Advanced IP Scanner is a powerful, free and effective network scanner with a fast user-friendly interface for Windows Vista. In just a matter of seconds Advanced IP Scanner will scan all the computers on your wireless or wired local network and perform a deep scan of all their ports. This utility tool is very useful for discovering many security vulnerabilities on Windows systems as it will highlight all the ports that are open and allow you to select the ones you need to close. If any port is not closed, this will be noted in the Advanced IP Scanner log and you will be able to identify which port needs to be closed to resolve the vulnerability. This utility tool will also detect and resolve any DNS names that might be pointing to a non-existent IP address.
This utility program is available as a freeware/shareware or paid application. The paid version has additional features like the port checking function and advanced identification of port scanning events. The freeware version only allows you to do basic scanning and does not have any advanced features. So if you are looking for advanced features for your Windows Vista PC, you will have to download and install Advanced IP Scanner onto your computer first.
Advanced IP Scanner offers a simple interface that allows you to easily perform a thorough network scan and identify all ports on your system and network. It is designed to work well with the simplified Windows Vista operating system. Once you download and install the program on your computer, start up the application and let it perform a full scan. The advanced version of this network scanner can also detect and resolve DNS names that are pointing to an IP address that is not on the list of available domain names.