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IOBit driver booster a fake?

Jan 6, 2014 2:23AM PST

1st time I run it, I went back and took down dates and build numbers of 10-15 things it listed. A couple of them changed afterward. 9 days later I ran it again, got another 10-15 drivers outdated. Again, a couple ended up with different numbers after updating. The rest didn't change, I ran the update search from system devices and it found one before compleating "IOBIt's" update What does IOBits update do that windows update search doesn't? Am I missing something?

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Re: driver update
Jan 6, 2014 4:12AM PST

Well, Windows generally doesn't search for driver update, so that's the answer to your question.

Neither do I, by the way. Only people who run programs like this seem to do. You wonder why.

Kees

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IOBit driver booster a fake?
Jan 6, 2014 8:50AM PST

Thye driver booster was piggy backed on an update for IOBits malware freeware program. The malware program occasionally picks up something so I guess I'll keep that much of it. Thanks.

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Driver update
Jan 7, 2014 2:48PM PST

I fully agree with Kees. Windows never search for driver update

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IOBit updates
Jan 7, 2014 9:22PM PST

Windows doesn't search unless you click on search in individual system devices. I clicked the search for all the drivers that the IOBits listed before I let I let IOBits do its own updates, and that only found one.