Secunia

This is primarily a service release, which is a recommended update for all existing Secunia PSI users. Existing Secunia PSI users will also be notified about this release through the Secunia PSI.

• Certificate signing now uses timestamping
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Arabic
• Various minor bug fixes

This is a language release. If you are running Secunia PSI 1.5.0.0 without problems then there's no need to upgrade. Please note. Certain languages are not available for the installation process, but only in the Secunia PSI itself.

• 26 New Languages Supported
  This release includes 26 new languages for the Secunia PSI, please refer to the list below for the full details.
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Belarusian
  Thanks to Dmitry
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Bosnian
  Thanks to Stjepan, Irvin, Robert Hedi, and Nikola Ljucovic
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Bulgarian
  Thanks to Georgi Geshev
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Esperanto
  Thanks to Joop Eggen
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Estonian
  Thanks to CERT EE (Criso D. and Anto Veldre)
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Filipino
  Thanks to Lowell Reyes and Victor Delantar
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Finnish
  Thanks to Matti Kukkola
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Gujarati
  Thanks to Dhaval Shah
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Greek
  Thanks to Alexandros Vlastos
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Hindi
  Thanks to Ajay Sharma
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Japanese
  Thanks to Yasuhiro Iwase, Ueda Hiroyuki, Daisuke Osada, Fumihito Yoshida, and Yoshiaki Ueda
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Latvian
  Thanks to CERT NIC.LV
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Lithuanian
  Thanks to LITNET CERT (Marius Urkis)
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Maltese
  Thanks to Matt Lan
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Polish
  Thanks to PCWORLD.PL (Ludwik Krakowiak)
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Portuguese
  Thanks to CERT.PT (Lino Santos)
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Romanian
  Thanks to CERT-DRT (Razvan Dumitriu)
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Serbian
  Thanks to Charlie / Romoda Károly
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Slovene
  Thanks to SI-CERT (Tadej Hren), Jure Simsic, Tomaz / Peter Novak, Primoz, and Jernej Oset
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Mexican (Spanish)
  Thanks to Dayán Pedro Huerta Cadena
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Swedish
  Thanks to TeliaSonera CERT (Per Sundell)
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Turkish
  Thanks to Ersagun Kuruca, Övünç Gürsoy, Tunc Degirmencioglu, and Saner Apaydın
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Ukranian
  Thanks to CERT-UA (Kostiantyn Korsun)
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Catalan
  Thanks to Alba Ferrer
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Vietnamese
  Thanks to Thao Le Duc and Tran Anh Tuan

This is a major release, which includes many new features, improvements, and changes that significantly improve the Secunia PSI. We recommend all Secunia PSI users to upgrade. Please also read our blog regarding this release.

• New Feature: Secure Browsing
  Secure Browsing is without a doubt one of the most important aspects of online security. If your browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.) or its plugins (Adobe Flash Player, QuickTime, Sun Java, etc.) contain vulnerabilities, then you're exposed to security threats every single time you visit a website.
  
  The Secunia PSI can assist you to ensure that your browsing experience is safe and secure.
• New Feature: Secunia PSI WorldMap
  Benchmark your score against other users from your own continent, country, and region, and see how users from different countries are installing security patches, etc.
• "Program Monitoring" on 64-bit Systems
  The Secunia PSI now includes a 64-bit driver capable of detecting removal and installation of new programs on 64-bit systems.
• Easy Access to Detected Program Changes
  The "tray-balloon" that pops up stating if new programs have been discovered allows quick access to the changes. Simply clicking the balloon will automatically take you to the changed entry in the Secunia PSI interface.
• Improved Program Monitoring
  The automatic monitoring of program installations and updates, along with removal of programs have been improved, thus providing a more responsive detection of changes.
• Prompt Before Automatic Launch of Internet Explorer
  The Secunia PSI now prompts before opening links that require Internet Explorer, thus ignoring the default browser on a system. For example "Microsoft Update" and installing the Adobe Flash plugin for Internet Explorer.
• Automatic Full Rescan on Upgrade
  The Secunia PSI will automatically start a new full-scan when you upgrade your Secunia PSI installation. This is to ensure that your results are up-to-date and that you can fully enjoy new features offered by the latest Secunia PSI.
• Added Status Indicator
  A status indicator has been added to the bottom of the Secunia PSI it informs you about what the Secunia PSI is currently doing, along with general recommendations for improved usage of your Secunia PSI.
• Detection of Known Restore/Backup Folders
  The Secunia PSI can detect several known restore and backup (e.g. "Windows.old", "i386", etc.) folders on your PC. Furthermore, offering you to quickly create Ignore Rules for these, if insecure programs are found in these folders.
  
