Marcs Updater - Discussion

There have been some reports about issues with the Updater not updating anymore. Please try the latest beta version and switch to another IP Check provider instead of the previous default dnsomatic.com. For some reason they are rate-limiting the number of requests to their service. The new IP Check provider selection allows you to choose another provider in such cases. You can test the functionality with the new "Test" panel.

If you want to add a custom provider to the unstable testing version, store a JSON file like the following under %PROGRAMDATA%\Marcs Updater\ServiceProviders\dyndns.json:

{
    "name": "DynDNS.org (Test)",
    "endpoint": "https://members.dyndns.org/nic/update",
    "method": "GET",
    "queryString": "hostname={HOSTNAME}&myip={MYIP}",
    "dataPayload": "",
    "defaults": {
        "username": "test",
        "password": "test",
        "hostname": "test1.customtest.dyndns.org"
    }
}

Supported query and payload tags are {USERNAME}, {PASSWORD}, {HOSTNAME} and {MYIP}. Restart the background service and foreground application to apply any changes.

Discussion created on Oct. 29, 2009

Posted on Oct. 29, 2009 6:31 p.m.

tadej wrote:

I was a bit bored today and so I went checking running processes (their files/executables) with PsService (it's a "Task Manager on steroids") program's Verify command and so I noticed that "Marcs Updater.exe" and "unins000.exe" (the only two .exes in Marcs Updater's installation folder) files are actually digitally signed!!

And therefore I just want to say: "Wow, well done Marc!!", because you see, I always thought that this (signing the executables) is done only by big/rich software companies, but I guess now that it isn't so.

Thanks again for this great program!!

Greetings, Tadej

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