


The software may be used, installed or copied only in accordance with the terms of the licence described in the following paragraphs. This software and the included documentation is copyright SoftPerfect. Still have questions? Check out the how-to articles or drop us a line. In the event of detection of unidentified devices in your network you can act accordingly: mark them as known if you connected them, or change your WiFi password if those appear to be intruder’s. If you identified all the devices as yours, it’s cool: your network is not compromised.įrom now on you can either run WiFi Guard periodically to detect any new devices in the network, or better configure it to run when the system starts and scan your network every 30 minutes or so. Upon the first launch of WiFi Guard you will either see the main window or the configuration dialog if the application needs some additional information: If you have not already done so, download a copy of WiFi Guard. It is a specialised 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. Here comes our little application that allows you to know immediately if your network is used without your knowledge. You may think: “It’s ok, who cares, I’ve got unlimited traffic.” But what about someone reading your personal emails, stealing private information or breaking the law online while using your Internet connection? As a result, someone can gain an unauthorised access to your Internet and LAN, exploit them and stay unnoticed.

Generally, modern WiFi networks are well protected, but there is a number of weaknesses that can compromise your WiFi password this includes vulnerabilities in encryption and brute force attacks. SoftPerfect WiFi Guard is an essential tool for everyone running a small WiFi network and striving to keep it secure.
