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1.3 New Features in PhoneSweep 4.4
The significant new features of PhoneSweep 4.4 are:
• Supports newer version of Conexant chipset.
• The bruteforce username/password list can now be viewed and edited from the Effort tab.
• New option to run a report after a sweep is complete.
• New option on license screen to start with a new or different profile.
• New right-click popup menu on Modems and Status tabs allows reset of modems, and setting of
options for all modems (on Modems tab).
• Right-click popup menu on the Phone Numbers tab now includes an option to open all phone
numbers' call results.
• The debug.bat utility includes an option to run dbfix.exe (fixes a corrupted database).
• User is warned if running on a battery only.
• Better handling of power management events. PhoneSweep will attempt to stop a running sweep
if machine goes into standby mode. (This may not be supported on all hardware.)
• Charts now work under Office XP.
• More improvements in profile loading time.
• More system identifications.
1.4 Appropriate and Ethical Use of PhoneSweep
With PhoneSweep, organizations can easily and legally audit their own phone systems. However,
PhoneSweep is a powerful tool, and any powerful tool can potentially be misused. Be sure that you have
read and fully understand the PhoneSweep End User License Agreement, and be certain that you have
clear permission to scan any phone numbers before you scan them. Scanning phone numbers that you
are not authorized to scan may be illegal in your area of operation.
Sandstorm Enterprises prohibits any use of PhoneSweep that is expressly forbidden or forbidden by
implication in the End User License Agreement. PhoneSweep requires that you agree to the End User
License Agreement every time you run the program. Sandstorm Enterprises expressly disclaims any
responsibility for any event resulting from the use or misuse of PhoneSweep.
You may hear PhoneSweep referred to as a “war dialer.” This term entered popular culture after the 1983
film War Games, and describes a type of computer program that automatically dials phone numbers to
search for unsecured modems. During the 1980’s, many simple war dialers were written by so-called
“phone phreaks” looking for vulnerable systems to attack or 800 number extenders that could be used to
commit toll fraud.
Sandstorm Enterprises refers to PhoneSweep as a “Telephone Line Scanner” to distinguish it from
programs designed to commit illegal acts. It is legal, ethical and wise to use PhoneSweep to test your own
phone systems for insecure modems. It is possibly illegal, and definitely not ethical, to use PhoneSweep
to look for vulnerabilities in phone systems that you are not authorized to scan.
Sandstorm Enterprises realizes that it is important that PhoneSweep not be usable by unauthorized
persons. For this reason, PhoneSweep is supplied with a hardware license management device known as a
“dongle” that attaches to a computer’s parallel or USB port. PhoneSweep will not make calls unless the