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Downloads:

71,010

Downloads of v 8.2.3.20241211:

111

Last Update:

11 Dec 2024

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • SoftPerfect

Tags:

netscan portscanner network netbios snmp scanner port scan soft perfect softperfect open active net

SoftPerfect Network Scanner (Install)

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8.2.3.20241211 | Updated: 11 Dec 2024

Downloads:

71,010

Downloads of v 8.2.3.20241211:

111

Software Author(s):

  • SoftPerfect

SoftPerfect Network Scanner (Install) 8.2.3.20241211

Legal Disclaimer: Neither this package nor Chocolatey Software, Inc. are affiliated with or endorsed by SoftPerfect. The inclusion of SoftPerfect trademark(s), if any, upon this webpage is solely to identify SoftPerfect goods or services and not for commercial purposes.

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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall

To install SoftPerfect Network Scanner (Install), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To upgrade SoftPerfect Network Scanner (Install), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To uninstall SoftPerfect Network Scanner (Install), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

Deployment Method:

NOTE

This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.

1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url

(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)


2. Setup Your Environment

1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment

Please see the organizational deployment guide

2. Get the package into your environment

  • Open Source or Commercial:
    • Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
    • You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download

3. Copy Your Script

choco upgrade netscan.install -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" [other options]

See options you can pass to upgrade.

See best practices for scripting.

Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.

If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:


choco upgrade netscan.install -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" 
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode

- name: Install netscan.install
  win_chocolatey:
    name: netscan.install
    version: '8.2.3.20241211'
    source: INTERNAL REPO URL
    state: present

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.


chocolatey_package 'netscan.install' do
  action    :install
  source   'INTERNAL REPO URL'
  version  '8.2.3.20241211'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


cChocoPackageInstaller netscan.install
{
    Name     = "netscan.install"
    Version  = "8.2.3.20241211"
    Source   = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'netscan.install':
  ensure   => '8.2.3.20241211',
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  source   => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}

Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.


4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation

See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

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NOTE

This package is likely a meta/virtual (*) or an installer (*.install) or portable (*.portable) application package.

  • Meta/virtual (*) - has a dependency on the *.install or the *.portable package - it is provided for discoverability and for other packages to take a dependency on.
  • Portable (*.portable/*.commandline (deprecated naming convention)/*.tool (deprecated naming convention)) - usually zips or archives that require no administrative access to install.
  • Install (*.install/*.app (deprecated naming convention)) - uses native installers, usually requires administrative access to install.

Learn more about chocolatey's distinction of installed versus portable apps and/or learn about this kind of package.

Package Approved

This package was approved as a trusted package on 11 Dec 2024.

Description

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This fast, highly configurable IPv4/IPv6 scanner can streamline many of your network support procedures. Its well-designed interface, light weight and portability coupled with an extensive range of options and advanced features make SoftPerfect Network Scanner an invaluable tool, whether you are a professional system administrator, someone providing occasional network maintenance, or a general user interested in computer security.

SoftPerfect Network Scanner can ping computers, scan ports, discover shared folders and retrieve practically any information about network devices via WMI, SNMP, HTTP, SSH and PowerShell. It also scans for remote services, registry, files and performance counters; offers flexible filtering and display options and exports NetScan results to a variety of formats from XML to JSON.

Key Features

  • IPv4 and IPv6 Support: Fully supports both IPv4 and IPv6 discovery.
  • Ping Sweep: Performs a ping sweep and displays live devices.
  • Hardware MAC-Addresses Detection: Detects hardware MAC-addresses, even across routers.
  • Shared Folders Discovery: Discovers writable and hidden shared folders.
  • IP Address Detection: Detects internal and external IP addresses.
  • System Information Retrieval: Retrieves any system information via WMI, remote registry, file system and service manager.
  • Port Scanning: Scans for listening TCP ports, some UDP and SNMP services.
  • User and System Information: Retrieves currently logged-on users, configured user accounts, uptime, etc.
  • Remote Command Execution: Supports remote SSH, PowerShell and VBScript command execution.
  • Third Party Application Integration: Launches external third party applications.
  • Network Management Tools: Supports Wake-On-LAN, remote shutdown and sending network messages.
  • Data Export: Exports results to HTML, XML, JSON, CSV and TXT.
  • Nmap Integration: Integrates with Nmap for OS discovery, vulnerability tests, and much more.
  • Portability: Can be run from a USB flash drive without installation.

Package Note

This package supersedes the netscan32 and netscan64 packages. You should consider uninstalling the deprecated packages to prevent any confusion.

SoftPerfect frequently updates the executable but keeps the same download URL. As a result, the checksum might change, and you may need to use --ignore-checksum with this package.


tools\ChocolateyBeforeModify.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

Get-Process netscan -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Stop-Process -ErrorAction Stop
tools\ChocolateyInstall.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"

# Package args
$packageArgs = @{
    packageName    = "netscan.install"
    fileType       = "exe"
    url            = "https://www.softperfect.com/download/freeware/netscan_setup.exe"
    checksum       = "301FA7B7029CDA829914AC474677B4C0D9CAACDF440022DD8C83F7B5E8538E20"
    checksumType   = "sha256"
    silentArgs     = "/VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP-"
    validExitCodes = @(0)
    softwareName   = "SoftPerfect Network Scanner*"
}

# End process
Get-Process netscan -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Stop-Process -ErrorAction Stop

# Notify user about frequently changing checksum
Write-Output ""
Write-Warning "The checksum for this package often changes while the version number remains the same."
Write-Output "While we try to keep this package up to date, you may still encounter errors if the checksum changes and the package is pending approval."
Write-Output "If you experience checksum errors when installing, consider downloading the software from SoftPerfect's website, or as a less secure alternative, run with --ignore-checksums."
Write-Output ""

# Install
Install-ChocolateyPackage @packageArgs

Log in or click on link to see number of positives.

In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).

Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.

Add to Builder Version Downloads Last Updated Status
SoftPerfect Network Scanner (Install) 8.2.3 142 Wednesday, November 27, 2024 Approved
SoftPerfect Network Scanner (Install) 8.2.2.20241110 153 Sunday, November 10, 2024 Approved
SoftPerfect Network Scanner (Install) 8.2.2.20240923 518 Monday, September 23, 2024 Approved
SoftPerfect Network Scanner (Install) 8.2.2.20240910 104 Tuesday, September 10, 2024 Approved
SoftPerfect Network Scanner (Install) 8.2.2.20240826 678 Monday, August 26, 2024 Approved
SoftPerfect Network Scanner (Install) 8.2.2 460 Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Approved
SoftPerfect Network Scanner (Install) 8.2.1.20240605 897 Wednesday, June 5, 2024 Approved
SoftPerfect Network Scanner (Install) 8.2.1 267 Wednesday, May 8, 2024 Approved
SoftPerfect Network Scanner (Install) 8.1.4 9183 Wednesday, June 15, 2022 Approved
SoftPerfect Network Scanner (Install) 6.2.1 58497 Tuesday, November 1, 2016 Approved

This package has no dependencies.

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