Improving your privacy on the internet while benefiting from effective vigilance on the applications present on your computer is what NordVPN offers with its new vulnerability detection tool.
Browsing the internet is not a long, quiet river. Phishing, more or less abusive data collection, risks welcoming a virus onto your computer by downloading a corrupt file. Spending time on the web requires a certain vigilance. If VPN services are there to make your browsing more secure, what about the files and software on your computer? Do they have vulnerabilities, is there a risk that they will be corrupted or infiltrated by malicious individuals?
To limit risks and allow you to act in the event of a problem, NordVPN offers a new service now integrated into all its subscriptions: detecting application vulnerabilities on Windows.
Vulnerability detection: an in-depth analysis of your Windows software
In addition to ensuring secure web browsing, the VPN provider can now analyze the different applications present on your Windows computer to warn you if any of them present flaws or vulnerabilities. All you will then have to do is choose whether to keep the software concerned or not.
The flaws identified by the NordVPN software can be of several types:
- a code error left by a developer;
- the accidental presence of residual bugs;
- elements included in application file libraries that themselves have vulnerabilities;
- insufficient access controls that allow unauthorized users to access elements of the application or application-related user files;
- a difference between the latest update of the application and your operating system.
If one of them is identified by NordVPN, you will be notified directly in the application in your settings. To do this, NordVPN software analyzes the content of your applications installed on your computer and checks to find no known and listed flaws or bugs. If a vulnerability is identified, you instantly receive a notification to alert you of the presence of a problem. You are then free to uninstall or update the offending application.
According to the figures communicated by NordVPN, it would be in your best interest to have the software on your computer analyzed, because the supplier ensures that 200 new vulnerabilities are detected each month and that three out of four applications present vulnerabilities.
A tool that adds to a well-stocked protective arsenal
NordVPN is known for being one of the best online protection tools and it’s not for nothing. Vulnerability detection has indeed expanded the “ Anti-threat protection» implemented in 2022 by the service.
When it was launched, the option automatically integrated into the NordVPN application already made it possible to add an additional level of confidentiality. It blocked trackers who collect your personal data to offer you targeted advertisements, sites or fraudulent advertisements.
With the addition of vulnerability detection, NordVPN completes an already well-stocked protection menu and not only makes your connection, your browsing, but also your computer safer.
To take advantage of the vulnerability detection tool, it’s extremely simple. All you have to do is open your NordVPN application and go to the menu symbolized by a shield icon. A line “Vulnerability detection» is placed at the top of the menu. You just need to activate it and nothing more.
Why choose NordVPN?
Ranked among the three best VPN services in our comparison, NordVPN offers one of the most complete, but also the most affordable, services. Right now, the VPN provider is offering a very attractive offer on its two-year Advanced subscription.
For 4.79 euros per month, or 129.33 euros for two years, you benefit from:
- access to NordVPN;
- protectionantimalware;
- tracking and ad blocker;
- cross-platform password manager;
- data leak analysis;
- vulnerability detection.
Until January 9, NordVPN also allows you to benefit from a 20 euro Amazon gift card.