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Week 4: Update Software

Update Your Software

Updating your software is crucial for protecting your devices from current and future threats by making sure that your devices are equipped with the latest protection. Phones, laptops, and tablets should all be updated regularly.

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Benefits of Keeping your Devices Updated

  • Protecting your data: Keeping systems up to date ensures that your system has the newest release of protection against vulnerabilities. 
  • Malware protection: An outdated system may more likely to be affected with malware. Hackers frequently target older systems since the vulnerabilities are already well known. 
  • Improved security: Updates frequently introduce new security features that protect you against the latest threats. 
  • Reliability: With every update you can sleep easy knowing that you are protected with the latest software. 

Updating Systems Tutorials

Updating your Windows software enhances your user experience and keeps your data secure.

Updating your Apple Macintosh operating system will ensure security enhancements, compatibility, and increased longevity.

Keeping Chrome up to date helps protect you from hackers by having the latest privacy and security features. Hackers like to target browsers and use them as an entry point for malware.

Just like updating any other browser, updating Microsoft Edge gives you the best user experience and the latest security enhancements,

Updating your iPhone's operating system provides bug fixes, better battery life, privacy enhancements, and longevity.

Keeping your Android updated provides continuous integration with Google services, privacy control over apps, and security enhancements to known vulnerabilities.

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