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A network vulnerability scanner is a program written to find vulnerabilities in other programs run on either a computer or the network. There are different types of vulnerability scanners based on what the scanner is scanning.

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A vulnerability scanner may be defined as a computer program basically used to prevent information or data leakage. It performs a network reconnaissance.

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