I've touted many times before the 3 simple cyberhygiene rules of Brian Krebs, one of which is keep apps updated. But some apps update themselves (but you have to run them), some have external updaters, some relies on Windows update...
Now, there is Patch My PC's Home Updater. That's right, there's an app that will scan your home PC, find the apps, and update them for you, with minimal headaches.
While this doesn't replace ALL updaters, this will do about 80% of the updates. Just run it periodically (say, once a week)... Start it up, and just hit "update" and walk away. Come back in half an hour, and it should be done.
How easy is that?
You can also use this to FIND new apps to install by browsing the library of apps they scan for. These scan for mostly free alternatives to famous apps, and thus, you may discover apps that does what you pay monthly or yearly for.
And of course, it will UNinstall apps you no longer want to use, which is another one of Kreb's cyberhygiene rules.
So give it a try.
For the few apps this won't update, there's another app I will recommend... in the next post.
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