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Updaters and Online Scanners

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Software Updating / Repository Sites

Software Updater Applications

  • Secunia PSI
  • Bullguard – built in
  • CNET's Download App (Previously TechTracker)
  • PatchMyPC.exe - can install updates and ad software automatic. - Patch My PC is a small portable application that updates third party
  • Major Geeks SoftwareUpdater
  • Glary utilities (uses filepuma)
  • software.informer.com
    • shows you all of your apps not just the out of date ones
    • this is now all controlled in the app
    • there are descriptions of the app on the righ and review
    • the app requires admin privaledges to run. a note is that if you primary account is not an administrator account you will be prompeted to enter an adminstrator accoutn details and the filehippo app will set the default download directory in that admin accoutn and not yours
    • can schedule frequent scans
    • can select which apps you check for updates
  • FilePuma Update Detector
  • FileHippo Update Checker (UDC)
    • easy to use
    • some programs you can download and run, but some just download. I think this might be an issue in the app. Generally the first app you select you can download and run. the rest in the que will just download.
    • if you download more than 1 program, they will all download but on the first one will run automatically
    • when the program is download the button in the list will change to run
    • the app requires admin privaledges to run. a note is that if you primary account is not an administrator account you will be prompeted to enter an adminstrator accoutn details and the filehippo app will set the default download directory in that admin accoutn and not yours
    • file hippo downloads the files to a specified folder and they remain after install.
    • can be run on startup
    • can schedule frequent scans
  • Avast Antivirus - inbuilt to the antivirus software
  • SUMo Lite (Software Update Monitor) - can also do drivers, requires DUMo
  • AppFresh for Mac
  • Update Notifier

Articles

Driver updaters

Online AV Scanners

Browser Security Toolbars

Website Scanners

Other Scanners

Other Browser Security addons

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