- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/Vista
- Date added: August 23, 2009
- Total Downloads: 193,499
- Downloads last week: 777
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 181 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on November 24, 2008
Not only does Secunia Personal Software Inspector provide extensive details on the software installed on your computer, it also gives you direct links to update programs that are older and potentially not secure.
The interface mixes professional layout with a text-heavy, spartan design. At the top right of the program window, users can choose a Simple or Advanced layout. Under Simple, Secunia provides basic information about the installed program statuses, with a chart to gauge their security over time and a simplified listing of any errors. Clicking on an error leads you through the proprietary Easy-to-Patch program update process, which automatically excludes more challenging updates. The Advanced layout tab exposes more details and more updates. It also checks your Microsoft XML, your Adobe Flash player installation, and others programs, looking for mission-critical holes and their respective updates. Installed programs get flagged as Patched, End-of-Life, and Insecure, with the most recent reported threat noted with a colored bar and a mouse-over label on the right column.
Scanning can be slow, and occasionally the scan restarted for a second round automatically after completing its first pass. However, the update process was seamless, and once you update a program, it moves into the Patched list after about 5 minutes, because Secunia defaults to run in the background. The End-of-Life tab offers up a toolbox with quick access to Add/Remove Programs, the listed software's folder, and online references. Secunia's plain language for instructions and explanations enhances the already robust update package, making this a highly-recommended freeware.
Publisher's description
From Secunia :The Secunia PSI allows you to scan, detect, check, and secure the applications installed on your computer. Get an assessment of the applications installed on your computer are they insecure, end-of-life, or patched. The Secunia PSI enables you to secure your applications, and to quickly and easily upgrade to new and secure versions of applications installed on your computer. Providing a graphical presentation of your performance week by week.
What's new in this version:
Version 1.5.0.1 includes new languages.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.9 stars out of 181 votes
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Version: Secunia Personal Software Inspector 1.5.0.1
"Secunia works well Alerts are easy to fix usually."
Pros: Secunia tells you where the problem is exactly located so you can easily delete it.
Cons: I would have liked a few more directions before using this product but it seems to works well.
Summary: I like Secunia a lot because it alerts me immediately when it detects something in my computer is at risk. This often happens with flash player and other things related to web surfing. So I feel safer when I do surf the web
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Version: Secunia Personal Software Inspector 1.5.0.1
"Does What it Says & Usually ahead of MS & it's free"
Pros: Constantly on alert & unobtrusive
Cons: Sometimes difficult to update Adobe, But lets you know it's out of date,& it's not much more work to go to the website.
Summary: This is a free program for home use & win 7 is the third system I've used it on. I'm keeping it.
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Version: Secunia Personal Software Inspector 1.5.0.1
"Does what it says it does - mostly. A keeper!!!"
Pros: Like the CNET review says, it tells you what you need to update and makes it easy to do. The "advanced" option helped me to learn more about updating software - cool.
Cons: It doesn't find all the updates you need, but most, especially the ones you really need. It didn't do Firefox and Adobe updates for me - said it did but I had to go to their websites to do it right.
Summary: All in all, it would even be worth paying for, a really good program.
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Version: Secunia Personal Software Inspector 1.5.0.1
Pros: Yes -- it did shows possible security risks. Had a long [14] list of programs that were not up to date..... but...
Cons: Locked up every time i tried to use it.
Listed a bunch of programs i no longer had on my computer. -
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Secunia Personal Software Inspector 1.5.0.1
"awsome only one works with my system"
Pros: updated software in seconds
Cons: nothing does what it supposed to
Summary: love it easy to stay safe and updated!
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