A port scanner is special software which is designed to search a network host for open ports. This is often used by administrators to check the security of their networks to withstand an attempt of breach or not. The identification of open ports and Trojan ports is essential for network security because they serves as very easy target for hackers and intruders.
Secure Auditor also offer an embedded Port Scanner with one of its module namely Secure win Auditor. This port Scanner is provided completely free of cost to Secure Auditor users along with many other embedded utilities like Windows Password Auditor, Windows Event Log Viewer, Windows Password Auditor, Windows System Inventory Viewer, Windows Software Inventory Viewer etc which strengthen security measures of an organization with out investing extra money.
Unlike other port scanners this scanner extends different scan options to the user. Besides checking for normal TCP and UDP Ports this scanner also allow user to check Peer to Peer Data Sharing Application (P2P), Voice over IP (VoIP), Games Ports and Trojan Ports on the host system. This helps in checking if there is any specific computer running any software against policy and to find any Trojan present on the host computer. It also provides the information detail about the Trojan port to the end user, which they can use to double check that whether it is a Trojan port or not and in that case how to remove the Trojan.