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Secunia PSI ... free

 
 
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      18th Feb 2009
The Secunia PSI is a free security tool designed with the sole purpose of helping you secure your computer against vulnerabilities in programs.

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VULNERABLE ?
Did you know that many of the hacker attacks and security threats today exploit software vulnerabilities and code flaws?

UPDATED ?
Keeping your PC and especially your 3rd party programs updated requires you to search the Internet for updates and patches on a regular basis - for all the programs installed on your PC.

WHATS ON YOUR PC ?
The typical user has 30-60 programs installed - do you know which programs you have installed? Do you know which programs expose you to security threats?

SECURE ?
Is your PC secure? Do you have all the latest security updates and patches?

PROTECT YOURSELF !
Security patches are usually free and available for download from the program vendors. Let the Secunia PSI pinpoint exactly which patches you need to secure your PC.

The Secunia PSI is a free security tool designed with the sole purpose of helping you secure your computer against vulnerabilities in programs.
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/



 
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I'll 2nd that recommendation - it's one of the first bits of software I install now
 
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I'll 2nd that recommendation - it's one of the first bits of software I install now
I forgot all about it ... had to do a reboot today and it poped up tellin me one of me programs had an security update.

A keeper for sure.




 
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Cheers Muckshifter.
 
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Cheers for sharing Mucks

 
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Nice one Muck's..

 

 
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