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Never Download a Driver-Updating Utility; They’re Worse Than Useless
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<blockquote data-quote="Burrito" data-source="post: 829927" data-attributes="member: 72439"><p>It is.</p><p></p><p>But... </p><p></p><p>Everybody should use caution with driver updaters. I've had a few bad experiences. DriverMax really did me in.. and a few others were going to if I had not checked out the drivers they selected. There is plenty of discussion here at MT on these topics.</p><p></p><p>And IOBit is kind of a scummy company. They try to trick you into clicking the wrong button to update to pro... and other things. There is a reason that Malwarebytes classifies them as a PUP.</p><p></p><p>As a generalization, I don't use driver updaters on my newer computers. I let Windows/Intel... handle it, or I manually do it.</p><p></p><p>On older computers, it's pretty handy. And I would not use any other than Driver Booster -- as they have never given me an incorrect driver.</p><p></p><p>[USER=31436]@roger_m[/USER] is an MT expert on driver updaters.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]220384[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Oh, but holy crapoli, I better hurry. I can get free Driver Booster Pro 7 if I'm one of the last 9 to sign up!</p><p></p><p>For clarity -- that is sarcasm.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Burrito, post: 829927, member: 72439"] It is. But... Everybody should use caution with driver updaters. I've had a few bad experiences. DriverMax really did me in.. and a few others were going to if I had not checked out the drivers they selected. There is plenty of discussion here at MT on these topics. And IOBit is kind of a scummy company. They try to trick you into clicking the wrong button to update to pro... and other things. There is a reason that Malwarebytes classifies them as a PUP. As a generalization, I don't use driver updaters on my newer computers. I let Windows/Intel... handle it, or I manually do it. On older computers, it's pretty handy. And I would not use any other than Driver Booster -- as they have never given me an incorrect driver. [USER=31436]@roger_m[/USER] is an MT expert on driver updaters. [ATTACH type="full"]220384[/ATTACH] Oh, but holy crapoli, I better hurry. I can get free Driver Booster Pro 7 if I'm one of the last 9 to sign up! For clarity -- that is sarcasm. [/QUOTE]
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