Originally posted here by Ryan Nyquist
aren't port scanners hackers tools? I know they can be used to see if you have any open ports but why not just use a security scanner? they are available free on the net and are alot easier to read.
port scanners can be used as hacker tools, but a computer in general is a hacker tool. Port scanners are a great way to optimize your security, for one because it does a thorough check and has a longer listing of ports ect. that you may be able to find. I could be wrong about that reason, but my experience with security scanners and port scanners has brought me to that conclusion.

Good luck with your scanner, superscan is a fine piece of software.
And droby10 did a great job of summing those lists up.