Opswat is a small .exe tool which does not install on your system and operates as an “as needed” app. It was developed by Bobby Czarny who owns “Opswat”, a San Francisco based company.
It evaluates the general security of your computer, but in my examination, it fell a bit short. It also does a tolerable amount of self promotion.
After downloading and initiating the tool, which collects anonymous data from your system about app usage, it generates a report for you which breaks your security down to various areas.
General report:
I stopped using Opera some time ago, so I uninstalled it and cleaned the registry (after making a backup of it).
Ooops… this is true. So I remedied that sad state of affairs. Noteworthy is the fact that Bitdefender told me that by itself.
IE 9, that is. You can only download this with IE, btw. Also, since about 43% of the market doesn’t use IE, it would have been more useful if the tool evaluated more than just IE.
Sorry, Opswat. You were wrong about this parameter as the screenshot clearly shows. Mr. Czerny, this will require some more refining I believe.
As for the disc encryption? The tool is correct. My system would be more secure with it. I don’t know however, if Stardock’s apps play nicely with those, and which of those.
So, in general, it’s an ok tool if you intend to use the report to better your security (which I did). Bear in mind that it’s not perfect as my screenshot relating to anti-phishing shows.
Download: http://www.opswat.com/products/security-score