Carambis Software Updater

Carambis Software Updater is an application developed specifically for helping you search for updates for programs that are currently installed on your computer. It looks for software updates and new versions of installed utilities. You need to have an active Internet connection in order to complete the updating process successfully.

The tool reveals an intuitive layout that hides a few configuration settings under the hood. As soon as you run it, Carambis Software Updater automatically starts scanning your computer for updates. Plus, you are allowed to restart the scan process with a single click.

Although you cannot appeal to a help manual, you can quickly get an idea about how to tweak the dedicated parameters because they look easy to work with.

Carambis Software Updater offers you the possibility to view the number of items with updates directly in the main window. The results are revealed via your web browser and include details about the programs (installed version, latest version, and size of the download) that need updates.

When it comes to general configuration settings, you can launch the utility at Windows startup, automatically scan your computer every day or only on a specific day of the week, and at custom time (in hours and minutes), activate a scan mode when you start the tool, as well as show the results in your default browser, Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Opera.

You are allowed to set up custom folders that you want to include in the scan process, delete the selected directories or clear all of them, as well as configure Internet connections via direct connection or proxy parameters.

The time needed to complete a scan job pretty much depends on the number of applications that are installed on your computer. Tests have pointed out that the tool eats up CPU and memory resources so the overall performance of the system may be hampered. Its detection ratio of installed utilities is not that good, because some tools are not displayed.

To sum things up, Carambis Software Updater comes packed with several basic features for helping you manage program updates, and is suitable especially for less experienced users. If you are on the hunt for advanced options, you can check out the professional edition of the utility, so-called Carambis Software Updater Pro, that provides support for recommended and popular software lists, direct download, speedy downloading options, download manager, once-click app setup mode, as well as advanced scheduler.