SoftPerfect WiFi Guard is an essential tool for everyone running a small Wi-Fi network and striving to keep it secure. Generally, modern WiFi networks are well protected, but there are a number of weaknesses that can compromise your WiFi password; this includes vulnerabilities in encryption and brute force attacks. As a result, someone can gain unauthorized access to your Internet connection and LAN and exploit them while staying unnoticed.
Perhaps, you can say: “No big deal, I have unlimited Internet traffic!”, but what about someone reading your personal emails, stealing private information or breaking the law online while using your Internet connection?
Here comes our little application: it will alert you if your network is used without your knowledge. It is a specialized network scanner that runs through your network at set intervals and reports immediately if it has found any new connected devices that could possibly belong to an intruder.
Key features:
- Pings computers and other network devices and displays those alive.
- Detects firewalled computers that do not respond to ping.
- Scans your network at a specified interval.
- Immediately alerts you if an unknown device is found.
- Runs on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
- Absolutely free, requires no installation, and does not contain any adware, spyware or malware.
What"s new in this version:
- Fixed a crash on Windows with a right-to-left system language.
- Added Windows high DPI awareness for high-resolution displays.
- Added emails notifications sent when unknown devices are found.
Download: SoftPerfect Wifi Guard 1.0.4 | Portable | 2.0 MB (Freeware)
Link: SoftPerfect WiFi Guard Website