Icon of program: Port Scanner

Port Scanner for Mac

  • Paid
  • In English
  • V1.1
  • 4.2
  • (1)

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An Easy and Effective Method to Scan for Network Ports

Port Scanner is a tool that lets you scan for ports and find out their current status. In case you didn’t know, a port is the gateway through which your computer interacts with the Internet and other external things.

Getting to Know Ports

As aforementioned, ports are a computer’s gateway to the Internet. If a port is open, it means things from the outside world could reach your computer, and your computer would be able to interact with it. However, based on the specific port that’s open, the external things could control your computer totally. In other words, your computer may even fall victim to vicious hacker attacks through an open port.Port Scanner helps you keep a check on the situation and ensures only the ports you need are open. People who aren’t tech-savvy and fear malware or virus attacks would find Port Scanner extremely handy.

Easy-to-Use Interface

The user interface is quite straightforward. Even novices who have not scanned for ports before shall get going with the tool in no time. All the information you need to process the scan would be right in front of you.A tree view would show all the ports of your system, along with the closed and open ports. Long story short, Port Scanner’s results would help with securing your LAN and PC.

  • Pros

    • Robust, yet simple
    • Helps figure out the number of ports available
    • Easy-to-use interface
    • Scans 65,535 ports
  • Cons

    • Specific IP addresses cannot be inputted for scanning
    • No option to scan specific ports
    • Scanning networked computers’ ports isn’t seamless
    • Scanning time could be excruciatingly long
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App specs

  • License

    Full

  • Version

    1.1

  • Latest update

  • Platform

    Mac

    Other platforms (1)
  • Language

    English

    Available languages

    • German
    • English
  • Downloads

    584

    Last month's downloads

    • 19
  • Developer

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Icon of program: Port Scanner

Port Scanner for Mac

  • Paid
  • In English
  • V1.1
  • 4.2
  • (1)

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