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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: November 24, 2008
- Total Downloads: 158,360
- Downloads last week: 737
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 173 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 includes unspecified updates, enhancements, and bug fixes.
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User reviews of Secunia Personal Software Inspector 1
- Average user rating: 3.8 stars out of 173 votes
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Version: Secunia Personal Software Inspector 1
Pros: Only if you love handing your hard earned cash over to companies that release bugs and bad code would this biased app be suitable for you, otherwise avoid like the plague!
Cons: Removes 'all' trojans.
Summary: @melachupan
;) Thanks for the heads up!
@Everyone.
Warning: If you want your 'trojans', then do not download or run this very sneaky restricted 'arbitrary code'. It would be nice to actually have the choice whether or not... read more >> -
7 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Version: Secunia Personal Software Inspector 1
Pros: It does a vulnerabilty scan for insecure missing windows updates, i Tunes, and all other installed programs.
Then it provides links to update windows, and all other installed programs that are old and out of date so they can be updated.Cons: Scan time is slow.
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Secunia Personal Software Inspector 1
"Told me that Vista was a security risk to Vista :D"
Pros: +Good concept.
+I laughed when Vista came up as a major security risk.Cons: -After an update of Vista and refreshing the program, it still told me that Vista was a major security risk.
-Didn't show any other programs, even though there were programs I knew I needed to update.Summary: It was funny at first, but my computer's security isn't something I joke about.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Secunia Personal Software Inspector 1
Pros: scans all products installed,rates them, and provides a link to correct any problems, did not see the trojan that has been mentioned by other users
Cons: I don't see why it has to autostart with windows and could include a lot more products. Plus a better explanation of the color coded security bar is necessary and corrective measures to take.
Summary: As of today I enjoy the product.Secunia PSI , the features are adequate and focused.the engine could be a little bit faster in scanning .
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3 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Version: Secunia Personal Software Inspector 1
"NOneed for a trojan in this file."
Pros: a very interesting program though
Cons: once you see the trojan warning coming up, everything is gone.
Summary: Unfairware
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