AET Tracer PRO exists largely because of the need to track and report network abusers and to analyse and visualize networks. To track and report a network abuser all you need is the abusers IP-address and AET Tracer PRO will do the rest. The program will track the path the network packets travel from your computer to the abusers. The tracer will resolve IP-addresses and names for the routers along the way. With the help of advanced algorithms and extensive databases the program will also display other valuable information for each hop of the trace such as geographical position and ping time.

You can also trace the sender of an e-mail. The trace is performed the same way as described above. The difference is that you have an e-mail as input instead of an IP-address. Tracing of e-mails is done through the E-mail Tracer tool, you simply input the e-mail and click on one button and AET Tracer PRO will do the rest.

Once the trace is finished a range of other tools can be used to find out a lot more information about the abuser. You can use the Whois tool, which can show you information about the IP address which belongs to the abuser. A Whois query displays a lot of information about the owner which usually is the ISP (Internet Service Provider). Among other things you will find information such as names, addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses of the people who is responsible for the IP-address. You can also see what IP-range the specific IP address belongs to.

Another tool which might come in handy is the Network scanner. The scanner actually consists of five different scanners, each serving it's own purpose. All scanners are controlled from the same graphical interface for ease of use and to give a nice overview of all the scans. Scan results are displayed in two different ways simultaneously, a tree view with expandable and collapsible nodes and a console displaying plain text output.

The five scanners are:
TCP port scanner, UDP port scanner, NetBIOS scanner, Ping scanner and Name server entries scanner.

AET Tracer PRO's most important tool is probably the "Abuse Reporter". The "Abuse Reporter" will compile and send an abuse report e-mail to the abusers ISP. The reporter can work totally automatic or ask for input and validation for each abuse report.

The last tool, the "Netstat" display, is the only tool that is not used on specific traces, instead it's made to monitor your own computers network adapters. You can use this tool to find out the IP-address of any computer connected to you.
"Netstat" will show you if there is any "Trojan horses" or remote administration tools active on your computer. It will also indicate any attempt to hack your computer in real time at the given moment.

The program also comes equipped with the "Plugin central". This is a plugin solution with an open protocol, developed to give users and developers the possibility to make their own modules and plug them in to AET Tracer PRO. Anyone can write their own plugins as long as they follow a very simple protocol. AET Tracer is distributed with two plugins, the Editor and the DynoProxy. All plugins can be dynamically loaded and removed to and from the graphical user interface during runtime. The "Plugin central" supports default plugins which are loaded at program startup.

Used in conjunction with a firewall with logging capabilities, AET Tracer PRO becomes an even more powerful tool. Many other fields of use exists, including analysis and visualization of network traffic and bottlenecks. Each tool in the collection can also be used separately and will thereby be serving different purposes.

Here's a short list of some of AET Tracer PRO's features.

Trace Route.
Traces the path network packets take from the source computer to the destination computer.
Each trace is displayed in it's own table and is easily navigated when each table has it's own tab.
Each hop in the trace has it's own row in the table.
Information such as geographical location, IP name and ping time are displayed with each hop.
All Traces and it's hops are also displayed on a world map.
The "World Map" displays traces with dots and connecting lines, each trace having it's own color schema.
Possibility to save and load single traces or sets of traces.
Save screen shots of "World Map" to either PNG or JPEG image files.

E-mail Tracer.
One click interface to trace the sender of an e-mail.
One click interface to trace and report the sender of an e-mail.

Abuse Reporter.
One click interface to report an abuser to the abusers ISP (Internet Service Provider).
The report is sent as a professional looking e-mail containing all the required information.
Reports can be made automatically and as many numbers of reports as you want can be sent by just one click.
Each abuse report can also be previewed and altered before they are sent.

Whois.
One click interface to the four major Whois (ARIN, RIPE, APNIC, LACNIC) databases in the world.
Each trace and all it's nodes can be subjects to a query.
Select which Whois server you want to query, or use the automatic option to get a guaranteed answer.
Advanced parsing and syntax analysis of Whois results is the foundation of both the automated Whois and the "Abuse Reporter".

Network Scanner.
Fast multi threaded network scanner, the speed of your computer and network bandwidth is the limit.
Scan IP-ranges or lists of IP-addresses for services on multiple TCP or UDP ports.
Ping IP-ranges or lists of IP-addresses.
Scan IP-ranges or lists of IP-addresses for active NetBIOS.
Scan IP-ranges or lists of IP-addresses for entries in DNS servers.
Two different outputs, the tree view and the plain text console.
Save scanner output to file.

Netstat.
Display all connections or only the active connections on your computers network adapters.
Automatically update the netstat information as often as you choose.
Freeze the display at any given time.

Plugin central.
Plugin solution with an open protocol.
Gives users and developers the possibility to make their own modules and plug them in to AET Tracer PRO.
Editor plugin, text editor with encryption and decryptions capabilities.
DynoProxy plugin, dynamic HTTP proxy switch.

Settings
All tools are highly configurable with many options.
Choose from three different skins.
Configure "World Map" drawing and animation with your own color schemes and fonts
Choose from many different world map images and sizes.

Platforms: Win95 , Win98 , WinME , WinNT 3.x , WinNT 4.x , Windows2000 , WinXP

System requirements: Not specified