The release of FreeScan™ utility for free to scan Microsoft® Windows® laptops, desktops and servers to detect critical flaws not uncovered by traditional anti-virus or anti-spyware software and show how to close these holes and harden your personal computer has been announced today by NetClarity, Inc.

This Utility will uncover local host-based vulnerabilities known as Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE®s) and will show you how to close them. With new patches and security fixes from software vendors is how some can be closed, while others can be closed by turning off high risk services or those that are exploitable without a ready patch and others can only be blocked through intelligent firewall reconfiguration.

Exploitation of CVEs, according to USCERT, are the root cause of downtime and successful hacker attacks. Some of the most successful malware attacks such as Sasser, W.32, Bugbear and Melissa all exploited CVEs. The exploit cannot cause you harm if you don't have the hole. If you have anti-virus or anti-spyware software installed it will only detect the exploit attempting to gain access to your system or already existing on your system, if the anti-virus or anti-spyware solution has a proper signature test. If there is no signature, then you won't know if you have the keylogger, worm, virus, Trojan or other malware. You dramatically reduce the risk of hackers and malware getting onto your computer by taking a completely different approach, by removing your CVEs.

Founder & Chief Technology Officer, NetClarity, Inc., Gary S. Miliefsky, declared: "As a member of MITRE's OVAL® (Open Vulnerability Assessment Language) Advisory Board, I'm pleased to say we're providing a very easy to use FreeScan™ utility for Microsoft® Windows® that is powered by MITRE's OVAL® database and guaranteed to find holes that no anti-virus program or anti-spyware program will find. Once you close these holes, it's like fixing a leak in your plumbing instead of constantly pumping out a flooded basement." He added: "With this free utility, you will finally be able to see what a hacker or malware would exploit and have a chance to fix it and harden your personal computer before they take advantage of these holes."
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