Fred, thanks for mentioning Belarc. I've heard about it but haven't
looked into it.
Tom and Mike, yes, I was looking for something that does for Macs what
Secunia does for PCs (as well as looking to see if there were other
products/services for PCs to compare to Secunia). Here's the
reformatted output from an online Secunia run with thorough inspection
enabled that I just did, such as it is, and it does look at a number of
third party apps. The system is a newish laptop with Vista Home Premium
with not too much on it.
Detection Statistics: 24 Applications Detected in Total
0 Insecure Versions Detected
24 Secure Versions Detected
Running For: 2 Minutes, 51 Seconds
Errors Detected: 0 Errors Detected
Status / Currently Processing: Detection completed successfully
Applications / Result Version Detected Status
--------------------- ---------------- ------
Microsoft Windows Vista (check)
Adobe Reader 8.x 8.1.2.86 (check)
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x 7.0.6001.18000 (check)
Microsoft Windows Media Player 11.x 11.0.6001.7000 (check)
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.x 2.0.0.13 (check)
Adobe Flash Player 9.x 9.0.124.0 (check)
Adobe Flash Player 9.x 9.0.124.0 (check)
Sun Java JRE 1.6.x / 6.x 6.0.50.13 (check)
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x 7.0.6000.20777 (check)
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x 7.0.6000.16473 (check)
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x 7.0.6000.16643 (check)
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x 7.0.6000.20734 (check)
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x 7.0.6001.18000 (check)
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x 7.0.6000.16386 (check)
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x 7.0.6000.16609 (check)
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x 7.0.6000.20583 (check)
Microsoft Windows Media Player 11.x 11.0.6001.7000 (check)
Microsoft Windows Media Player 11.x 11.0.6000.6324 (check)
Microsoft Windows Media Player 11.x 11.0.6000.6344 (check)
Microsoft Windows Media Player 11.x 11.0.6000.6344 (check)
Microsoft Windows Media Player 11.x 11.0.6000.6336 (check)
Microsoft Windows Media Player 11.x 11.0.6000.6336 (check)
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.x 2.0.0.12 (check)
Sun Java JRE 1.6.x / 6.x 6.0.50.13 (check)
It's been a while since I tested Shavlik. I know it was very thorough
with MS software but can't recall if it looked at non-MS apps. The
online Secunia scan provides links for apps that need updates, and in my
experience it's been updated within a day of patch/update releases. I
haven't tried the downloadable version.
Note about the online scan from the website: "The Secunia Software
Inspector will inspect your operating system and software for insecure
versions and missing security updates." I don't know if it checks for
updates not related to security - for further study, maybe. In any
case, it's been useful to me. Usual disclaimers apply.
Thanks.
-Andy
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