It’s a new year, but you probably don’t have a new PC. Maybe you should check your old PC in the new year to see if there are programs you need to update.<\/p>\n
Using outdated programs can not only slow your PC, they can be really bad for your PC’s health — and maybe even your online security. For instance, Adobe’s Acrobat PDF reader seems to be attacked by miscreants almost as much as the big M (that’s Microsoft, ya know!). If you’re using an old version of Adobe’s Acrobat PDF reader (or its Flash player) you might be vulnerable to some slithering miscreants’ antics.<\/p>\n
So why not take about ten minutes and do a quick security check to make sure that you are not missing any critical patches or software updates. And while you’re at it, why not make sure that none of your more vulnerable applications are missing any major security updates or patches. (I used to have a little dog named Patches….).<\/p>\n
Since you don’t have to download and install anything – you can check any computer for vulnerabilities quickly and easily. Or you can check a friend’s computer, a public computer, your spouse’s computer – and yes, even your own computer. Why not? It’s free and it’s simple. All you’ll need is a high-speed Internet connection, about ten minutes of your time and a link to the online scanner.<\/p>\n
So all you need now is the online scanner, right? Ok…ready? Set? Go! This service is provided free by Secunia. They call it the Online Software Inspector. So when you have ten minutes or so why not visit http:\/\/secunia.com\/vulnerability_scanning\/online\/<\/a><\/u> and make sure your computer and its software has all the latest security pages. You don’t want to venture onto the cyber sea on a raft made of Swiss cheese do you?<\/p>\n We recommend you click the optional box to do a more thorough check. It’s the smart thing to do. That’s why we say it will take you about ten minutes to do the scan. If you don’t do the thorough scan, it will only take you a minute or so. Do the thorough one though; what’s ten minutes? Do it now. It’s a New Year – let’s get through it safely. We all want to be here on 12\/21\/2012 to see if the Mayans were right, don’t we?<\/p>\n This Secunia service is free, and works with Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s a new year, but you probably don’t have a new PC. Maybe you should check your old PC in the new year to see if there are programs you need to update. Using outdated programs can not only slow your PC, they can be really bad for your PC’s health — and maybe even your online security.\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3561"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3561"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3563,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3561\/revisions\/3563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe link to the Secunia Online Scanner.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n