  Naturally, it is still a delicate decision between ignoring a detected security issue in such folders and when to actually resolve them.
• Enhanced Detection, Assessment, and Remediation of 64-bit Programs
  The Secunia PSI is now able to better distinguish between 32-bit and 64-bit programs.
• Enhanced Logic for Detecting Problematic Programs
• Improved the Secunia PSI's ability to run and get localised for PCs in Asia, Africa, and South America
• Implemented ability to detect and assess Firefox plugins
• Significantly increased amount of detected ActiveX controls
• Added visual indicators for certain tabs
  Enabling you see exactly where your attention is required ('Insecure', 'End-of-Life', and 'Secure Browsing')
• Reduced Memory Usage
• Improved Scan Speed
• Fully Converted to Unicode
  The Secunia PSI has been converted to unicode. In order to support more languages.
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Russian
  Thanks to Dmitry Kulshitsky
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Malay (Bahasa Melayu)
  Thanks to Malaysia Computer Emergency Response Team (MyCERT)
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Hungarian
  Thanks to Balázs Németh
• The Secunia PSI is now available in French
  Thanks to Serge "Sergio" Tellene
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Portuguese (Brazilian)
  Thanks to Vinicius Mello
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Norwegian
  Thanks to Norsis
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Dutch
  Thanks to security.nl
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Czech
  Thanks to Josef Bláha
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Chinese (Simplified)
  Thanks to Patrick Jiang at CNCERT/CC
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Italian
  Thanks to IlSoftware.it
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Valencian/Catalan
  Thanks to CSIRT-CV
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Indonesian
  Thanks to Willy Sudiarto Raharjo

This is a BETA release. The latest non-BETA version is 1.0.0.4.

• "Program Monitoring" on 64-bit Systems
  The Secunia PSI now includes a 64-bit driver capable of detecting removal and installation of new programs on 64-bit systems.
• Easy Access to Detected Program Changes
  The "tray-balloon" that pops up stating if new programs have been discovered, now allows quick access to the changes. Simply clicking the balloon will automatically take you to the changed entry in the Secunia PSI interface.
• Prompt Before Automatic Launch of Internet Explorer
  The Secunia PSI now prompts before opening links that require Internet Explorer, thus ignoring the default browser on a system. For example "Microsoft Update" and installing the Adobe Flash ActiveX Plugin for Internet Explorer.
• Upgraded Installer to Fully Support All New Languages
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Russian
  Thanks to Dmitry Kulshitsky
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Malay (Bahasa Melayu)
  Thanks to Malaysia Computer Emergency Response Team (MyCERT)
• Version 1.0.0.8 is a BETA release
  Version 1.0.0.8 of the Secunia PSI is a BETA release, introducing new concepts and features. While we make every effort to ensure stability and correct functionality of new features, we cannot test every eventuality, which is why we greatly appreciate your comments and feedback. Please create threads in the designated section of the Secunia Community forum.
  
  Please note. After installing version 1.0.0.8, you can always downgrade to the latest stable Secunia PSI (as of this release, version 1.0.0.4). Both releases are compatible with one another.

This is a BETA release. The latest non-BETA version is 1.0.0.4.

