Updated October 2026 to our current guidance. The original reporting date is unchanged.
A machine shop doesn’t worry about a breach notification. It worries about not shipping on Friday. Here’s how to count what’s on your computers.
Count What’s on Your Computers →See how many programs each Windows PC has, how many are current, and how many need updating. No credit card needed.
You have antivirus, you have backups, and Windows updates itself or someone handles it for you. That’s a reasonable setup, and mostly it works.
Windows Update never touches third-party software. The other programs on each machine update on their own schedule, or not at all. So who has been checking those?
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Healthcare was the most-attacked field in June 2026, with 28 ransomware attacks. The University of Mississippi Medical Center closed clinics across the state when its medical records system and phones went down, and chemotherapy appointments were canceled. Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago had systems offline for more than a month. (source)
The old worry was stolen data. What the June attacks show is a different cost: the hours a place can’t open. A clinic that can’t pull up records, a front desk that can’t answer the phones, a shop that can’t ship.
That’s the question worth asking about your own business. If the computers were down tomorrow, what stops first, and for how long?
Ransomware usually gets in through something ordinary: a program that wasn’t updated, a setting left at its default, a flaw with a fix that had been out for a while. Windows Update never touches third-party software. WinRAR, 7-Zip, the PDF reader, and Zoom all update on their own, or not at all.
It only takes one machine. You can’t tell which one until you count.
Watching every program on every computer is a full-time job, and you already have one. Not knowing which computer is behind is a normal place to be.
I’ve spent 35+ years watching how these attacks work. The pattern I see most is one machine with one program nobody updated. Finding it is the part we made simple.
Here is what happens when you click the button.
If the second number is higher than you expected, that’s common. You don’t have to be able to do this. We’ll do it with you.
The scan is on us. If you want step-by-step instructions afterward, that’s a paid report, and you’ll see the price before you decide.
It only looks and reports. It doesn’t change anything on your computer. No credit card needed to start.
Your results are yours, and we don’t sell your data. If you buy anything later, refunds are available within the first 30 days.
Everyone starts with the scan. Most people stop there, and that’s a fine outcome. If you want more, there are two other ways we work.
Run it on each Windows computer. It counts what is installed: how many programs are current and how many need updating. No credit card needed. The scan is on us. If you want step-by-step instructions afterward, that’s a paid report, and you’ll see the price before you decide.
Count What’s on Your Computers →For a business that gets asked to prove its security, by a bigger customer, an insurer, or an auditor. We scan your computers every month, a person reviews the results, and you get a prioritized report you can hand over. Whoever runs your IT keeps doing the work; you get a dated record of where the computers stand. Up to 100 computers, from $4,500 a year.
See how Second Opinion works →If you would rather have the work done for you: the updates, the monitoring, and the problems when they come up. Every business is set up differently, so we scope it in a conversation.
Start a conversation →Good. Backups are the thing that gets you open again. One question: has your backup ever been restored? A test restore, onto a spare machine, is the only way to know it works and how long it takes.
Then count what’s on your computers, so you know which programs need updating before anything goes wrong.
The Reveal Scan counts what is installed on each Windows PC: how many programs are current and how many need updating. Read-only, no credit card needed.
Count What’s on Your Computers →The scan is on us. If you want step-by-step instructions afterward, that’s a paid report, and you’ll see the price before you decide.
If you run it and never speak to us again, that’s a fine outcome.
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