diff --git a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_general.tmpl b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_general.tmpl
index 45e28a59..d2bef02d 100644
--- a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_general.tmpl
+++ b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_general.tmpl
@@ -82,17 +82,6 @@
                             </label>
                         </div>
 
-                        <div class="field-pair">
-                            <label class="nocheck clearfix">
-                                <span class="component-title">Update Frequency</span>
-                                <input type="text" name="update_frequency" id="update_frequency" value="$sickbeard.UPDATE_FREQUENCY" size="5" />
-                            </label>
-                            <label class="nocheck clearfix">
-                                <span class="component-title">&nbsp;</span>
-                                <span class="component-desc">Time in hours to check for software updates (eg. 12)</span>
-                            </label>
-                        </div>
-
                         <div class="field-pair">
                             <input type="checkbox" name="auto_update" id="auto_update" #if $sickbeard.AUTO_UPDATE then "checked=\"checked\"" else ""#/>
                             <label class="clearfix" for="auto_update">
@@ -101,7 +90,7 @@
                             </label>
                             <label class="nocheck clearfix">
                                 <span class="component-title">&nbsp;</span>
-                                <span class="component-desc">Automatic Updates run on startup and in the background every 12 hours.</span>
+                                <span class="component-desc">Automatic Updates run on startup and in the background on the interval specified above.</span>
                             </label>
                         </div>
 
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/hdtorrents.py b/sickbeard/providers/hdtorrents.py
index 06c970c4..3936cae3 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/hdtorrents.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/hdtorrents.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ from lib import requests
 from lib.requests import exceptions
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 from lib.unidecode import unidecode
+from sickbeard.helpers import sanitizeSceneName
 
 
 class HDTorrentsProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
@@ -132,9 +133,9 @@ class HDTorrentsProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
 
         if abd:
             for show_name in set(show_name_helpers.allPossibleShowNames(show)):
-                ep_string = show_name_helpers.sanitizeSceneName(show_name) + ' ' + \
-                            str(episode) + '|' + \
-                            helpers.custom_strftime('%Y %b {S}', episode)
+                ep_string = sanitizeSceneName(show_name) + ' ' + \
+                            str(episode).replace('-', '|') + '|' + \
+                            helpers.custom_strftime('%b', episode)
                 search_string['Episode'].append(ep_string)
         else:
             for show_name in set(show_name_helpers.allPossibleShowNames(show)):
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/iptorrents.py b/sickbeard/providers/iptorrents.py
index 9d45da62..b45b9dac 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/iptorrents.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/iptorrents.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ from lib import requests
 from lib.requests import exceptions
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 from lib.unidecode import unidecode
+from sickbeard.helpers import sanitizeSceneName
 
 
 class IPTorrentsProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
@@ -114,9 +115,9 @@ class IPTorrentsProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
 
         if abd:
             for show_name in set(show_name_helpers.allPossibleShowNames(show)):
-                ep_string = show_name_helpers.sanitizeSceneName(show_name) + ' ' + \
-                            str(episode) + '|' + \
-                            helpers.custom_strftime('%Y %b {S}', episode)
+                ep_string = sanitizeSceneName(show_name) + ' ' + \
+                            str(episode).replace('-', '|') + '|' + \
+                            helpers.custom_strftime('%b', episode)
                 search_string['Episode'].append(ep_string)
         else:
             for show_name in set(show_name_helpers.allPossibleShowNames(show)):
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/kat.py b/sickbeard/providers/kat.py
index 74a643ea..5b86bc18 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/kat.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/kat.py
@@ -193,10 +193,10 @@ class KATProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
 
         if abd:
             for show_name in set(allPossibleShowNames(show)):
-                ep_string = sanitizeSceneName(show_name) + ' ' + \
-                            str(episode) + '|' + \
-                            helpers.custom_strftime('%Y %b {S}', episode)
 
+                ep_string = sanitizeSceneName(show_name) + ' ' + \
+                            str(episode).replace('-','|') + '|' + \
+                            helpers.custom_strftime('%b', episode)
                 search_string['Episode'].append(ep_string)
         else:
             for show_name in set(allPossibleShowNames(show)):
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/nextgen.py b/sickbeard/providers/nextgen.py
index ea1655b6..6ba908dd 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/nextgen.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/nextgen.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ from sickbeard import clients
 from lib import requests
 from lib.requests import exceptions
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+from sickbeard.helpers import sanitizeSceneName
 
 
 class NextGenProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
@@ -152,9 +153,9 @@ class NextGenProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
 