• Automatic Full Rescan on Upgrade
  The Secunia PSI will automatically start a new full-scan when you upgrade your Secunia PSI installation. This is to ensure that your results are up-to-date and that you can fully enjoy new features offered by the latest Secunia PSI.
• Improved Program Monitoring
  The automatic monitoring of program installations and updates, along with removal of programs have been improved, thus providing a more responsive detection of changes.
• Added Status Indicator
  A status indicator has been added to the bottom of the Secunia PSI it informs you about what the Secunia PSI is currently doing, along with general recommendations for improved usage of your Secunia PSI.
• Detection of Known Restore/Backup Folders
  The Secunia PSI can detect several known restore and backup (e.g. "Windows.old", "i386", etc.) folders on your PC. Furthermore, offering you to quickly create Ignore Rules for these, if insecure programs are found in these folders.
  
  Naturally, it is still a delicate decision between ignoring a detected security issue in such folders and when to actually resolve them.
• Enhanced Detection, Assessment, and Remediation of 64-bit Programs
  The Secunia PSI is now able to better distinguish between 32-bit and 64-bit programs.
• Enhanced Logic for Detection Problematic Programs
• Converted to Unicode
  The Secunia PSI has been converted to unicode. In order to support more languages.
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Hungarian
  Thanks to Balázs Németh
• The Secunia PSI is now available in French
  Thanks to Serge "Sergio" Tellene
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Portuguese (Brazilian)
  Thanks to Vinicius Mello
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Norwegian
  Thanks to Norsis
• Improved the Secunia PSI's ability to run and get localised for PCs in Asia, Africa, and South America
• Version 1.0.0.7 is a BETA release
  Version 1.0.0.7 of the Secunia PSI is a BETA release, introducing new concepts and features. While we make every effort to ensure stability and correct functionality of new features, we cannot test every eventuality, which is why we greatly appreciate your comments and feedback. Please create threads in the designated section of the Secunia Community forum.
  
  Please note. After installing version 1.0.0.7, you can always downgrade to the latest stable Secunia PSI (as of this release, version 1.0.0.4). Both releases are compatible with one another.

This is a BETA release. The latest non-BETA version is 1.0.0.4.

• New Feature: Secunia PSI WorldMap
  Benchmark your score against other users from your own country, see how countries are performing, etc.
• New Feature: Secure Browsing
  Secure Browsing is without a doubt one of the most important aspects of online security. The Secunia PSI can assist you to an extent not seen before, to ensure that your browsing experience is safe and secure.
• Prepared the Secunia PSI for user-contributed translation
  As announced at RSA in April, read more in our blog.
• The Secunia PSI is now available in Dutch
  Thanks to security.nl
• Implemented ability to detect and assess Firefox plugins
• Significantly increased amount of detected ActiveX controls
• Added visual indicators for certain tabs
  Enabling you see exactly where your attention is required ('Insecure', 'End-of-Life', and 'Secure Browsing')
• Reduced Memory Usage
• Improved Scan Speed
  
• Version 1.0.0.5 is a BETA release
  Version 1.0.0.5 of the Secunia PSI is a BETA release, introducing new concepts and features. We greatly appreciate your comments and feedback. Please create threads in the designated section of the Secunia Community forum.

• New Language Available (Spanish)
  The Secunia PSI is now available in Spanish.

This is a minor bug-fix release. If you are running Secunia PSI 1.0.0.1 without problems then there's no need to upgrade.

• Minor Bug Fix Release
  This release corrects a bug with the installer refusing to install in certain scenarios and improves connection handling on systems running with a less reliable Internet connection.

• Minor Bug Fix
  Keyboard input is now passed to the feedback and Secunia Profile forms.

• Final Version
  The final version of the Secunia PSI (1.0) has been released. No functional changes has been made since version 0.9.0.6.

