Usually, I'm an "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" kind of guy. But there are certain programs on everyone's system--such as Web browsers--that can amass troublesome security flaws if they're not updated. That's where freebie Ketarin--a tiny app that monitors download sites for updates and downloads them for you en masse--comes in. Don't most applications do this on their own? Yes, but at least in my case, I almost always disable the option or background application that performs the task. This makes for a faster PC. It also means that I recognize false update messages are fakes--like the Adobe-mimicking attack I ran into just a few days ago.

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Source: Computerworld Unix News