Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI)

"Used by millions of home users around the world, the Secunia PSI is a free security tool designed with the sole purpose of helping you secure your computer against vulnerabilities in programs."

Free for personal use. Both Microsoft and non-Microsoft software. Windows only.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Hey Jim,

I wonder how useful these tools are, a good use of resources or a waste of time. I appreciate your feedback.

Henri

Jim Cross said...

Hi Henri,

If found this tool to be useful initially and it identified several programs with vulnerabilities that I was not aware of. Some I didn't even use any longer so I uninstalled them. I did have a problem with it reporting on a vulnerability in one program that was no longer on my system. I also found that it slowed my PC down on start up a little as it was yet another piece of software that loaded on start up. After a while I found it irritating and uninstalled it. I should install and run it every now and then, however - just to review any new vulnerabilities.

Jim