Port Detective for Windows

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Developer’s Description

Scan local Internet ports to find what specific ports are open, blocked, or in use.

Helps find out what ports are blocked by your router/firewall or ISP. Useful in testing which ports are blocked, in-use or open. Can be used with Cable or DSL connections so users can host their own photo server,website, FTP and mail server, etc. Many times the ISP or local router or firewall will block ports making self-hosting impossible. Port Detective helps determine exactly what ports are open or blocked making is easier to troubleshoot.

Version 2.0 improves GUI.

Port Detective for Windows

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Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: June 27, 2005

Latest update: November 8, 2008

Version: 2.0

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 98
Windows 2000
Windows 95
Windows NT
Windows ME
Windows XP
Windows 10

Additional Requirements: Windows (all)

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Total Downloads: 521,306

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User Reviews

1.9/5

46 User Votes

Excellent program
alanespanaNovember 16, 2007
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Finds and explains port problems easily and shows what ports are what. Am presently using to solve port problem on eMule
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it did not work
pspjeffbOctober 5, 2007
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It did not work and I spent 2 hours trying to get it to work. And there was no help available.
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Sucks...
October 19, 2003
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This program sucks...You actually have to tell it to check more ports...Defaults to like 20 ports and then you can ad more individually...Garbage garbage garbage...Did I say garbage? I meant GARBAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wasn't exactly what I was looking for compared to the view I got from the description
September 17, 2003
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Was asked to rerun test several times but summary said it could not find result
August 31, 2003
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This software sucks! I ran the test but did not get result. Message said "Could not find your result re run test again", which I did. The same thing happened after three more tries. What a waste of time. I wondered where my result went? humh????
Security...
June 10, 2003
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Okay, you're using this program to do what? Scan your ports, correct... to see what's availible or not. (Or closed, or open.) I suppose if you weren't as security "obsessed" as I am, it wouldn't bother you... but the developers themselves say that the program scans from another server (their own, no doubt) and they then process the info and display it on a generated webpage. So, in essence, I see this as THEY are running the port scan on you and are sharing their finds with you. Anybody tell me the first step in hacking?... Ahh, that's right, you scan someone ports! And to make this work, you have to shut off your firewall. (Since they (usually) make your ports stealth.) My opinion: bad, bad design. I won't use it. Nope, not at all.
Pretty reliable
May 27, 2003
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Didn't see any of the spyware stuff people were talking about in earlier posts
Thank You. Worked great.
April 7, 2003
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Works as expected... I used a sniffer and verified what was going on. In regrads to spyware/Porn site. Hogwash. What is the point that people would make up stuff like this.
free port checker is ok
April 3, 2003
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Seems to work fine from here, saw that my port 80 was blocked by AT&T broadband
It crashed quite abit on me.
January 26, 2003
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Its nicely designed as far as the GUI, but seemed to lack actual functionality and stability, not the best program I've ever used.