Secure Your Software - Comments Page 1

I think Secunia Personal Software Inspector is a great tool - I'd pay for it, but since it's free I don't have to. I've gotten perhaps half a dozen friends and relatives to install and use it to help them keep up with security issues, since many of them are not computer savvy. I support some of these folks remotely using LogMeIn and GoToMyPc, so being able to run PSI when I work on their computers is very helpful.

I've used Secunia ever since I found it and I tell any and everybody about it.

In order to try the program I had to do a number of things, without succeeding. Use Explorer to activate Windows Update and then upgrade Java and then change AVG settings and then...

Far too complicated for the average user, and it left me with an insecurity feeling that I didn't have before. On top of that, I now have a number of messages, mainly from Microsoft, that want to upgrade programs I didn't even know I had installed.

And I still have not tested the program!

Can live very well without this app...

I downloaded PSI and it seemed to work fine, but it gave me a solution to a problem with Adobe Flash and it could not fix it. This was the problem Adobe flash player 10x ( adobe air plug-in). Any advise? Thank you sooo much

Hey, I ran psi and it said that 2 adobe flash player apps needed patched...patched them restarted and they still come up. is there a problem with adobe or psi ?

Running the online scanner is a great tool. However, in some cases you have to uninstall older programs manually. This applies to some older Flash Players and Java apps.

I tried Secunia but, perhaps coincidently, found some files had been changed at about the time I installed. To try and remedy file problems I had a very difficult job uninstalling this program. It did claim to find two potential issues, that I did remedy. May try again when reinstalled corrupted files.

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YOUR PRICELESS.

i just got through with the SECUNIA PSI. after updating two non- critical items first--just in case, i ran the scan and did above average for connecticut-89%. it gave me four adobe listings as level 4 threats. so i did the solutions.and re-ran the scan as they say to do. i went fron 4 threats to 1 threat and my score is 98%. so i ran the single solution and re-ran the scan. it still gave me i threat and 98%.i ran around in that circle four more times and said the he double hocky sticks with it and shut down the computer. it took three tries to get my computer back up. i went to programs and features and discovered that only one adobe system had todays date on it. so why did it give me 4 in the first place? and why was there no way out without shutting down the computer? with a 98% rating i can't complain,but how i got to it is complainable? maybe it'll work better next time? thats my first time experience with it. and why does everyone allways want to give you a toolbar you don't need??? ta-ta

Hey, Mr. Rankin:

What do you think of Belarc Advisor? Curious?

To all those having trouble uninstalling applications that PSI tells you are security risks, there's an easy solution: If all else fails, simply delete the offending file. Each security risk lists the path and file name of the offending software.

I believe that this problem happens because the upgrade doesn't necessarily remove the old executable and there is no uninstall process for removing it. I've used this method of solving the problem at least 6 or 8 times and it has worked perfectly.