Vulnerability Scanner?

Hi All,

Do you guys know of anything like Kaspersky's "Vulnerability
Scanner"? (Government contracts now specifically request
that you NOT use Kaspersky products.)

This is a badly named utility that comes with Kaspersky that will
scan your programs looking to see if you are up-to-date. In other
words, it will tell you if Firefox, Flash, etc. are out of date.

Many thanks,
-T

On 11/27/2018 8:43 PM, T wrote:
Hi All,

Do you guys know of anything like Kaspersky's "Vulnerability
Scanner"?Â*Â* (Government contracts now specifically request
that you NOT use Kaspersky products.)

This is a badly named utility that comes with Kaspersky that will
scan your programs looking to see if you are up-to-date.Â* In other
words, it will tell you if Firefox, Flash, etc. are out of date.

Many thanks,
-T
McAfee has something similar. It can be set to run automatically at a
specified period. And checks to see if all of your programs are up to date.

Since you do not have McAfee, you may be able to get a free copy of
McAfee from your ISP. It is available as part of The ATT's Uverse
package, and may be available with any of the high speed packages.




--
2018: The year we learn to play the great game of Euchre

T wrote:
Hi All,

Do you guys know of anything like Kaspersky's "Vulnerability
Scanner"? (Government contracts now specifically request
that you NOT use Kaspersky products.)

This is a badly named utility that comes with Kaspersky that will
scan your programs looking to see if you are up-to-date. In other
words, it will tell you if Firefox, Flash, etc. are out of date.

Many thanks,
-T

One possibility is Belarc Advisor, but it isn't for commercial use.

They discuss some options here.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/findin...-secunias-psi/

This is what remains of Secunia PSI.

https://www.flexera.com/products/sof...l/tab/features

Paul

On 11/27/18 6:01 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
On 11/27/2018 8:43 PM, T wrote:
Hi All,

Do you guys know of anything like Kaspersky's "Vulnerability
Scanner"?Â*Â* (Government contracts now specifically request
that you NOT use Kaspersky products.)

This is a badly named utility that comes with Kaspersky that will
scan your programs looking to see if you are up-to-date.Â* In other
words, it will tell you if Firefox, Flash, etc. are out of date.

Many thanks,
-T
McAfee has something similar.Â* It can be set to run automatically at a
specified period.Â* And checks to see if all of your programs are up to
date.

Since you do not have McAfee, you may be able to get a free copy of
McAfee from your ISP.Â* It is available as part of The ATT's Uverse
package, and may be available with any of the high speed packages.





The goal was something to add in addition to ESET. But thank
you anyway.

On 11/27/18 6:18 PM, Paul wrote:
T wrote:
Hi All,

Do you guys know of anything like Kaspersky's "Vulnerability
Scanner"?Â*Â* (Government contracts now specifically request
that you NOT use Kaspersky products.)

This is a badly named utility that comes with Kaspersky that will
scan your programs looking to see if you are up-to-date.Â* In other
words, it will tell you if Firefox, Flash, etc. are out of date.

Many thanks,
-T

One possibility is Belarc Advisor, but it isn't for commercial use.

They discuss some options here.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/findin...-secunias-psi/


This is what remains of Secunia PSI.

https://www.flexera.com/products/sof...l/tab/features


Â*Â* Paul

Nothing looks really good. Thank you

https://vulndetect.com/#/ sounds good, but want me to register
to even look at the web site, so in the words of Homer Simpson,
they can kiss my great big hairy yellow ...

On 11/27/18 6:18 PM, Paul wrote:
T wrote:
Hi All,

Do you guys know of anything like Kaspersky's "Vulnerability
Scanner"?Â*Â* (Government contracts now specifically request
that you NOT use Kaspersky products.)

This is a badly named utility that comes with Kaspersky that will
scan your programs looking to see if you are up-to-date.Â* In other
words, it will tell you if Firefox, Flash, etc. are out of date.

Many thanks,
-T

One possibility is Belarc Advisor, but it isn't for commercial use.

They discuss some options here.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/findin...-secunias-psi/


This is what remains of Secunia PSI.

https://www.flexera.com/products/sof...l/tab/features


Â*Â* Paul


Here is a nice review:

https://www.digitalcitizen.life/best...ftware-updates

And PSI is the winner, but it is discontinued.

On 11/27/18 7:38 PM, T wrote:
On 11/27/18 6:18 PM, Paul wrote:
T wrote:
Hi All,

Do you guys know of anything like Kaspersky's "Vulnerability
Scanner"?Â*Â* (Government contracts now specifically request
that you NOT use Kaspersky products.)

This is a badly named utility that comes with Kaspersky that will
scan your programs looking to see if you are up-to-date.Â* In other
words, it will tell you if Firefox, Flash, etc. are out of date.

