Solo Technology

I’m about a month behind on this one, but Secunia announced (last month) the launch of their new “Software Inspector.”  This is a java based app that scans Windows PCs:

It’s a free service that detects insecure versions of software that you may have installed in your system. When insecure versions are detected, the Secunia Software Inspector also provides thorough guidelines for updating the software to the latest secure version from the vendor.

I tried it on one my main home machine this morning and I’m still blushing.  I was a bit out of date on 4 or 5 (6?) assorted non-Microsoft applications.  It also checks Microsoft updates as well.  Here’s just a sample from one of my machines:

I’d encourage Windows users to give it a shot.  Pretty slick! 

For site owners, there’s an interesting “referral programme” to check out.  Just for grins, I signed up:

3 Responses to “Secunia Software Inspector”

1. fred on April 6th, 2007 7:37 pm
   

   hi,

   a response would be very much appreciated: I tried to run the above mentioned program using opera with jre 1.5.0.11 installed, java, java script, plugins in opera activated for this specific purpose:
   hit start button on the secunia web site but nothing happened at all????

   regards
   fred

2. Chris on April 6th, 2007 8:02 pm
   

   Hi fred - that would be a great question for the folks at Secunia.

   The only requirements I’m aware of (and I’m not part of Secunia) are those listed:

   • Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows 2003
   • Sun Java JRE 1.5.0_06
   • Internet Explorer 6.x, Opera 9.x, or Firefox 1.5.x
   • Latest version of Microsoft Windows Update
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