• Fix for Windows Vista UAC bug
  The Secunia PSI will now start up correctly after a system reboot in Windows Vista
• Added green icon download icon
  The green download icon will indicate that a patch link has been clicked, making it obvious which patches have been requested when applying multiple patches at a time

• New user interface concept
  The user interface has been split into two, a "Simple" and an "Advanced" mode
• Improved Easy-to-Patch functionality
  The Easy-to-Patch has been improved significantly
• Criticality indication for all programs
  The Secunia Advisory criticality rating is now listed for each insecure program found
• Generally more focus on the security threats each program expose your PC to
• Secunia Profile recovery
  It is possible to recover your Secunia Profile and register the same Secunia Profile on multiple PCs
• General code optimisation
• Bug fixes
  Fixes for various minor bugs reported by users

• Minor bug fixes

• Minor bug fix
  Bug corrected where a re-scan of a single application was not possible in certain scenarios.

• General code optimisation
• Bug fixes
  Fixes for various minor bugs as reported by our users.
• Improved back-end
  The back-end of the Secunia PSI has been significantly upgraded to cope with the increasing usage and interest for the Secunia PSI.

• German version available
  All PSI interfaces from the installation process to the PSI user interface has been translated to German. The Secunia PSI is now available in: English (International), Danish (Dansk), and German (Deutsch).

• Improved Easy-to-Patch intelligence
  Improved intelligence to make it even easier for non-technical users to patch their applications. Special rules for Adobe Flash and Sun Java have been implemented.
• Danish version available
  All PSI interfaces from the installation process to the PSI user interface has been translated to Danish. The Secunia PSI is now available in: English (International) and Danish (Dansk).
• Additional detection information for Adobe Flash
  The Secunia PSI is now able to determine if the detected Adobe Flash versions are an ActiveX Control (IE), a Firefox plug-in, an Opera plug-in, or a general Operating System plug-in.
• Additional detection information for Sun Java
  The Secunia PSI is now able to determine if the detected Sun Java versions requires an uninstall (the Sun Java installer does not automatically uninstall old versions when you upgrade to their latest version).
• Added "Installation Path" tooltip to application lists
  When hovering your mouse over an application name the Secunia PSI will now always display the exact path to where the application is installed.
• Several minor bug fixes

• Completely re-designed interface
  The new interface improves; Usability, responsiveness, features, and the presentation of scan results.
• Track your patch performance
  Graphical overview of current and historic patch-performance 10 weeks back.
• Improved user friendliness for less-technical users
  Most people naturally wish their PC to be as secure and updated as possible. With this in mind and the fact that some applications are are not always straight forward to update and patch, we have introduced a feature that basically will suppress applications that are potentially hard to patch from the overview pages. The idea is that: It is better to patch just one application than none at all.
  
  The new feature called "Easy-to-patch applications" is enabled by default, but can easily be disabled by users who wish to see all detected applications regardless.
• For each detected application there is now a "Toolbox" of features available:
  - Direct Download Link
  - Solution Wizard
  - Ability to request a re-scan of a single application
  - Access to Online References
  - Technical Details
  - Access to application installation folders directly from the PSI
  - Ignore Application (easy creation)
  - Shortcut to Windows Add/Remove Programs application
• Scan progress and details page
  - Live updated progress bar when a scan is running
  - Live updated step-by-step information when a scan is running
  - View when the last scan occurred and when next scheduled scan will take place
  - Ability to abort a scan in progress
• PSI application settings
  - Configurable if the PSI should start on boot
  - Configurable if the PSI should monitor your system
  - Manage your Ignore Rules
• Secunia Profile
  - Create your own Secunia Profile to receive special benefits and be the first to participate in upcoming events and gimmicks! ;)
• Detection of more applications
  The PSI is currently able to detect and check more than 5,500 different applications (major branches).
  
  To clarify, by 1 application we mean ALL versions of a particular application. As an example, our rule for Opera 9.x is capable of detecting version 9.00, 9.01, 9.02, ..[snip].., 9.23, 9.24, 9.50 and so on. This also includes localised and future/not-yet-released versions.

• Fix for installation issue on Windows Vista

• Support for Windows Vista
• Creation of Directory Exclude Rules (ignore back-up / installation directories)
• Use the default choice of browser for external links
• Enable copy/paste to the Secunia PSI interface
• Detection/Monitoring of even more applications.
• Several minor bug fixes