View the status of all WiFi wireless hotspots around you.
WiFi Channel Scanner gives you detailed views of all WiFi wireless hotspots around you. WiFi Channel Scanner is a free WiFi network scanning software, it enables you to quickly view the status of all WiFi wireless hotspots around you, the information includes WiFi network name (SSID), channel, encryption algorithm, signal strength, MAC address and more. It is a completely freeware, simple and easy to use very much.
Appears to work fine at first. It showed everyone around me on channels 1, 6, or 11 (not surprising, since these have the least overlap and therefore the most bandwidth). I changed my network to channel 9, but the program continues to show it as channel 6. I even tried closing and restarting the program, same results.
Cons
Difficult to read results since it continuously updates the display. Does not allow you to sort results or freeze display.
Summary
Not very useful. Uninstalling.
Contains malware.
David McDermid
Pros
Could not install, see below.
Cons
Virus or unwanted program 'HEUR/APC (Cloud) [HEUR/APC]'
detected in file 'wifichannelscanner_setup-42009176.exe.
Action performed: Deny access
Summary
Virus or unwanted program 'HEUR/APC (Cloud) [HEUR/APC]'
detected in file 'wifichannelscanner_setup-42009176.exe.
Action performed: Deny access
Solid Software
Von Black Hawk
Pros
Does exactly what it says it does and doesn't try to install anything else.