Direwolf20
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I'm not talking about windows updates, for that we have a WSUS server. I'm mostly talking about "other" programs. The types of programs that many people have on their PCs, but don't really get updated automatically.
Quicktime?
Flash?
Java?
Adobe?
Sure, some of these programs (Adobe/Java) have built-in automatic updates. But they aren't always accepted by the user who's getting the popup notifying them to upgrade. Often times, the user may just ignore or click past it. Some programs don't have any real way to update them, without doing it manually (Quicktime).
Are the exploits/holes in this software something to worry about? How do you keep them up to date, or do you even bother?
Just curious.
Our Novell network has a software inventory installed on all Machines, and we can query to check what software versions people have, but its not always foolproof, and it doesn't offer us anything in the way of upgrading them. We still need to manually do each PC.
Is there any software in existance that helps maintain/monitor/upgrade these types of things?
Quicktime?
Flash?
Java?
Adobe?
Sure, some of these programs (Adobe/Java) have built-in automatic updates. But they aren't always accepted by the user who's getting the popup notifying them to upgrade. Often times, the user may just ignore or click past it. Some programs don't have any real way to update them, without doing it manually (Quicktime).
Are the exploits/holes in this software something to worry about? How do you keep them up to date, or do you even bother?
Just curious.
Our Novell network has a software inventory installed on all Machines, and we can query to check what software versions people have, but its not always foolproof, and it doesn't offer us anything in the way of upgrading them. We still need to manually do each PC.
Is there any software in existance that helps maintain/monitor/upgrade these types of things?