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MmeMoxie
27 Jan 2015

I am trying Ninite, to see how well it works, for me. Download was very simple. I like that you get to choose which softwares that, you want. After it was done downloading and updating, it showed me the results. I really like that. So, as they say ... Time will tell. LOL :)

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Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries
27 Jan 2015

I use the Ninite Updater. It's trouble-free and well worth $10/year. That's the belt. The suspenders: Patch My PC and Qualsys Browser Check. (For example, the last Flash update for IE was vulnerable at installation. Qualsys advised me of that. Today Flash for IE updated, and Qualsys now says it's fine. Not that I use IE, but it's nice to know what's going on.)

I gave up on Secunia about a year ago. Something always goes wrong with the PSI, and I got tired of beating my head against the wall. FileHippo's updater is another one that got updated to uselessness.

Posted by:

Bob Hill
27 Jan 2015

Vipre Internet Security, and the paid version of Avast are two anti-malware programs that auto-patch many programs.

Posted by:

bbmh1
27 Jan 2015

I have used filehippo.com This kept me abreast with Adobe, Java,and other utilities.

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Jim
27 Jan 2015

Why not try Secure Updater from Schrock Innovations? Works just great!!

Posted by:

Stuart Berg
27 Jan 2015

Some others that work well are Milouz Market, FileHippo App Manager, Filepuma Update Detector, and the C/Net Download App.

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Mark
27 Jan 2015

Bob - Which of the three do you use? Would it make sense to install all 3 in case they each have different programs to be updated in their databases?

Posted by:

Irving Ziderman
27 Jan 2015

IN ADDITION TO PSI, I ALSO USE DOWNLOAD APP, POWERED BY C/NET.

Posted by:

Rick
27 Jan 2015

Download App is another option, but I found it very, very resource intensive and also found that it didn't identify the installed version of some programs properly. I eventually uninstalled it.

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Charlie
27 Jan 2015

IOBit's Advanced System Care's Action Center has a nice updater, Secunia PSI 2.0 slowed to a crawl, auto updating a pain, was better to do it manually
after 3 to 4 years, gave up on it. For 3 PC's, Advanced System Care is a bargain.

Posted by:

Dave Roche
27 Jan 2015

I recently did an update for my VST Drummer software, and not only can I Not use it, but my VST Piano doesn't work either because of the same update. Since this is not the first time updates have made my life a misery you don't need me to tell you what I think of them!!

BTW, I am still using Win XP without ever updating it from 2008-2014, as my anti-virus software seems to be doing a reasonable job, thus far...fingers crossed.

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Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries
27 Jan 2015

I looked for Secure Updater from Schrock Innovations. Pretty pricey. It has a 15-day free trial, then it's $49.99 for the initial purchase, followed by an annual renewal of $24.99. The list of software it covers is not extensive.

Posted by:

Sean
27 Jan 2015

I am a big player of Minecraft, and our updates,while not immediately applied, we receive a message when we launch it that asks to update. I think that more programs should adopt that.

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Steven Latus
27 Jan 2015

Wow, Bob, thanks for the tip about Patch My PC. I've been using Filehippo Updater, but Patch My PC is much easier and even caught an update to Libre Office that Libre Office itself did not notify me about (4.2 branch to 4.3 branch).

Posted by:

Peter Weins
28 Jan 2015

Like Mark, I would like to know which of the three you prefer--based upon your experiences. Also, do I really need to load two or three of these? I used Ninite in the past but somehow lost it along the way when cleaning out during a rebuild. But it seemed fine. My biggest problem is having all these different things that boot at start up and hog my system resources, keeping me from doing what I intended to do and instead waiting while my computer scans, updates, restarts,rescans, etc. etc. Can I get by with just Ninite and feel safe that I'm getting 95% of the updates???

EDITOR'S NOTE: I use Ninite (free version) to install the occasional program on a one-off basis. I prefer Patch My PC for automatic updates because it has a more comprehensive list of software that it monitors.

Posted by:

Mark Hansen
28 Jan 2015

My only issue with several updaters is that they will update a paid version to a new major release for which an upgrade fee must be paid, leaving one with a trial version. Also, many are very inaccurate in keeping correct track of version numbers...many offer updates for software that is already the latest version.

Posted by:

Harish Dobhal
28 Jan 2015

Thanks for this wonderful information. Ninite is really great at doing this job of updating hassle free.

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Prettydarkskinnedgirl
28 Jan 2015

There's a helpful software updater utility included with the many tools bundled into Glary Utilities which you posted about awhile back. It works well but I also have Secunia which I run as a double check sometimes.

Posted by:

IanG
28 Jan 2015

I don't use separate programs for updating at all. I have an aversion to automatic updating! All the programs I use (and there are many) all ask me whether I want to update to a newer version (if there is one) when I launch them.

I have a horror of finding (as I have in the past) that maybe one of the Windows patches is a rogue one and therefore I always choose to update manually, which I check for updates every Wednesday. Bob has been very good in warning us of these too.

But I do use occasionally Belarc Advisor which warns me of any security issues relating to programs which require updating.

Posted by:

Chris
28 Jan 2015

Hi Bob,

I always use the free browser plug-in from Qualys which reports on the need for MS updates as well as plugins for all installed browsers. It's at http://browsercheck.qualys.com.

Chris

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