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IT security audit
A portable tool for administrators and security staff. Plug the stick into a workstation or laptop you are authorized to check and it reads what is there - the installed software against your approved list, recent and failed sign-ins, every USB device ever plugged in, and recently run programs and opened files - and saves a dated report to the stick. When you need to, it also cleans up: temp files, browser history, recent-file trails, hidden metadata, and a 3-pass secure erase - each one attended, shown, and confirmed with Yes or No before it runs.
What it does
Lists every installed program and flags anything that isn't on your approved-software list and isn't common Windows or driver software.
Reads the Windows Security log (as administrator) for recent sign-ins, sign-offs, locks, and failed sign-in attempts.
Lists every USB storage device ever connected to the machine, with the date each was first seen.
Shows the Run dialog history, the programs launched on the account, and the most recently opened files and folders.
Every run saves a dated report and a software CSV to the USB stick, with a summary of concerns at the top.
Clear temp and browser data, wipe recent-file trails, strip hidden metadata, and securely erase a chosen folder - each shows what it will touch and asks Yes or No first.
Secure erase refuses whole drives, the Windows folder, and your user folder, and asks twice before it wipes anything.
Runs straight from the USB stick on Windows 7 through 11. Reports and settings stay on the stick.
Price and download
Pay once, no subscription. The read-only Security Checks are always free; the Clean Up tools need the key.
Download link emailed after payment · Read the guide first (PDF)
For IT and security staff. Use only on computers your organization owns or you have written permission to examine.
Runs on Windows 7, 8, 10, and 11 from a USB stick - nothing to install.
Questions
Administrators and security staff authorized to check the computers they manage - machines you own or have written permission to administer and audit.
No. Every check is read-only. It reads the machine and writes only a report to your USB stick.
No. The read-only Security Checks are always free to use. The Clean Up tools need a license key ($79, one time). Your download and SC1- key are emailed as soon as your payment clears.
Only the sign-in check does, and the program offers a one-click Run as administrator. The other checks work without it.
Secure erase refuses whole drives, the Windows folder, and your user folder, and asks you twice. Nothing is cleaned until you confirm.
Needful Things Software is the home PC and personal finance line of Heirloom Software LLC of Williamsburg, Kentucky. Call or text (606) 521-7093 or email info@needfulthingssoftware.com - a real person answers.