Nexus
Thursday, June 23, 2011 by OldMsgt | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Nexus 11.5 is now availiable
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Reply #22 Friday, June 24, 2011 1:58 PM
Personally I think you should only download from the original site (preferred method, since they might have important information, an even newer version and/or are trustworthy) OR from a reputable site like Cnet's Download.com.
And yes, I have seen virus infected files proposing to be cracks for Winstep Xtreme, Nexus Ultimate, etc... Even though it would be poetic justice to let users who download those files get infected, those too get taken down via DMCA notices whenever I run into them.
One thing that DOES bother me personally is how some bloggers, etc..., will go through what seems to be great lengths to upload the free version of Nexus to sites like RapidShare, Megaupload, etc... and then link to that instead of Winstep.net. It makes no sense for free software!
Bloggers who do that are stealing hits from the Nexus listing at Cnet Download.com (hits that help keeping the program at the top of the chart) and readers who come across those blogs end up downloading and running old versions of the software.
Reply #23 Friday, June 24, 2011 6:28 PM
Had that problem a long time ago which is why I deal with cnet and original sites only. I go with what I know works.
Reply #24 Friday, June 24, 2011 11:39 PM
Although it's getting a bit OT ...
FileHippo, and other sites like it, are on twitter. I get daily messages on software updates and then check them out on the programs original sites.
I do use Secunia PSI which informs about patches for my installed programs, it downloads patches from the programs(sites) file servers.
Winstep was nice enough to notify me itself 
Reply #25 Saturday, June 25, 2011 5:45 AM
FileHippo, and other sites like it, are on twitter. I get daily messages on software updates and then check them out on the programs original sites.
I do use Secunia PSI which informs about patches for my installed programs, it downloads patches from the programs(sites) file servers.
Winstep was nice enough to notify me itself
Thanks a lot, tazgecko!! 
That's what I was trying to say....
About Secunia, I'm using it as well...great one!
Reply #26 Saturday, June 25, 2011 9:56 AM
Jorge, with that change log, it looks like you've been busy.
Reply #27 Saturday, June 25, 2011 10:26 AM
Winextreme with work shelf 11.5 is now out my machine updated automatically
Reply #28 Saturday, June 25, 2011 11:00 AM
OldMsgt, make sure you have "Notify of update" ticked in either "Advanced" or "General" tabs ... that way when you boot, or start Nexus/WinStep, it'll check for updates automatically.
Reply #31 Saturday, June 25, 2011 11:20 PM
Here is what I said in my post quote my machine updated automatically end quote. My machine is and always has had that item you mentioned checked for automatic updates thank you.
I just posted Win Extreme 11.5 was now out for others to know and could update
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Reply #21 Friday, June 24, 2011 10:30 AM
The original site is still the most trustworthy. Don't wish to belabor the point, itboe.
Oh, probably I'm not explaining well. Of course the original site is the most trustworthy (although they can get infected as well, especially if the software are some very popular ones; hackers are looking for these kind of sites..), is obvious.
What I mean is that with some very light, small utility such as Hippo UpdateChecker you can know in few seconds which updates are available..Then, if you like, you can download them from the original sites (sometimes this is what I do..) .
I mean, is something "practical" ..