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#1: Secunia Personal Software Inspector

#1: Secunia Personal Software Inspector
Here's a list of ten free security tools you can and should be using to help protect, disinfect and manage your Windows computer.

Number one is the Secunia Personal Software Inspector, quite possibly the most useful and important free application you can have running on your Windows machine.

It can be used to scan all the installed applications on the PC to determine which programs are missing security patches/updates.

The tool works by by examining files on your computer (primarily .exe, .dll, and .ocx files) for meta information on specific software builds installed. After examining all the files on the machine, the collected data is sent to Secunia’s servers and matched against the Secunia File Signatures engine determine the exact applications installed on your system.

It can be used to flag insecure/end-of-life software and find direct download links to missing security updates.

It monitors more than 4,200 desktop applications. More information here.

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You're all, 'What a jerk'
Nice use of the 1980's invective "much", Dice Man. Want to throw in a Little Miss Muffet rhyme while you're at it?. Just messin' with you. And yes, I agree the child who wrote that is elitist, and pro... (Read the rest)
Posted by: Rob... Posted on: 05/13/09 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
So why was NoScript the last one mentioned?  jacarter3 | 07/25/07
Why was the Mas OS X version used too?  Fred Fredrickson | 07/25/07
Firefox skinned, not necessarily Mac OS  Anonym | 08/02/07
Why wasn't Linux mentioned at all...  Boomslang | 08/12/07
So why was NoScript ... mentioned at all?  TimeBomb | 12/09/07
NoScript irritating for some, but I still love it  Don Collins | 07/21/08
I don't think Firefox is a security utility. NT  High Sierra | 01/12/08
True, but at least it is not tied to the kernel.(NT)  JCitizen | 01/05/09
n00bware  Suicida| | 07/25/07
Censorship on ZDNet?  bjbob | 07/26/07
AU CANTRAIRE!  Dr_Zinj | 07/26/07
AU CANTRAIRE  elmarioc | 07/26/07
LOL  Dr_Zinj | 07/27/07
LOL also...Thanks:)  bobsherrill@... | 07/28/07
I just figgered you were being funny!  JCitizen | 08/07/07
n00b indeed  it_fixxer | 07/26/07
I agree its n00bware, BUT..  Been_Done_Before | 07/26/07
Amen...  rcsteinbach@... | 08/29/07
Suicidal wannabe  n00b-herder | 07/26/07
presumtiveness???  Saugus | 07/26/07
I never heard of any of this noobware  erm@... | 07/30/07
Your right about the name mistakes...  JCitizen | 11/12/07
Elitist much?  Ginevra | 01/11/08
agree with you 100%. NT  High Sierra | 01/12/08
only a smarta$$ n00b gamer kid...  deusXmchna | 12/30/08
You're all, 'What a jerk'  Rob... | 05/13/09
what the  whythehateman | 04/22/08
GMER  rootwad | 07/26/07
ha!  techboy_z | 07/26/07
Typical of most Rootkit detection stuff...  Boomslang | 08/12/07
A LINK to MORE DETAILS ??  RL Adams_Rocky Mtns | 07/26/07
AOL Beware  aradams@... | 07/26/07
Unfortunate AOL users...  JCitizen | 07/26/07
AOL Users Are not Unfortunate  Northlite | 12/26/08
I'm glad your experience was positive...  JCitizen | 12/31/08
The list was subpar at best  etschuetz@... | 07/26/07
for half a second...  ivanotter | 07/26/07
For half a second I thought this list had potential, but then...  jakesty | 07/27/07
Decrapifier issues  zezee3@... | 07/27/07
Theres a lesson here  whythehateman | 04/22/08
Active Virus Shield Problems  lazarus0@... | 08/06/07
Agree about Avira Antivir PEC ;  mhenriday | 01/11/08
ClamAV  calsoft | 01/11/08
Avira advice...  JCitizen | 01/05/09
Duh! No link!  tuellz | 07/26/07
AOL Active Virus Shield  hcwong88@... | 07/26/07
AOl Active Virus Shield  perrams@... | 01/11/08
Business model for opendns?  johnay | 07/26/07
OpenDNS business model  gregry | 07/26/07
just use ctrl+enter  ITSecurityGuy | 11/13/07
Do you have similiar programs for Linux or FreeBSD ?  jon_ag@... | 07/26/07
RE: Do you have similiar programs for Linux or FreeBSD ?  joe6pack_z | 07/27/07
Really?  santuccie | 11/06/07
Article not valid. Linux is intrinsically more secure.  joe.smetona@... | 01/11/08
No need.  calsoft | 01/11/08
"Friends [still] don't let friends do AOL"  tomcadman | 07/26/07
I second that ...  JCitizen | 07/26/07
have...  ivanotter | 07/26/07
Won't...  JCitizen | 07/30/07
AOL Active Virus Sheild not available  brucelparsons@... | 08/07/07
AOL Active Virus Sheild not available  brucelparsons@... | 08/07/07
Sorry about that Bruce!  JCitizen | 11/12/07
Active Virus Shield was Awesome : )  megamanx | 01/13/08
RE: "Friends [still] don't let friends do AOL"  joe6pack_z | 07/27/07
Yes and  The_Quietman | 08/08/07
For sure...(NT)  JCitizen | 11/12/07
firewall????  agy@... | 07/26/07
MORE FREE FULLY FUNCTIONAL SOFTWARE  BALTHOR | 07/26/07
A Demo is not 'free' software  Zolar | 07/26/07
File Shredder Shredded  Greg1126 | 07/26/07
McAfee enterprise  rebelxhardcore | 07/27/07
No post-infection tools?  cquirke | 07/27/07
RKU  boony | 07/27/07
Heard about some of them.  joe6pack_z | 07/27/07
HauteSecure  redkevin@... | 07/27/07
Brute Force it!  thx-1138_@... | 07/30/07
Btw...  thx-1138_@... | 07/31/07
For newbies...  JCitizen | 12/31/08
Entitled to opinion - but...  thx-1138_@... | 07/30/07
Netcraft Toolbar for Firefox NOT READY 4 PRIMETIME  grumpy4@... | 08/01/07
These Softwares  dwightr@... | 08/01/07
Dead link  quantzt@... | 08/07/07
Firewall, Spybot tools  The_Quietman | 08/08/07
Same experience...  JCitizen | 08/13/07
Hardly the best  santuccie | 11/06/07
Good advice - for most people.  JCitizen | 11/12/07
Correction on NOD32 x64  JCitizen | 12/10/07
Don't download  indmac | 08/28/07
Secunia has an uninstall on XP  mijcar | 01/11/08
Secunia PSI working fantastic...  JCitizen | 12/31/08
decrapifier  mike@... | 11/05/07
Where is Sandboxie?  howiem | 11/11/07
My opinions and my recommendations.  CobraA1 | 12/17/07
Secunia PSI has released RC1 now and I am ...  JCitizen | 12/24/07
aol antivirus notsohot..  allenmeece@... | 12/29/07
My sentiments exactly!! (NT)  JCitizen | 12/31/07
Adobe Flash Cookies - Firefox extension 'Objection'  andreas1234567 | 01/02/08
My experience...  srobtjones@... | 01/11/08
10 free security utilities? Just pick...  bricar2 | 01/11/08
A Lot of Dubious Recommendations  mijcar | 01/11/08
I think you got it all  SteveTheWirePuller | 01/11/08
Elitist much?  Ginevra | 01/11/08
Why wasn't WinPatrol mentioned?  shoktai@... | 03/01/08
RE:CRAP CLEANER  netwings@... | 01/09/09

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