vulnerability check

talos2 · Jun 12, 2008, 15:55:34

Does any kind person know of a free INTERNET vulnerability checker on line I can access, I want to try the windows firewall and my router firewall.

Rik · Jun 12, 2008, 15:58:46

Try:

http://www.symantec.com/norton/sygate/index.jsp

It used to be the Sygate scanner, otherwise I wouldn't be recommending it.

doc_holiday · Jun 12, 2008, 16:02:56

Quote from: talos on Jun 12, 2008, 15:55:34
Does any kind person know of a free INTERNET vulnerability checker on line I can access, I want to try the windows firewall and my router firewall.

https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

talos2 · Jun 12, 2008, 16:05:45

Thank you gentlemen.

Rik · Jun 12, 2008, 16:09:36

Nice one, Doc.

talos2 · Jun 12, 2008, 16:23:28

The Symantic one seems to be having trouble with their server at the mo Rik, but the one from Doc is working fine thank you gents, I want to try and rely on the windows firewall and the one that came in the router and take Comodo out it has become a bit of a nuisance and I am sure it's slowing my system down.

Inactive · Jun 12, 2008, 16:26:08

No problems with Comodo here.

talos2 · Jun 12, 2008, 17:16:43

Quote from: Inactive on Jun 12, 2008, 16:26:08
No problems with Commodo here.

Well it's out now, and it may be my imagination but the system does seem slightly faster, and I wont miss those pop ups asking me what seems to be the same question over again. Of course the test is now will anything nasty get through.

Inactive · Jun 13, 2008, 01:16:24

You only need to tick them as safe in the left hand pop up box, they don't come back then.

I can honestly say that I never noticed any slowing down after installing Comodo.

Dopamine · Jun 13, 2008, 01:50:51

I just tried the Symantec checker. Not impressed at all. It tells me I have no anti-virus installed..... but I do. Symantec's very own Norton Anti-Virus 2008!!

talos2 · Jun 13, 2008, 07:36:10

Quote from: Dopamine on Jun 13, 2008, 01:50:51
I just tried the Symantec checker. Not impressed at all. It tells me I have no anti-virus installed..... but I do. Symantec's very own Norton Anti-Virus 2008!!

Did the same with me so I decided not to trust it.

somanyholes · Jun 13, 2008, 07:49:22

best online one out there, these tools are port/os/service scanners, they don't do vulnerability checks, the same goes for grc.com etc.....

The default settings will do, but can can play around with it a lot, it has many capabilities.

http://nmap-online.com/

somanyholes · Jun 13, 2008, 08:38:59

might as well ad these.

they will do internal scans on your network and will try to find vulnerabilitys.

http://www.gfi.com/lannetscan/

http://www.nessus.org/download/

talos2 · Jun 13, 2008, 08:53:53