- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/Vista
- Date added: June 23, 2009
- Total Downloads: 176,955
- Downloads last week: 834
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 177 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.
Version 1.5 includes Secure Browsing, Secunia PSI WorldMap.
What's new in this version:
Version 1.5 includes Secure Browsing, Secunia PSI WorldMap.
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User reviews of Secunia Personal Software Inspector 1.5
- Average user rating: 3.9 stars out of 177 votes
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Version: Secunia Personal Software Inspector 1.5
Pros: Does what it says
Cons: None that I know of
Summary: Both scans I have run show I am 100% percent patched - so guess I was doing okay on my own - but I feel good knowing for sure all is well, and I know I will slip up sometime.
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Version: Secunia Personal Software Inspector 1.5
Pros: Makes keeping important programs up to date and secure, automatically. Easy interface.
Cons: Sometimes keeps listing a program as insecure after it's been updated
Summary: As hackers find security holes in so many programs these days, it's nice to have Secunia watching your back. I don't always remember to check if I have the latest (secure) versions of programs and Secunia does it for me, and provides a simple way to... read more >>
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Version: Secunia Personal Software Inspector 1.5
Pros: Reveals programs useful to update for large and powerful programs. Mostly the java programs.
Cons: Misses quite a few programs for update.
Summary: Simply helpful in updating your system.
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Version: Secunia Personal Software Inspector 1.5
"Does exactly what it says it will"
Pros: an invaluable peice of software.
a great app to have on your machineCons: there are none
Summary: said it all above..
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Version: Secunia Personal Software Inspector 1.5
Pros: It found tons of unpatched programs, that I thought were up-to-date, and without these patches that I was unaware of for my programs, my computer could have been taken over. Don't need to find patch yourself because it links you to the correct patch!
Cons: NONE! I find this program perfect, and easy to use.
Summary: Fantastic program that helps find the most recent updates for your programs, plus it provides you to the download link, so you don't have to find it yourself.
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