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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago

This Printer company served you malware for months, called them false positives

www.gdatasoftware.com

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This Printer company served you malware for months, called them false positives

www.gdatasoftware.com

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago

Procolored: Printer company serves malware für six months, claims "false positive" warnings

www.gdatasoftware.com

What do a coin stealer, an abandoned backdoor and a file infector have in common? They all resided in the download section on the website of a printer company - stowed away in installer files for drivers and utilities. We took a closer look.

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Why would anyone use the software? Aren’t modern printers plug and play?
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  Plug and auto install drivers and play
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  This is not a typical home or office printer, very specialized.

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