Parasoft Resources Center: Memory Error Detection

15 Seconds to Find a Pointer Error In 500,000+ Lines of Code   by Cynthia Dunlop (Lead Technical Writer)

Learn how Parasoft Development Testing platform found an elusive crash-causing pointer error and also increased code quality, stability, & compliance.

Insure++: Runtime Error Detection and Memory Error Detection - 703 KB PDF

This data sheet introduces Parasoft Insure++, a C/C++ runtime memory analysis and error detection tool that automatically identifies a variety of difficult-to-track programming and memory-access errors, along with potential defects and inefficiencies in memory usage.

Parasoft Insure++ Starter Kit

This 21-page PDF guide explains the challenges associated with C++ and C development and offers tips on how to address them with Parasoft Insure++.

Static Analysis and Run Time Error Detection on 64-Bit Platforms

Introduces a strategy for identifying run time memory errors and other defects after porting software code to 64-bit processors or platforms.

Memory Error Detection When Porting to 64-Bit Platforms: Preparing for Porting

Introduces a process to prepare the application for the porting process: 1. Perform mutation testing via runtime memory error detection; 2. Use static analysis to identify error-prone and non-portable code; 3. Repeat runtime memory error detection; 4. Perform unit testing (Optional)

Expose Hidden C and C++ Defects Automatically

This 40-minute video explains how Insure++'s runtime memory error detection exposes memory corruption, memory leaks, access outside of array bounds, invalid pointers, and other defects.

BITTT Enterprises Case Study - 555 KB PDF

A show-stopping error suddenly emerged from a new build of a stable project. Learn how Parasoft helped BITTT resolve this issue as well as increase code quality, stability, and compliance.

Automating C/C++ Runtime Error Detection with Parasoft Insure++ , Parasoft White Paper

Discusses the challenges associated with C and C++ development— including memory corruption, memory leaks, pointer errors, I/O errors, and more— and explains how Parasoft helps developers eliminate those problems.

C/C++ Runtime Memory Analysis and Error Detection

This 12-minute video demonstrates how Parasoft Insure++ automatically identifies programming and memory-access errors, along with potential defects and inefficiencies in memory usage.

Parasoft Insure++: Before You Get Started , Parasoft White Paper - 38 KB PDF

Helps you understand why Insure++ reports compiler errors under certain conditions...and what to do if it reports one for your code.

Reducing the Risks of 64-bit Application Porting With Parasoft C++test and Parasoft Insure++ , Parasoft White Paper

Introduces the potential problems that could occur when you port applications to 64-bit processors and describes a practical strategy for preventing them.

"Inside View: Parasoft Insure++ 7.0 for Linux" , Linux World

Parasoft's Sergei Sokolov provides an inside view on how Parasoft Insure++ helps developers perform runtime memory analysis and debugging.

Survey of Systems for Detecting Serial Run-Time Errors , The Iowa State University's High Performance Computing Group

Iowa State University's High Performance Computing Group performed a detailed study of performance analysis tools and concluded, "We consider Insure++ to be the best of all the software products evaluated."

Removing Memory Errors from 64-Bit Platforms , Dr. Dobb's Journal

Explains why and how to address potential memory errors before porting to 64-bit platforms.

Avoiding C/C++ Dynamic Memory Problems with Parasoft Insure++ , Parasoft White Paper

Discusses the challenges associated with C and C++ development— including memory corruption, memory leaks, pointer errors, I/O errors, and more— and explains how Parasoft Insure++ helps developers eliminate those problems.

How and Why to buy a Runtime Debugger , Parasoft White Paper

Explains why to buy a runtime debugger and what questions to ask as you are selecting one.

Insure++ Review , LINUX Journal

"I think Insure++ is a great product. It finds programming errors better than any other product I have used, it runs under my favorite operating system, and Parasoft's technical support is excellent."