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Anti-Malware Toolkit updated, supports loads of new apps

Windowsby Lee Mathews Dec 12th 2008


Lunarsoft, producers of Anti-Malware Toolkit, have been hard at work since I mentioned it on Downloadsquad back in August.

The handy updater now supports 37 different downloads in five categories, including:
  • Spyware: Spyware Blaster, CCleaner, RogueRemover, SUPERAntiSpyware, Malwarebytes, Spybot, Hijack This
  • Definitions: Avast, Avira, Spybot, Malwarebytes, SUPERAntiSpyware
  • Utilities: Dial-a-fix, JavaRA, Autoruns, Process Explorer, Rootkit Revealer, Unlocker, LSPFix, MS Malcious Software Removal, Windows Installer Cleanup
  • Uninstallers: Avast, Avira, AVG (x86 and x64), BitDefender, Kaspersky, McAfee, One Care
  • Recommendations: Firefox, Opera, Thunderbird, Avast, AntiVir, Comdo (x86 and x64), Auslogics Defrag, PageDefrag, UPHClean
Support has also been added automatically create category folders instead of saving everything into your specified download directory.

It's a great application for keeping your flash drive up-to-date with a ton of good, free malware removal tools. Anti-Malware Toolkit is a free application for Windows only. It can be downloaded from the author's site or from Freeware Files.

Tags: cleanup, downloader, malware, removal, spyware, updater

Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Web services, Freeware, Open Source

GetIt combines the power of three Windows apt-style updaters

Windowsby Lee Mathews Dec 4th 2008

As I've mentioned before, I'm a fan of apt-get. It's an extremely easy way to get tons of new applications installed on a new Linux installation. Plenty of similar options exist for Windows, but one stands out.

GetIt combines the power of three Windows implementations of the system - AppSnap, AppUpdater, and Win-Get. Once you've got all your engines installed, use Get-it's GUI to set them up (just click the buton) and you're ready to install.

More than four hundred apps are currently supported, including Avast, AVG, CDBurnerXP, Firefox, AutoHotKey, uTorrent, VLC, OpenOffice, and Handbrake.

Applications can be installed a number of ways. When GetIt checks your repositories for updates, it creates installer files in its Install folder. After that, you can:
  • Browse to the folder and double-click an installer
  • Use the GetIt Gui or command line
  • Index the folder and launch installers from Find and Run Robot (or your favorite launcher)
Installs run without user input, and GetIt also supports checking for updates to your apps. I'd like to see the GUI support multiple selections and would prefer not having to "press any key to continue" following an install, but those are minor gripes. For the average user, category listings would be a helpful addition.

GetIt is a simple, powerful way to download and install tons of great software and keep it up to date on your Windows PC.

Tags: apt-get, installer, updater

Filed under: Utilities, Windows Mobile, Freeware, Mobile Minute, Beta

AppToDate: Software updater for Windows Mobile

by Brad Linder Apr 11th 2008

AppToDateThere are a handful of decent programs for Windows that will help you determine if the software on your PC is up to date. But as far as we know, nobody's ever developed such an application for Windows Mobile. Until now. AppToDate is a utility for Windows Mobile that checks to see if your installed software is up to date, and if not, it will automatically download updates.

Right now, only a handful of applications are supported, and AppToDate is still in the early beta stages. But we love the concept. Imagine only having to install software on your phone or PDA once. From then on, every time an update is issued, it would be installed automatically.

Developers can join the beta by adding AppToDate support to their applications, and anyone can download and install the application on their Windows Mobile device. Assuming they have Windows Mobile 5.0 or later. Windows Mobile 2003 doesn't appear to be supported.

[via Just Another Mobile Monday]

Tags: apptodate, updater, upt-to-date, windows-mobile

Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Freeware

Appupdater: Command line utility for keeping your apps up to date

Windowsby Brad Linder Dec 19th 2007

AppUpdater
Appupdater might just be the coolest Windows app ever. OK, that's probably an overstatement, but we've been looking for something like this for ages. Essentially, Appupdater is to Windows what apt-get is to Debian Linux. In other words, it's a command line utility that lets you automatically download, install, update, and remove applications.

Here's how it works. Once you've downloaded and installed Appupdater, you can either run it by clicking on a shortcut or by running the Appupdater command using a command line box (which you can pull up by typing "cmd" into the Run box in your start menu.

While there is a graphical interface, it's pretty ugly and the command line version is actually much easier to use. Here are a few commands to get you started:
  • "appupdater --update" will grab a list of available packages (or programs) from a server.
  • "appupdater --list" shows a list of installed packages on your system. Note, this is not a complete list of installed application, but rather a list of packages available in the repository which you have already installed.
  • "appupdater --available" displays a full list of available packages.
  • "appupdater --install PKG" will let you download and install a package. For example, "appupdater --install pidgin" downloads and installs the latest version of Pidgin.
  • "appupdater --upgrade" will download and install updates for all supported applications that have available updates.
  • "appupdater --remove PKG" uninstalls a specified package.
You can get a complete list of commands in the user manual.
AppUpdater does not by any means support every freeware application available for Windows. But it does have a pretty good list of apps. And you can also create your own custom repositories.

We've seen other attempts to create a Linux-style package management system for Windows. But Appupdater definitely seems to be the most useful of the bunch.

[via Lifehacker]

Tags: appupdater, apt-get, updater

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