FAQ: Norton Driver Updater

Norton Driver Updater is a performance tool from Norton that helps keep your Windows PC and its peripherals run smoothly. It helps reduce crashes, freezes, and bluescreens problems in your Windows computer and also helps eliminate security vulnerabilities.

Norton Driver Updater automatically detects outdated, corrupt, vulnerable, or missing drivers and updates them to fix bugs and vulnerabilities. It can back up and restore current drivers in the case of any issues. You can download from a database of more than 50 million malware-free drivers to help PC graphics, devices, audio, network, and other components perform better.

Vulnerabilities in drivers can be a significant security liability. An outdated driver lacks the latest security measures making it easier for cybercriminals to exploit it and gain access to your computer's operating system.

For comprehensive protection, it is important to ensure that all your drivers are of the latest version. Although Windows PC drivers can be updated manually, it is tricky to identify the outdated drivers and find the right updates. We recommend using dedicated driver updater software like Norton Driver Updater to update your drivers.

Norton Driver Updater is one of the best Windows driver updater software. You can download from a database of more than 50 million malware-free drivers to help PC graphics, devices, audio, network, and other components perform better. Norton is one of the world’s biggest and most trusted cybersecurity brands. We ensure our software meets only the highest standards in both security and performance.

Norton Driver Updater is designed to keep your device drivers up-to-date to help eliminate security vulnerabilities. Get notified about vulnerable drivers on your Windows PC so you can immediately update and close security holes.

A vulnerable driver is an outdated driver that contains security gaps. Cybercriminals can exploit these security gaps to gain access to your computer.

Your current Norton Protection can detect only outdated drivers. While it offers protection against zero-day vulnerabilities that cybercriminals create by exploiting such vulnerable driver gaps, it cannot update the vulnerable drivers to their latest available versions. Having vulnerable drivers in your computer is always a risk.

Software Updater detects outdated programs in your computer and helps update them to their latest available versions. Norton Driver Updater detects outdated, corrupt, vulnerable, or missing drivers in your computer and helps update them to the latest available driver versions.

Norton Driver Updater downloads verified manufacturer's driver installers. Before updating the drivers, Norton Driver Updater backs up all existing drivers and creates a Windows system restore point.

Norton Driver Updater automatically tests the components during the scan and after an update. In case there are any problems with a newly updated driver, it marks the problematic driver with an Issue detected label. You can then revert the driver back to the previous version.

Updating drivers can cause problems in two scenarios:

1. You try to manually update a driver and end up with updating with the wrong update.

2. If the device manufacturer released a flawed update for the driver that introduces more problems than fixes, or has other unforeseen bugs and incompatibilities.

Norton Driver Updater helps you in both these instances. Our unique driver revert feature lets you quickly revert to a previous version of the driver.

Operating Systems

• Microsoft Windows 11 except Mixed Reality and IoT Edition

• Microsoft Windows 10 except Mobile and IoT Edition (32- or 64-bit)

• Microsoft Windows 8.1/8 except RT and Starter Edition (32- or 64-bit)

• Microsoft Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 (SP 1) or later, any Edition (32- or 64-bit)

Hardware

• Processor: Windows fully compatible PC with Intel Pentium 4 / AMD Athlon 64 processor or above (must support SSE3 instructions)

• RAM: 1 GB or more

• Hard disk space: 2 GB of available hard disk space

• Optimally standard screen resolution no less than 1024 x 768 pixels is recommended

Internet connection to download, activate, and use the application.

If your subscription plan includes Norton Driver Updater entitlement, you can download and install Norton Driver Updater from your Norton account. For detailed instructions, see Download and install Norton Driver Updater

For instructions to update your drivers to the latest version, see Update your hardware drivers to the latest version with Norton Driver Updater.

For instructions to revert a driver to its previous version, see Restore your hardware driver to previous version.

Updating your GPU’s driver generally fix issues and bugs in the GPU. Although it helps improve the GPU perform better, it is unlikely to improve your gaming or PC performance to a huge extent. Improving PC or gaming performance is largely dependent on the hardware. If you want to improve your FPS, we recommend overclocking your GPU.

1. Open Norton Driver Updater.

2. In the Norton Driver Updater window, click Review or Review drivers or Scan again.

3. From the lists of drivers (Outdated, Skipped, or Updated), identify the driver category or the driver that you want to exclude and click the drop-down arrow next to it.

   Outdated, Skipped, and Updated might have a different set of drivers. It is recommended to look at all categories to find the drivers that you want to exclude.

4. Next to the driver that you want to exclude, click View details.

5. Click Ignore this driver.

   The ignored driver gets added to the Ignored section, and Norton Driver Updater no longer flags this driver as outdated until it is added back.

Important: Outdated drivers lack the latest security measures making it easier for cybercriminals to exploit it and gain access to your computer's operating system. For comprehensive protection, we recommend you update your drivers to the latest available version.

1. Open Norton Driver Updater.

2. In the Norton Driver Updater window, click Review or Review drivers or Scan again.

3. From the lists of drivers pertaining to the Ignored tab, identify the driver category or the driver that you want to resume updating and click the drop-down arrow next to it.

4. Next to the driver that you want to exclude, click View details, then click Add Back.

1. Open Norton Driver Updater.

2. In the Norton Driver Updater window, at the top-right corner, click the Settings icon.

3. Under General, click Update Driver Updater.

4. If you see the message: "You're up to date", you are using the latest version.

5. Under Choose how you'd like to get updates, choose how you want Norton Driver Updater to check for and install updates.

   We recommend that you select Update Driver Updater automatically in the background to ensure you are always on the latest version.