The "Nessus" Project aims to provide to the internet community a free, powerful, up-to-date and easy to use remote security scanner. For more details you can see the Profile: Nessus Vulnerability Scanner or the article Nessus Vulnerability Scanner: Missing Bells & Whistles?
MBSA (Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer)
In response to the avalanche of criticism Microsoft has received regarding the security of their products, Microsoft created a free tool to analyze your security configuration. Read a review of this free tool. For more details about this tool you can see Product Review: Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer.
HFNetChk
HFNetChk is a command-line tool that enables an administrator to check the patch status of all the machines in a network from a central location.
GFi LANguard Network Security Scanner
GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. archives and analyses the event logs of all network machines and alerts you in real time to security issues, attacks and other critical events.
Tripwire
Tripwire software is a tool that checks to see what has changed on your system. The program monitors key attributes of files that should not change, including binary signature, size, expected change of size, etc.
NeWT
This easy-to-use windows network vulnerability scanner installs on any Windows 2000 or Windows XP computer. Multiple scanners can be managed by the Lightning Console. "NeWT" can scan any system on a local Class C network while "NeWT Pro" can be used to scan any host. "NeWT" is available as a complimentary download to the public while "NeWT Pro" is a commercially supported product from Tenable.
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