         if abd:
             for show_name in set(show_name_helpers.allPossibleShowNames(show)):
-                ep_string = show_name_helpers.sanitizeSceneName(show_name) + ' ' + \
-                            str(episode) + '|' + \
-                            helpers.custom_strftime('%Y %b {S}', episode)
+                ep_string = sanitizeSceneName(show_name) + ' ' + \
+                            str(episode).replace('-', '|') + '|' + \
+                            helpers.custom_strftime('%b', episode)
                 search_string['Episode'].append(ep_string)
         else:
             for show_name in set(show_name_helpers.allPossibleShowNames(show)):
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/publichd.py b/sickbeard/providers/publichd.py
index 34cb44e6..a91a2579 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/publichd.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/publichd.py
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ class PublicHDProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
         if abd:
             for show_name in set(allPossibleShowNames(show)):
                 ep_string = sanitizeSceneName(show_name) + ' ' + \
-                            str(episode) + '|' + \
-                            helpers.custom_strftime('%Y %b {S}', episode)
+                            str(episode).replace('-', '|') + '|' + \
+                            helpers.custom_strftime('%b', episode)
                 search_string['Episode'].append(ep_string)
         else:
             for show_name in set(allPossibleShowNames(show)):
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/scc.py b/sickbeard/providers/scc.py
index 78259f50..59de59fa 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/scc.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/scc.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ from lib import requests
 from lib.requests import exceptions
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 from lib.unidecode import unidecode
+from sickbeard.helpers import sanitizeSceneName
 
 
 class SCCProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
@@ -123,9 +124,9 @@ class SCCProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
 
         if abd:
             for show_name in set(show_name_helpers.allPossibleShowNames(show)):
-                ep_string = show_name_helpers.sanitizeSceneName(show_name) + ' ' + \
-                            str(episode) + '|' + \
-                            helpers.custom_strftime('%Y %b {S}', episode)
+                ep_string = sanitizeSceneName(show_name) + ' ' + \
+                            str(episode).replace('-', '|') + '|' + \
+                            helpers.custom_strftime('%b', episode)
                 search_string['Episode'].append(ep_string)
         else:
             for show_name in set(show_name_helpers.allPossibleShowNames(show)):
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/speedcd.py b/sickbeard/providers/speedcd.py
index 51befe82..f6297fc9 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/speedcd.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/speedcd.py
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ from sickbeard.exceptions import ex
 from sickbeard import clients
 from lib import requests
 from lib.requests import exceptions
+from sickbeard.helpers import sanitizeSceneName
+
 
 class SpeedCDProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
 
@@ -118,7 +120,9 @@ class SpeedCDProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
 
         if abd:
             for show_name in set(show_name_helpers.allPossibleShowNames(show)):
-                ep_string = show_name_helpers.sanitizeSceneName(show_name) +' '+ str(episode)
+                ep_string = sanitizeSceneName(show_name) + ' ' + \
+                            str(episode).replace('-', '|') + '|' + \
+                            helpers.custom_strftime('%b', episode)
                 search_string['Episode'].append(ep_string)
         else:
             for show_name in set(show_name_helpers.allPossibleShowNames(show)):
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/thepiratebay.py b/sickbeard/providers/thepiratebay.py
index 5e5e7ba6..82ba9be5 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/thepiratebay.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/thepiratebay.py
@@ -203,8 +203,8 @@ class ThePirateBayProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
         if abd:
             for show_name in set(allPossibleShowNames(show)):
                 ep_string = sanitizeSceneName(show_name) + ' ' + \
-                            str(episode) + '|' + \
-                            helpers.custom_strftime('%Y %b {S}', episode)
+                            str(episode).replace('-', '|') + '|' + \
+                            helpers.custom_strftime('%b', episode)
                 search_string['Episode'].append(ep_string)
         else:
             for show_name in set(allPossibleShowNames(show)):
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/torrentday.py b/sickbeard/providers/torrentday.py
index db9fe31c..b57f8bd4 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/torrentday.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/torrentday.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ from lib import requests
 from lib.requests import exceptions
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 from lib.unidecode import unidecode
+from sickbeard.helpers import sanitizeSceneName
 
 
 class TorrentDayProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
@@ -136,9 +137,9 @@ class TorrentDayProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
 
         if abd:
             for show_name in set(show_name_helpers.allPossibleShowNames(show)):
-                ep_string = show_name_helpers.sanitizeSceneName(show_name) + ' ' + \
-                            str(episode) + '|' + \
-                            helpers.custom_strftime('%Y %b {S}', episode)
+                ep_string = sanitizeSceneName(show_name) + ' ' + \
+                            str(episode).replace('-', '|') + '|' + \
+                            helpers.custom_strftime('%b', episode)
                 search_string['Episode'].append(ep_string)
         else:
             for show_name in set(show_name_helpers.allPossibleShowNames(show)):
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/torrentleech.py b/sickbeard/providers/torrentleech.py
index 7fa648fd..ccee5562 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/torrentleech.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/torrentleech.py
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ class TorrentLeechProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
 
         if abd:
             for show_name in set(show_name_helpers.allPossibleShowNames(show)):
-                ep_string = show_name_helpers.sanitizeSceneName(show_name) + ' ' + \
-                            str(episode) + '|' + \
-                            helpers.custom_strftime('%Y %b {S}', episode)
+                ep_string = sanitizeSceneName(show_name) + ' ' + \
+                            str(episode).replace('-', '|') + '|' + \
+                            helpers.custom_strftime('%b', episode)
                 search_string['Episode'].append(ep_string)
         else:
             for show_name in set(show_name_helpers.allPossibleShowNames(show)):