The updates with white backgrounds are for updates to programs which UCheck fully supports for notification of updates, downloads and installs. These programs are on the list of the approximately 250 UCheck-compatible programs on the UCheck product website (
https://www.adlice.com/ucheck-software-list/) and on the Downloads tab within the UCheck program. The UCheck server finds updates to these programs by monitoring selected websites for availability of an updated version of the program.
The updates with blue backgrounds are for "community" programs. For these programs, the UCheck server determines that an update to the program is available from the number of UCheck users who have migrated to a new version of the program. This determination is based on "community" data collected on which programs are installed on UCheck users' machines when UCheck scans are performed. UCheck does not have knowledge of specific download links or monitor any specific websites for these programs and therefore cannot download or install the software. Since identification of updates to community data is based on limited data and involves use of heuristics, updates to community data may not always be correct or may be missed. In the case of "community" updates, the user is expected to
(1) use the "Check for Update" function for the affected program on his machine to verify and install the update or
(2) to maintain a separate list of links of downloads, version history, etc. for programs installed on his machine which he can then use to manually confirm, download and install the update. In the event that neither of these two methods is available, the "Open search" link provided on the list of updates will open a web search for the program identified as having an update.
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