Today I downloaded Secunia Personal Software Inspector and took it for a spin. I’ll let Secunia explain what their software does and the below was taken from their web site:

Vulnerability Scanning

Scan, detect, and update vulnerable programs. The Secunia Software Inspectors are the first internal vulnerability scanners that focus solely on detection and assessment of missing security patches and end-of-life programs – the result is an unprecedented level of scan accuracy. Scanning for missing security patches and vulnerabilities have never been easier or more precise. The Software Inspectors are perfect supplements to Windows Update as they inform about missing patches for thousands of third party programs.

Secunia offers three Software Inspectors, each with a specific user focus.

The software is small and the download and installation went well. I ran the scanning software and it located 4 software’s, two from Abobe, two from Java. I updated the two Abobe via a handy download link provided by Secunia PSI. I then tried to update Java, both for Firefox and Internet Explorer. At least this is what the Java site said I needed to do. No matter what updates I used, Secuina PSI still said one Java issue remained.

I am not sure if the error is from Secunia PSI or from the Java site that kept telling me updates were in place.

I would recommend that you give Secunia PSI a try. Even though I had a minor issue, the program did in fact worked well. Oh yeah. It’s Free for personal use.

Comments welcome.

Secunia PSI Free download for personal use.