

The free version of Software Updater (available standalone, there is no need to install Avira Antivirus) scans your system on launch, displays missing patches, and – that's it. Leave driver updates to Windows, it's much safer.

You're unlikely to see any major benefits (drivers rarely get significant security patches that Windows won't handle itself), and a failed or poorly chosen driver update can seriously mess up your PC.

Software Updater can also scan for out-of-date drivers, but we wouldn't recommend that. Avira Software Updater is a simple patch manager which helps you spot the latest updates for more than 150 popular applications.Īvira doesn't provide a full list of its supported applications, unfortunately, but it seems to include Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Adobe Reader, Adobe Flash, CCleaner and more.