Many thanks,
-T

One possibility is Belarc Advisor, but it isn't for commercial use.

They discuss some options here.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/findin...-secunias-psi/


This is what remains of Secunia PSI.

https://www.flexera.com/products/sof...l/tab/features


Â*Â*Â* Paul


Here is a nice review:

https://www.digitalcitizen.life/best...ftware-updates

And PSI is the winner, but it is discontinued.




I am testing File Hippo's App Manager. It is really quick
on my NVMe drive over qemu-kvm

https://filehippo.com/download_app_manager

On 11/27/18 7:50 PM, T wrote:
On 11/27/18 7:38 PM, T wrote:
On 11/27/18 6:18 PM, Paul wrote:
T wrote:
Hi All,

Do you guys know of anything like Kaspersky's "Vulnerability
Scanner"?Â*Â* (Government contracts now specifically request
that you NOT use Kaspersky products.)

This is a badly named utility that comes with Kaspersky that will
scan your programs looking to see if you are up-to-date.Â* In other
words, it will tell you if Firefox, Flash, etc. are out of date.

Many thanks,
-T

One possibility is Belarc Advisor, but it isn't for commercial use.

They discuss some options here.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/findin...-secunias-psi/


This is what remains of Secunia PSI.

https://www.flexera.com/products/sof...l/tab/features


Â*Â*Â* Paul


Here is a nice review:

https://www.digitalcitizen.life/best...ftware-updates

And PSI is the winner, but it is discontinued.




I am testing File Hippo's App Manager.Â* It is really quick
on my NVMe drive over qemu-kvm

https://filehippo.com/download_app_manager


File Hippos just told me a Beta version of Firefox was available.
Hmmm. And I can not find a way to tell it not to check for
Beta and alpha.

On 11/27/18 7:52 PM, T wrote:
On 11/27/18 7:50 PM, T wrote:
On 11/27/18 7:38 PM, T wrote:
On 11/27/18 6:18 PM, Paul wrote:
T wrote:
Hi All,

Do you guys know of anything like Kaspersky's "Vulnerability
Scanner"?Â*Â* (Government contracts now specifically request
that you NOT use Kaspersky products.)

This is a badly named utility that comes with Kaspersky that will
scan your programs looking to see if you are up-to-date.Â* In other
words, it will tell you if Firefox, Flash, etc. are out of date.

Many thanks,
-T

One possibility is Belarc Advisor, but it isn't for commercial use.

They discuss some options here.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/findin...-secunias-psi/


This is what remains of Secunia PSI.

https://www.flexera.com/products/sof...l/tab/features


Â*Â*Â* Paul


Here is a nice review:

https://www.digitalcitizen.life/best...ftware-updates

And PSI is the winner, but it is discontinued.




I am testing File Hippo's App Manager.Â* It is really quick
on my NVMe drive over qemu-kvm

https://filehippo.com/download_app_manager


File Hippos just told me a Beta version of Firefox was available.
Hmmm.Â* And I can not find a way to tell it not to check for
Beta and alpha.


But there is an "ignore" button. Maybe I do want to know when betas
are out there. Hmmmm.

T wrote:
On 11/27/18 7:52 PM, T wrote:
On 11/27/18 7:50 PM, T wrote:
On 11/27/18 7:38 PM, T wrote:
On 11/27/18 6:18 PM, Paul wrote:
T wrote:
Hi All,

Do you guys know of anything like Kaspersky's "Vulnerability
Scanner"? (Government contracts now specifically request
that you NOT use Kaspersky products.)

This is a badly named utility that comes with Kaspersky that will
scan your programs looking to see if you are up-to-date. In other
words, it will tell you if Firefox, Flash, etc. are out of date.

Many thanks,
-T

One possibility is Belarc Advisor, but it isn't for commercial use.

They discuss some options here.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/findin...-secunias-psi/


This is what remains of Secunia PSI.

https://www.flexera.com/products/sof...l/tab/features


Paul


Here is a nice review:

https://www.digitalcitizen.life/best...ftware-updates

And PSI is the winner, but it is discontinued.




I am testing File Hippo's App Manager. It is really quick
on my NVMe drive over qemu-kvm

https://filehippo.com/download_app_manager


File Hippos just told me a Beta version of Firefox was available.
Hmmm. And I can not find a way to tell it not to check for
Beta and alpha.


But there is an "ignore" button. Maybe I do want to know when betas
are out there. Hmmmm.


Firefox (in Windows) is "streamed".

If you install the Release version, the updater installs
new Releases.

if you install a Beta, you'll receive a lot of Betas
one after another. There might be 5x as many Betas
as Release ones.

I recommend sticking with the Release stream, or
alternately, turn off Firefox updates entirely.
(When you have a version that seems to be working OK.)
I'm not a big fan of every time I start Firefox,
it starts installing something.

