Top of the range, though, is Avast Business Patch Management.

This scans for missing patches, includes a 'What's changed?' link (where possible) to explain what's in an update, and can download and silently install your chosen updates with a click.Īvast's Premier and Ultimate security suites add the ability to automatically install updates as they're detected. Security vendor Avast has interesting software update tools covering three levels of user.īargain hunters and beginners can install Avast Free Antivirus to get its basic Software Updater. Must be deployed with Avast antivirus product It supports Windows updates, too, and includes unlimited customer support via a toll-free number and email. If automatic updates are a must, Avira's Software Updater Pro is available on the annual plan.

Your software stays current, and you don't risk problems caused by the updater using the wrong patch or not installing it properly. Arguably the safest way to use any software updater is to get reminders of any missing patches, but then to find and install them yourself. That's not a big deal – Google automatically translated it for us, and the download would still have worked – but it's an example of how a software updater may use update links and files that you wouldn't see normally. The Google Chrome download link took us to, for instance, Google's German language site. Clicking a globe icon should take you to the developer's product page, so you can download it yourself, but even that doesn't always work as you expect. There's no automatic update option, no scheduling or anything else. The free version of Software Updater (available standalone, there is no need to install Avira Antivirus) scans your system on launch, displays missing patches, and – that's it.

Leave driver updates to Windows, it's much safer. You're unlikely to see any major benefits (drivers rarely get significant security patches that Windows won't handle itself), and a failed or poorly chosen driver update can seriously mess up your PC. Software Updater can also scan for out-of-date drivers, but we wouldn't recommend that. Avira Software Updater is a simple patch manager which helps you spot the latest updates for more than 150 popular applications.Īvira doesn't provide a full list of its supported applications, unfortunately, but it seems to include Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Adobe Reader, Adobe Flash, CCleaner and more.

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