators all over the world. Many of you may be using Version 2.x still.Īngry IP Scanner is a very popular tool for network monitoring. Version 3.x is still in beta, but looks good so far.