You know that software is updated almost every day, when the developers fixed a bug, remove unneeded function, change a function, improve its design or add more entries to the database.

To save you the time needed to search, download and install every new version manually, most software developers add auto-updaters to their programs. But still isn’t it annoying to run every program to check if there is an update available? What if you are a software tester that works with hundreds of applications every day? The solution is very simple and no, it is not to uninstall some of the programs – use Update Checker, published by FileHippo.

This very simple program will automatically check for updates for a wide variety of programs and alert you if a new version is found. The program appears as an icon in the system tray, and moving your mouse over it displays a small pop-up with the number of updates found. Double-click this icon and it will launch a results page in your default browser displaying all of the available updates.

A useful thing is that the program also shows the available beta updates. A link next to each item in the list lets you quickly access the available updates and download them on your personal computer. Furthermore, the user has the ability to customize the connection type and have the program scan for programs in specific places if they are not installed in the default locations.

Update Checker is totally free and is supported by Windows 98 / Me / 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista / 7.

Get it at Updatechecker/.

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