Microsoft provides Windows Update built into Windows to ensure your PC is up to date with the latest bug fixes, but only for Microsoft Software vulnerabilities. What about other applications such as Adobe Acrobat Reader and Adobe Flash? If you don’t keep up with vendor news you will never know when to update and your PC can be exposed when you surf the Internet.
We mentioned in our previous blog post about vulnerabilities in Acrobat Reader and Adobe Flash, and the scary fact that 99% of home PCs would be vulnerable at the moment, even with the best Virus Scanners available. Unfortunately people have no way of knowing that their PC’s are vulnerable and the need to upgrade software immediately. Well, there is a solution that keeps non Microsoft application vulnerabilities at bay. It’s called Secunia PSI. Best of all it is totally free. I suspect not many people know about Secunia because marketers can’t get an affiliate commission out of promoting it! That’s a pity because it would save a lot of people pain and heart ache.
What Is Secunia PSI ?
Secunia have a team of people keeping a tab on all the application updates for 1000s of vendor applications. When installed Secunia PSI does regular scans of your PC and keeps a record of the current versions of all your installed applications, even the Microsoft ones. Whenever a software vendor creates a new version of an application you have installed you will get a notification and a link that you can click on to perform an instant update. You can see our scan page below showing the recent updates required by Adobe. You just click on the down arrow button next to each piece of software and Secunia will upgrade it for you.
I can’t think of anything worse than having to rebuild your PC and re-install all your applications after you are hit with a hacker attack. Secunia PSI will give you peace of mind to ensure you can enjoy an exciting life online. Download Secunia PSI here.
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Danny & Maggie
About Danny Sheehan
Danny lives in Hong Kong but is originally from Australia. He is Married to Maggie and together they have two children with whom they enjoy sharing and enjoying an exciting life with daily. Danny's passions are freedom, adventure and discovery, mainly in nature and science but also spiritually. He is a great believer in living in the NOW.
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