I had a Firefox today, I went into Preferences and
turned off the Updater. But little did I know the
sneaky ******* had already downloaded 60.3. So when
the UAC prompt appeared to start installing it,
I said "No", causing the update package to fail,
then tossed the Update folder in the trash. And
that stopped it :-) The next time I started
Firefox, it seemed unaware of a need to update.

Paul

On 11/27/18 9:33 PM, Paul wrote:
T wrote:
On 11/27/18 7:52 PM, T wrote:
On 11/27/18 7:50 PM, T wrote:
On 11/27/18 7:38 PM, T wrote:
On 11/27/18 6:18 PM, Paul wrote:
T wrote:
Hi All,

Do you guys know of anything like Kaspersky's "Vulnerability
Scanner"?Â*Â* (Government contracts now specifically request
that you NOT use Kaspersky products.)

This is a badly named utility that comes with Kaspersky that will
scan your programs looking to see if you are up-to-date.Â* In
other words, it will tell you if Firefox, Flash, etc. are out of
date.

Many thanks,
-T

One possibility is Belarc Advisor, but it isn't for commercial use.

They discuss some options here.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/findin...-secunias-psi/


This is what remains of Secunia PSI.

https://www.flexera.com/products/sof...l/tab/features


Â*Â*Â* Paul


Here is a nice review:

https://www.digitalcitizen.life/best...ftware-updates

And PSI is the winner, but it is discontinued.




I am testing File Hippo's App Manager.Â* It is really quick
on my NVMe drive over qemu-kvm

https://filehippo.com/download_app_manager


File Hippos just told me a Beta version of Firefox was available.
Hmmm.Â* And I can not find a way to tell it not to check for
Beta and alpha.


But there is an "ignore" button.Â* Maybe I do want to know when betas
are out there.Â* Hmmmm.


Firefox (in Windows) is "streamed".

If you install the Release version, the updater installs
new Releases.

if you install a Beta, you'll receive a lot of Betas
one after another. There might be 5x as many Betas
as Release ones.

I recommend sticking with the Release stream, or
alternately, turn off Firefox updates entirely.
(When you have a version that seems to be working OK.)
I'm not a big fan of every time I start Firefox,
it starts installing something.

I had a Firefox today, I went into Preferences and
turned off the Updater. But little did I know the
sneaky ******* had already downloaded 60.3. So when
the UAC prompt appeared to start installing it,
I said "No", causing the update package to fail,
then tossed the Update folder in the trash. And
that stopped it :-) The next time I started
Firefox, it seemed unaware of a need to update.

Â*Â* Paul


The only reason I would be interested in the beta would
be to tip me off when the next release was coming.
I am allergic to Beta and Alpha software.

On 11/27/18 8:01 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
2018: The year we learn to play the great game of Euchre

We learned it last year, on your recommendation. It was so terrible,
we're trying to forget :-)

--
27 days until the winter celebration (Tue Dec 25, 2018 12:00:00 AM for 1
day).

"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do
because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." [Susan B.
Anthony]

On 11/28/2018 3:04 PM, hah wrote:
On 11/27/18 8:01 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
2018: The year we learn to play the great game of Euchre

We learned it last year, on your recommendation. It was so terrible,
we're trying to forget :-)

All you have to remember in euchre is to play the trump card

--
2018: The year we learn to play the great game of Euchre

On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 21:18:12 -0500, Paul
wrote:

T wrote:
Hi All,

Do you guys know of anything like Kaspersky's "Vulnerability
Scanner"? (Government contracts now specifically request
that you NOT use Kaspersky products.)

This is a badly named utility that comes with Kaspersky that will
scan your programs looking to see if you are up-to-date. In other
words, it will tell you if Firefox, Flash, etc. are out of date.

Many thanks,
-T

One possibility is Belarc Advisor, but it isn't for commercial use.

The do have BelManage which they describe as an enterprise version of
Belarc Advisor.

They discuss some options here.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/findin...-secunias-psi/

This is what remains of Secunia PSI.

https://www.flexera.com/products/sof...l/tab/features

Paul
--

Regards,

Eric Stevens

On 11/28/18 7:16 PM, Eric Stevens wrote:
On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 21:18:12 -0500, Paul
wrote:

T wrote:
Hi All,

Do you guys know of anything like Kaspersky's "Vulnerability
Scanner"? (Government contracts now specifically request
that you NOT use Kaspersky products.)

This is a badly named utility that comes with Kaspersky that will
scan your programs looking to see if you are up-to-date. In other
words, it will tell you if Firefox, Flash, etc. are out of date.

Many thanks,
-T

One possibility is Belarc Advisor, but it isn't for commercial use.

The do have BelManage which they describe as an enterprise version of
Belarc Advisor.

Will look at it. Thank you!