FileHippo Update Checker


Description:

The Update Checker will scan your computer for installed software, check the versions, and display a list of software for which newer versions are available (BETA)

Compatibility:

Windows PC running Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 or 98; Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

Website(s):

filehippo.com Update Checker

Secunia or FileHippo?

Submitted by Darrell Icenogle on Sat, 09/08/2007 - 11:01am.

I appreciate the intent and execution of both FileHippo Update Checker and Secunia PSI, but I have to ask whether it's necessary to keep both of them or your machine.  I reviewed Secunia PSI in detail, here, and I provided some comparison of the two programs in the review of FileHippo Update Checker, above.

Both programs find updates.  FileHippo finds more updates, but Secunia alone provides security-related information.

What do you think? 

They have different roles

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 07/06/2008 - 3:06am.
Secunia points out vulnerabilities. FileHippo allows finding beta versions. There is someoverlap, but over the last six months, experience shows that we need both.

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