SecurityCheck

If you're concerned about your computer's security (you should be), you might want to do anything possible to preserve its well-being for as long as possible and one of the best ways of doing so is always keeping yourself up-to-date with the status of your system.

SecurityCheck is one of the applications that can let you achieve quick, convenient results in the situation depicted above by providing you with lots of helpful details.

First things first, you don't need to install this app on your computer, since you can simply launch its executable and start enjoying its features. That means that you can also run it from removable storage media such as USB flash drives or external HDDs.

More so, you don't have to worry about it tampering with your Windows registry entries. It also doesn't generate any additional files or folders on your PC, except the report it builds after the check is over.

SecurityCheck was designed to scan your computer for weak spots that might be the target of various malcontents. It checks for the UAC (User Account Control), Service Pack-related vulnerabilities, versions of IE, Java, Oracle Virtualbox, Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Shockwave Player, Adobe AIR, iTunes, Bonjour, Silverlight, Skype, and others as well.

More so, it performs checks if your OS can be updated automatically if you have an anti-virus protection and firewall defenses installed and whether they're active or not, as well as searching for common adware apps.

Since this program was built with simplicity in mind, it doesn't feature a pompous interface with fancy controls. As a matter of fact, its interface is almost entirely missing, making it possible even for computer novices to benefit from its capabilities without breaking a sweat.

For more advanced users, though, it is possible to run the app with switches. For instance, appending the "/ htmllog" one triggers the app to generate an additional HTML log file, the "/ program" one lists all the installed programs in the log, while the "/ the unwanted" searches your system for Adware.

If you're looking for an app that performs vulnerability checks on your system in an uncomplicated manner, you might consider giving SecurityCheck a try. It's portable, comes with no complicated functions and generates reports that you can later refer to.