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How Vulnerability Scanner works

With Vulnerability Scanner, you no longer have to wait to be notified when a Windows or program update is available. Vulnerability Scanner finds them first and installs them.

Here's how it works:

1Vulnerability Scanner first checks for potential security issues in your Windows files and installed programs.
2It then scans for software updates to repair any vulnerable Windows files and programs, and provides a detailed scan report that shows the number of updates found, and a description of each update.
3Depending on the type of scan you run, Vulnerability Scanner can automatically install all updates, or you can select the updates you want installed.
4 Finally, Vulnerability Scanner provides a summary of installed or incomplete updates, and lets you know if there are additional updates that you need to install yourself.