Firetrust HideAway

Application: Firetrust HideAway
Intalled:    4.20.4
Recommended: 4.20.2
Issues:      In the CSV you recommend and OLD version, in the UI you have no recommended version

Microsoft 365 Apps (Current Channel)

Application: Microsoft 365 Apps (Current Channel)
Intalled:    16.0.17029.20028
Recommended: 2311 Build 17029.20068
Issue:       Both versions have a different format, in the UI you have no recommended version

@Tom
Please export the Recommended version only, when you also show it in the UI

(where I show only lines that have a "recommended version" filled

This information was only partial correct.

• I filter out all lines, where the recommended version is not empty (here I get many results)
• Then I compare the column "Version" and "Recommended" and when they are different, I write in a new column the text "Differs"
• Then I filter the table to show me only the lines with "Differs" (here I get 10 results)

After the daily scan today I have a new match, where and old version is recommended: Todoist

• Instralled: 8.6.1.0
• Recommended: 8.6.0
  And again: in the UI there is no recommended version shown.

Work-Around

Please export the Recommended version only, when you also show it in the UI
This would show in the example above only 6 apps instead of 10.

You might ask:

Why the hell is this stupid guy doing that?
He should use VulnDetect instead!

But this is not as easy as it seems.

I used SUMo to get informed about available updates, because:

• SUMo was very often faster than VulnDetect
• SUMo shows available updates more clearly

When I use VulnDetect to get informed about available updates, then I would have to perform many steps manually:

• Open VulnDetect
• Perform a Scan
• Select my host
• Export the list of apps to XML
• Import XML into Excel
• Add Auto-Filters in the Column Headers
• Open the Filter for the column "Recommended" and uncheck "empty" (to see only lines that contain a value
• Manually compare each "recommended" version with the "installed" version

Here the results of this comparison (where I show only lines that have a "recommended version" filled):

For these applications an older version is recommended

• Microsoft 365 Apps (Current Channel)
• One Commander
• ScreenPresso (2.x)
• ScreenPresso (beta)

Details about the version numbers see screen shot above.
Note, that in the VulnDetect UI there is no new version recommended for these apps!
Only in the CSV-Update!

At these applications there are other issues

• ColorCop is uninteresting it should be bundled with Screenshot Captor
  The topic Bundle "ColorCop" with "Screenshot Captor" was created on 31 Oct 2021.
  That was 3 years ago and nothing happened here.

• FreeCommander XE donor is wrongly detected, it is FreeCommander XE Public.
  The Public version is up-to-date, so also this entry is wrong.
  I created the topic FreeCommander XE - Donors vs. Public today for this issune.

These Recommended Versions are OK

• Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime
• Recuva
• Rufus
• Valve Steam Client

Summary

Only 4 out of 10 recommended versions are correct.
And to get this information, this requires many manual steps.
This is very frustrating.

I work as an Usability Engineer and UX-Expert.
That users do not get the information "here an update is available" without having to perform multiple manual actions is really a mess!

In the past I suggested to improve the UI of VulnDetect and to show available updates with a corresponding label:

• New Status "Outdated" (for non-security updates) - voted by 3 other users
• Additional Status for Update Available - voted by 2 other users
• List of Applications - Improved UI - voted by 3 other users (one user in the second repy)

Please @Tom, talk with your team about these suggestions, they increases the UX a lot!