Netbots

-==== NetBots 2.5 ====- "These are the driods you've been looking for" What is NetBots? NetBots is many things. It's an Internet diagnotic tool. It's a system administrator's utility. It's a web surfing helper. It's an ftp site checker. It's anything you want it to be. It's a dessert topping. Basically, NetBots lets you send little helper agents out on the 'Net to accomplish tasks for you. You can configure a bot to alert you when a friend comes online, send you a pager when a site goes offline, or launch Netscape when a web page changes. Since NetBots is totally customizable, you can do much more. Version 2.5 includes 5 types of bots: * PingBots - Tell you when a host comes online, goes offline, or both * PortBots - Do anything you can do with a TCP connection * FingerBots - Tell you when a user comes online * WWWBots - Tell you when a web page changes * FTPBots - Tell you when an FTP site changes Please give NetBots a try and see what it can do for you. Besides bug fixes, the new version adds the FTPBot, makes PingBots more powerful and flexible, adds numerous preferences like mute mode and verbose logging, and much more. NetBots 2.5 is $15 shareware. The WWWBot complies with the robots.txt robot exclusion standard. For more information or to purchase NetBots, please visit the KlepHacks web site at .