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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: December 19, 2008
- Total Downloads: 979,630
- Downloads last week: 4,197
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 477 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff on November 08, 2008
Hiring a professional computer-security consultant is out of reach for most home PC users, but Belarc Advisor can fill part of that gap.
The app analyzes a machine's weak points, looking at elements such as whether antivirus software is up to date, or whether all the security flaws in Windows have been patched. It uses the Center for Internet Security (CIS) benchmark test to give the computer a score showing its overall security level, and produces a report that can be viewed in a Web browser.
Not only does it analyze software and operating system components and tell you where problems are, but in its comprehensive report it tells you what your computer's physical components are: not just how much RAM you have, for example, but what kind of RAM and which slots are occupied.
This program doesn't fix the problems itself, but gives clear advice on how to address each issue. This download is free for personal use; we recommend it to home users as a first step in securing their home systems, or for those considering a hardware upgrade who want to see what's in their current system.
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Publisher's description
From Belarc :Belarc Advisor builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, including Microsoft Hotfixes and software serial numbers, and shows the results in your Web browser. All of your PC profile information is kept private on your PC and is not sent to any Web server.
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User reviews of Belarc Advisor 7.2.24.16
- Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 477 votes
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Version: Belarc Advisor 7.2.24.16
"good tool but updates shld be"
Pros: automatically tells you what your PC software and hardware inventories - good for computer sales time, for example
Cons: lack of drivers and apps update mechanism.
Summary: Very good tool for finding what is installed/assembeled on your PC. But I was expecting Belac to have a way to update my drivers and apps, that could be perfect. RadarSync will do that, I know that, but they don't give you your PC inventories, so ... read more >>
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Version: Belarc Advisor 7.2.24.16
Pros: Software and hardware summary are fine and helpful.
Cons: Still does not interface with Norton Internet Security, Belarc reports phantom Critical errors. Says last security scan was taken over 30 days ago, when a full system scan completed 30 minutes ago.
Summary: In Vista 64, and using Norton Internet Security the results are miserable. What I said worked does, and what does not work, ditto.Exchanging information and files with their technical support has not yielded anything. Right after I downloaded (for ... read more >>
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Version: Belarc Advisor 7.2.24.16
"great documentation of your system"
Pros: It automatically tells you what is loaded on your computer.
Cons: I don't have any problems with this product.
Summary: You need this to help you reload your system if you loose the hard disk.
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Version: Belarc Advisor 7.2.24.16
Pros: Very Detailed and Love the way it's laid out.
Cons: Have not find any yet.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Belarc Advisor 7.2.24.16
"greate - do what is expected from"
Pros: greate - do what is expected from
Cons: greate - do what is expected from
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