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Secunia PSI now inspects browser plugins for secure browsing.
Late last year I wrote a post on Secunia PSI, which is a free program (for personal use) that will inspect all the software installed on your Windows system and provide a report on what applications installed are insecure, assuming a fix is available. I’ve been suggesting PSI to friends, family and students for sometime but yesterday Secunia release a new BETA.
The latest BETA from Secunia has added a “Secure Browsing” feature. Here is the description found on the Secunia blog.
Secure Browsing
Secure Browsing is without a doubt one of the most important aspects of online security. If your browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.) or its plugins (Adobe Flash Player, QuickTime, Sun Java, etc.) is vulnerable, then you’re exposed to security threats every single time you visit a website. This is a fact that can’t be disputed.A new feature in the Secunia PSI, called “Secure Browsing”, is here to help.
We know that keeping track of your installed browsers, browser plugins, and programs that integrate directly with your browser can be very difficult.
The “Secure Browsing” feature tell you what programs and plugins are integrated directly with your browsers – it is extremely important to know that it’s not just your browser you start up and expose when surfing.
As an additional bonus, the “Secure Browsing” feature also includes information about unpatched vulnerabilities. Vulnerabilities where the vendor has yet to react and create a proper solution to a known security problem.
I think this is a great new feature to add to PSI. In addition to keeping your installed client-side applications secure Secunia PSI can now help you keep you Web Browsers secure as well.
I pulled down the latest BETA yesterday and so far I’ve been happy with it. So if you are already using PSI, I would suggest upgrading to the BETA and if you’ve never use PSI now might be a great time to start.
Download the free Secunia PSI 1.0.0.5 BETA:
http://secunia.com/PSISetupBeta.exe
