For an administrator monitor and maintenance the network security is the most important job of mine. But with the development of network communication, Internet has already widely used in various fields all over the world. But the large numbers of rebarbative programs come into our life too, such as virus, spyware and adware etc. These harmful programs can delete our files, make our computers slow and slower, filch our important information and sensitive privacy, even crash our operating system. So a powerful and easy-to-use network security analyzer is very important for us indeed. But which one should we select among the lots of analyzers in the market? Do you have the same troubles as me? Do not warry about it! Now I introduce you a very simple yet powerful enough utility which I have used for a long time. That is GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner which is designed by GFI Software Ltd. Did you hear about it? It is an ideal solution for administrators especially.

GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner (N.S.S.) is an award-winning solution that allows us to scan, detect, assess and rectify any security vulnerabilities on our network. As an administrator, we often have to deal separately with problems related to vulnerability issues, patch management and network auditing, at times using multiple products. However, with GFI LANguard N.S.S., these three pillars of vulnerability management are addressed in one package. Using a single console with extensive reporting functionality, GFI LANguard N.S.S. integrated solution helps us address these issues faster and more effectively. GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner can detect security vulnerabilities on your network.

GFI LANguard N.S.S. makes use of state of the art vulnerability check databases based on OVAL and SANS Top 20, providing over 15,000 vulnerability assessments when our network is scanned. GFI LANguard N.S.S. gives us the information and tools we need to perform multi-platform scans across all environments, to analyze our network security health and effectively install and manage patches on all machines across different operating systems and in different languages. This results in a consistently configured environment that is secure against all vulnerabilities. The three pillars of GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner include: security scanning, patch management and network auditing.

GFI LANguard N.S.S. scans computers, identifies and categorizes security vulnerabilities, recommends a course of action and provides tools that enable us to solve these issues. GFI LANguard N.S.S. also makes use of a graphical threat level indicator that provides an intuitive, weighted assessment of the vulnerability status of a scanned computer or group of computers. With GFI LANguard N.S.S. you can easily deploy missing service packs and patches network-wide. GFI LANguard N.S.S. is the ideal tool to monitor that Microsoft WSUS is doing its job properly and it performs tasks WSUS does not such as deploying Microsoft Office and custom software patches.

GFI LANguard N.S.S. also provides us with new features such as patch auto-download and patch rollback. It is also Unicode compliant and able to support patch management in all the 38 languages currently supported by Microsoft. GFI LANguard N.S.S. can perform scheduled scans (for instance daily or weekly) and can automatically compare results to previous scans. Any new security holes or security setup changes discovered on our network are emailed to us for analysis. This enables us to quickly identify newly-created shares, installed services, installed applications, added users, newly-opened ports and more.

Other features include: Multiply the value of GFI LANguard N.S.S. with powerful reporting. Helps to comply with PCI DSS and other regulations. Silent installation support. Predefine authentication details. Automatically checks the password policy for all machines on the network. Checks for programs that run automatically (potential trojans). Finds out if the OS is advertising too much information. Performs simultaneous scans through the multithread scan engine. Provides NetBIOS hostname, currently logged username and MAC address. Provides a list of shares, users (detailed info), services, sessions, remote TOD (time of day) and registry information from remote computer (Windows). SNMP device detection, SNMP Walk for inspecting network devices like routers, network printers and more. Offers alternative command line deployment tool. Identifies all installed Windows services. Support for Microsoft Windows Vista etc.

Overall, this is a very nice, easy to use and full-functions network security analyzer. The developer of this software wanted to ensure ease of use for the average home user with its simple, clean, great looking interface, but included features for even the most demanding, experienced users. It is the fast, affordable way to scan and report the hidden troubles of our network.

GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner 8 is a Network Design product from gfi.com, get 5 Stars SoftSea Rating, LANguard allows you to not only scan your network, but do it from a Hackers perspective. It will identify all machines on your network, their Netbios info, open ports, shares and much more. LANguard Network Scanner can also display installed hotfixes and scan for known security issues - providing you with a web link to more information if any are found. It includes a large database of common vulnerabilities, including CGI, FTP, registry exploits and more. SoftSea.com had fully tested, reviewed and uploaded the install files, GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner does not contain any adware or spyware, the latest version is 8, you can download this network design software (31.30 MB) from special server of SoftSea.com. The license of this networking software is Free Trial Software, the price is $495.00, you can free download and get a free trial before you buy. If you want to get a full or nolimited version of GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner, you can buy this networking software.