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Secunia Personal Software Inspector

Thanks to LifeHacker for discovering this nice little free tool that will keep all applications running on my computer up-to-date.

Freeware application Secunia Personal Software Inspector is sort of like Windows Update for your installed software, monitoring your installed apps and notifying you of available security updates. When you run your first scan after installing Secunia, you'll be presented with a list of insecure apps that have available updates, "end-of-life" apps that are no longer being supported by the developer, and patched apps that have the latest security updates. Keep in mind that Secunia is not an anti-virus software, but more of a preventative tool for ensuring that your software is secure as it can be.

I downloaded and installed on my computer right after I read its post.  The first scan only tool a few minutes and discovered that I have 7 in-secure applications that need to be updated.  Simply clicking the download solution icon will either direct you to the website that provides the patch or download the patch right away.  Pretty neat.

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Print | posted on Wednesday, January 02, 2008 11:40 PM | Filed Under [ Security Tools ]

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