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Never Download a Driver-Updating Utility; They’re Worse Than Useless
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<blockquote data-quote="roger_m" data-source="post: 761425" data-attributes="member: 31436"><p>It wouldn't have been infected with adware, it just would have been classified as adware by some antivirus software. This is because, most driver update software comes as limited trial versions which will scan for outdated and missing drivers, but require you to buy a license in order to download any of the updates. Also, some driver update software, like a lot of software these days, comes bundled with extra software.</p><p></p><p>I've never seen any driver update software that is malicious.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="roger_m, post: 761425, member: 31436"] It wouldn't have been infected with adware, it just would have been classified as adware by some antivirus software. This is because, most driver update software comes as limited trial versions which will scan for outdated and missing drivers, but require you to buy a license in order to download any of the updates. Also, some driver update software, like a lot of software these days, comes bundled with extra software. I've never seen any driver update software that is malicious. [/QUOTE]
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