What's new in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 8.2.1
Mar 6, 2024
- Added: Enhanced device recognition through online queries.
- Added: Instant multi-value matching filter implemented as regex.
- Improved: Shorter timeouts for FTP probing, host name resolution, and WMI.
- Improved: Retention of host names post-IP conversion.
- Improved: WQL editor shows sample WMI data for root namespaces and children.
- Improved: Main window title now shows current user's admin status.
- Fixed: Issue with assigning friendly names for multiple keys.
New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 8.2 (Nov 5, 2023)
- Added: User-configurable toolbar.
- Added: Column grouping for enhanced main view organisation.
- Added: Splitting of multi-value cells into rows in CSV and TXT exports.
- Added: Direct access to multi-value column entries in device properties.
- Added: New PowerShell, SSH and WQL editors with highlighting and execution features.
- Improved: Multi-value cells are now marked with an icon for quick recognition.
- Improved: Double-click functionality on multi-value cells for viewing contents as a list.
New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 8.1.8 (Oct 10, 2023)
- Added: Linux support.
- Added: ARM64 architecture support.
- Added: Search functionality within settings.
- Added: Geolocation capabilities for public IP addresses.
- Improved: Extended error information for failed WMI logins.
- Improved: Warnings about non-writable locations in portable Windows builds.
- Improved: Access to bookmarks and dynamic menu items in the navigator.
New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 8.1.7 (May 19, 2023)
- Added: scan progress bar for each IP address.
- Added: pending operation time in device properties.
- Improved: dark mode appearance on Windows.
- Fixed: sorting by remote time.
New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 8.1.6 (Mar 6, 2023)
- Added: users can now link associated data to MAC or IP addresses, such as device location and asset tag, to aid in tracking and management.
- Improved: importing previously exported data has been improved with a choice of merge with, append to, or replace existing data.
- Improved: several minor user interface elements have been redesigned to enhance the user experience and streamline workflows.
New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 8.1.5 (Jan 5, 2023)
- Added: custom regular expression patterns for matching and highlighting the data displayed in columns.
- Added: the ability to set and clear custom row highlighting for faster distinguishing of important information displayed in rows.
- Added: credentials tags for efficient identification and use of saved credentials in scripts and external applications.
- Improved: redesigned credential manager, with added columns and sorting functionality.
- Improved: EXE files are now dynamically based, which ensures their compatibility with Data Execution Prevention (DEP).
- Fixed: index of bounds error and subsequent crash that occurred at re-scanning of a single column.
- Fixed: incorrect MAC addresses that were displayed when scanning external subnets.
New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 8.1.4 (Apr 29, 2022)
- Added: automatic SMTP settings.
- Added: fetching SSL cert details.
- Added: import/export of credentials.
- Fixed: crash in HTTP banner detection.
New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 8.1.3 (Jan 27, 2022)
- Added: dark theme support on Windows 10/11.
- Improved: displaying new device count in icon overlay.
- Improved: reading installed apps from 32-bit registry.
- Fixed: missing V3UserName in SNMP script object.
New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 8.1.2 (Oct 6, 2021)
- Improved: safe sharing of the portable edition over the network.
- Improved: independent font settings for columns and data.
- Improved: retention of the sorting order.
- Improved: number of user filters increased to 10.
- Fixed: import of CSV files with unquoted values.
- Fixed: DHCP discovery on macOS.
New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 8.1.1 (Aug 3, 2021)
- Added: basic filter editing for saved filters.
- Fixed: reading non-Latin chars from console programs.
- Fixed: rare crash when deleting nodes with enabled Live Display.
- Changed: minimum OS version is now macOS 10.8 or Windows 7.
- Changed: removed dependency on OpenSSL for sending e-mails.
New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 8.1 (May 24, 2021)
- Added: WS-Discovery support to locate services in a local network.
- Added: separate setting for maximum number of threads in live display.
- Added: scan result export to SQLite database for further processing.
- Improved: UPnP discovery allows to scan detected devices and shows device type.
- Improved: scanning for shares on macOS detects disk space, writability and security.
- Fixed: filter display in the recent list if only one filter was defined.
- Fixed: applications sorting order when a new item is added.
- Fixed: resolution of non-ASCII computer names.
New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 8.0.2 (Apr 21, 2021)
- Improved: list headings appearance on macOS.
- Fixed: speed degradation in text search.
- Fixed: configuration file import from version 6.x.
- Fixed: settings getting lost after minimisation to the notification area.
New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 8.0.1 (Mar 12, 2021)
- Fixed: IPv6 addresses are now quoted in brackets for external apps.
- Fixed: opening of applications using keyboard hot keys.
- Fixed: sorting of applications and unintended duplication of items.
- Fixed: missing applications for browsing shared folders (with %1).
New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 8.0 (Feb 2, 2021)
- Added: macOS support, the application is now almost entirely cross-platform.
- Added: new SMB library for accessing shared folders independently of Windows API.
- Changed: new JSON, XML and regex parsers may use slightly different expression syntax.
- Changed: significant internal changes and optimisations, faster application start and operation.
New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 7.3 (Jan 21, 2021)
- Added: SNMPv3 support in router MAC address discovery.
- Added: option to include/exclude ports in Nmap scans.
- Added: new menu for creating instant filters from scan results.
- Added: active filter applied during scanning.
- Fixed: vanishing shares when saving and excluding unrelated columns.