Importance of Software Updates
Allowing software updates to occur on your computer, phone, and other devices is an important part of keeping yourself safe online. Updates provide important patches and fixes for your device's security settings, ensures compatibility with other technologies, helps keep your data protected, and provides new features. Postponing software updates can lead to security vulnerabilities. Hackers work constantly to find holes in software in order to steal information or run dangerous programs on your devices. It may also lead to glitches and issues as time goes on.
Ensure your updates are from a legitmate source
There are 3 types of common “fake” update notifications in circulation:
- Through Email – Spam emails which pretend to be from a reputed software organization.
- Browser Based Pop-Ups – Scammers can utilize browser-based notifications to try and convince you that a certain software or your system needs updates urgently.
- Website Advertisements – Ad's on certain insecure websites can look like real update notifications and are usually designed to draw your attention.