Part of security maintenance is making sure that your software gets the latest updates. If you have a Windows computer, there is a great software package that will help you do this: Personal Software Inspector (PSI). For Windows users, I recommend that you download and install this program right away.
Secunia PSI inventories the software on your PC, and checks it against a list of known security vulnerabilities. It can automate the patching of some programs. For your personal computer, the personal version of their software is free. If you are a corporate user, you should license the corporate version of their software, and make sure it is installed on every PC in your company. Then, thank the people at Secunia for doing what they do (it is SO important), and thank God that there are people in the world, like the folks at Secunia, working so hard to keep you safe.
What to do:
a) Make sure you have Automatic Updating enabled:
- For Windows PCs: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/turn-automatic-updating-on-off#turn-automatic-updating-on-off=windows-7
- For Macs: http://www.macworld.com/article/1164882/how_to_adjust_os_x_s_software_update.html
b) For Windows, download and install Secunia PSI (http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/) Corporate users? Buy it.
c) For Mac users, open System Preferences, go to Software Update, and schedule daily software checks and updates. I don’t know of any additional software like Secunia PSI for Macs.
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