[Anupam]

Many of us check the download sites like MajorGeeks, FreewareFile, BetaForum... for software updates. Do you download from the download sites, or from the software's main site?

I watch the download sites for the updates, but I follow a practice of downloading from the program's home site. Now, with some experiences, I think I had been following the right route.

I first noticed this with TotalMounter. The current version on TotalMounter's home site is 1.32. Some days ago, many of the download sites started showing version 1.33 of the program. I kept on checking TotalMounter's site, but it still remains as 1.32.

Then it happened with Miro. Many of the download sites showed version 2.5 as latest version of Miro. I kept checking Miro's site for days, but it showed as 2.4. After a few days, Miro's site had the news of version 2.5 as release candidate! Miro 2.5 was released just a few days ago. Now, the download sites show the version as 2.5.1, but it still remains as 2.5 on the main site.

I have observed this trend with CPU-Z and Any Video Converter recently.

So, now I make sure to keep watch on the updates from the download sites, but I always check the main site before actually downloading the program.

What's your take on this?