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o, it isn't your imagination. Windows really is installing the HP Smart App and renaming printers without user interaction. Microsoft has updated its Windows release health dashboard to admit a problem exists. The title of the issue says it all: "Printer names and icons might be changed and HP Smart app automatically installs." The problem appears widespread – as well as Windows 11, versions of Windows 10 going right back to the Windows 10 Enterprise 2015 LTSB have been hit by the issue, which appears to affect Windows devices with access to the Microsoft Store. Windows Server, including Windows Server 2012, is also affected. https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/05/hp_smartapp_microsof t_issue/ HP Smart is a genuine app with no malicious intent (unless perhaps you regard the pushing of official HP ink cartridges as malicious). Regardless, it is being forcefully installed without the user's permission when Windows installs the HP driver, while it also renames and changing icons of existing connected printers. Since there is no current workaround or fix for this problem, you may want to hold off on Windows updates from November 27th onwards, until Microsoft nixes the HP-happy update issue and provides a fix for affected users. https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/printers/windows-u pdate-renames-every-installed-printer-hp-laserjet-ultra-m10 6-changes-icons-and-forces-install-of-hp-smart-app ---- has this just shown up on anyone's computer? i'm curious. because if the HP printer app it pushes were itself vulnerable, now it's on every windows PC? Or every windows PC with a printer? random thot: what would you do with a botnet of every windows PC? (on dec 7?) |
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I don’t even have a computer |
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nope i dont use recent windouse |
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hp wilin have to check the windows 10 stinkpad and see if it did this |
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>>>random thot: what would you do with a botnet of every windows PC? m7 my brother in christ this question has been answered supply chain poisioning genuinely keeps me up at night |
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water and food |
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keep dreaming about riots, empty shelves |
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