Re: [CGUYS] patches

2008-04-16 Thread Tom Piwowar
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Re: [CGUYS] patches

2008-04-16 Thread Jeff Wright
Secunia Personal Software Inspector https://psi.secunia.com/ Windows only. > -Original Message- > >Is that also for third party software on mac? I think that's what he > was > >getting at. > > That I have not seen on either Mac or PC. Websites like VersionTracker > try to keep up on al

Re: [CGUYS] patches

2008-04-15 Thread Andy Gallant
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 reforma

Re: [CGUYS] patches

2008-04-15 Thread Tom Piwowar
>Is that also for third party software on mac? I think that's what he was >getting at. That I have not seen on either Mac or PC. Websites like VersionTracker try to keep up on all such changes and you can upload a list of your software, but that is not something I would rely on. It is hard enou

Re: [CGUYS] patches

2008-04-15 Thread mike
Is that also for third party software on mac? I think that's what he was getting at. Mike On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >2. For Mac OS X, are there any similar products or services for > >scanning a computer to find software that needs to be updated?

Re: [CGUYS] patches

2008-04-15 Thread Tom Piwowar
>2. For Mac OS X, are there any similar products or services for >scanning a computer to find software that needs to be updated? Select "Software update" under the Apple menu. Or under the Apple menu select "Systems preferences" and then "Software update" under that. Here you can change the au

Re: [CGUYS] patches

2008-04-15 Thread Fred Holmes
For the PC/Windows, Belarc Advisor http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html lists all of the Microsoft hotfixes and whether they have been installed or not (and much more information about your system). Fred Holmes At 10:17 AM 4/15/2008, Andy Gallant wrote: >Brian Krebs posted a list of patches

[CGUYS] patches

2008-04-15 Thread Andy Gallant
Brian Krebs posted a list of patches on his blog (http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/) yesterday: "Security Fix Pop Quiz, Spring 2008 Edition." He mentions Secunia (I've used it), which scans a (Windows) system to find software that needs to be updated, including both Windows and appl