All third-party driver update software is worthless. Most of it is either advertising for a so-called antivirus suite, which is another way of saying ‘software by the department of redundancy department,’ and the rest is just plain malware. Either they install drivers that are older than what’s already installed, or for the wrong hardware, or malware, or they just scare computer users into messing with a computer that’s already working just fine, thank you, leave it alone.

All driver updaters should be from the manufacturer of the hardware, usually Dell, Lenovo, Brother, HP, and so on. No exceptions, ever. Read more, and about PUPs, Potentially Unwanted Programs, in the free February PC Updater News.