Drivers

[henry11101q]

im getting a popup
advising me to update drivers
should i
using w7 firefox
thank u

[bibblebub]

Rather than clicking on a link from a pop-up, an excellent program that you might want to consider is the free Driver Booster. I've used it for the last couple of years and it's very good.

http://www.iobit.com/driver-booster.php

[henry11101q]

thanks for nice info
it is not free
thanks

[bibblebub]

It is free and is what I have installed - there is also a version there that you pay for but ignore that and simply download the free one.

[gingejbee]

I also use the FREE version of iobit's "driver booster". Recommended.

[SlackAlice]

I'd also like to know which drivers it is saying need updating. Full quote on the pop up please.

[Old_Geezer]

I think the answer is, "it depends".

I get warnings from something running in the background related to my graphics board, that I suppose I should prevent running, that tells me that, that has updated the driver, and I tend to trust that. But more generally I tend to be suspicious of unexpected warnings and would run scans to ensure that the PC wasn't infected.

If in doubt, don't update.

[henry11101q]

thanks every one

[ivor4781]

Old_Geezer
yeh my friends getting that and his comp is up to scatch

[gingejbee]

There's lots of things that methyl wouldn't touch with a bargepole, it seems!
I started to use it when it was "highly recommended" by Computeractive magazine and find the free version of several of their software products to be excellent. They were downloaded from a Computeractive link and contain no adware.