System - Network (90)

SoftPerfect Network Scanner is a feature-rich, multi-threaded network scanner to find and identify network resources. Includes IP, NetBIOS and SNMP, can ping computers, scans for listening TCP ports, and shows what types of resources are shared (including system and hidden). In addition, it allows you to mount shared resources as network drives, browse them using Windows Explorer, filter the results list and more.

A 64-bit version is available (within the folder).

NOTE: latest versions of this program has gone commercial; hosting a mirror of the last freeware version (thanks UserFriendly). Backup mirror.

HostedNetworkStarter allows you to easily create a Wifi hotspot with your wireless network adapter, using the Wifi hosted network feature of Windows operating system. With the Wifi hotspot created by this tool, you can allow any device with Wifi support to access the network and the Internet connection available in your computer.

ProcNetMonitor is a tool to monitor the network activity of all running process in the system. It displays all open network ports (TCP/UDP) and active network connections for each process. It has advanced color based auto analysis system to make it easy to distinguish network oriented processes from others with just one glance at the list.

It also presents unique 'Port Finder' feature to easily search for particular port in all running processes with just one click. It also comes with export feature to save the entire process-port list to standard HTML file for offline analysis.

NOTE: Later versions of this program switched to adware with encrypted installers. Linking to Softpedia.

SoftPerfect NetWorx helps collect bandwidth usage data and measure the speed of your Internet or any other network connection. NetWorx can help you identify possible sources of network problems, ensure that you do not exceed the bandwidth limits specified by your ISP, or track down suspicious network activity characteristic of malicious programs/hacks.

The program allows you to monitor all your network connections or a specific network connection (such as Ethernet or PPP) only. The incoming and outgoing traffic is represented on a line chart and logged to a file, so that you can always view statistics about your daily, weekly and monthly bandwidth usage and dialup duration. Reports can be exported to a variety of formats, such as HTML, MS Word and Excel, for further analysis.

A 64-bit version is available (within the folder).

Note: this project has gone commercial. Linking to the last available freeware version.

HostsOptimizer rearranges the contents of the hosts file, so the DNS Client service can be enabled when there is a large hosts file. It does so with a maximum of 9 host names per single line, all comments removed (includes disabled entries) and duplicate host names deleted.

NOTE: the developer no longer lists this on his homepage. Linking to softpedia.

SoftPerfect WiFi Guard is a tool for keeping a small WiFi network secure, indicating if your network is in use by an unwelcome connection. It's a specialized network scanner that runs through your network at set intervals and reports immediately if it finds any new connected devices that could belong to an intruder.

A 64-bit version is available (within the folder) and cross-platform (Mac, Linux).

NOTE: The latest version of this program displays only 5 devices (thanks olliebean). Please post in forums if you have a mirror of the previous version.

SocketSniff allows you to watch the WinSock (Windows Sockets) activity of a selected process. For each created socket, you can see socket handle, socket type, local and remote addresses, local and remote ports, total number of send/receive bytes, and more. You can also watch the content of each send or receive call, in Ascii mode or as Hex Dump.

Simple Port Forwarding helps with the automation process of port forwarding on a variety of routers, without the need to know the technical details of the particular router. Ideal if you use a wide variety of routers, but don't want to find/read the manuals.

PeerBlock filters Internet connections from addresses of organizations and corporations that may harm user privacy while using the Internet and P2P networks. The program also contains a "Block HTTP" feature for use with web browsers that blocks advertisements, sites associated with spyware, and more. PeerBlock is a fork of the popular but inactive PeerGuardian, adding features and fixes as well as Windows Vista/7/8 and 64-bit versions.

Alternatively, Peerblock Portable is stealth and automatically selects the proper Peerblock variant for the current PC.