11-12-2020 , 04:14 AM
https://news.softpedia.com/news/antiviru...1507.shtml Antivirus Software Flagging Dell Drivers as Malware
Dell has remained tight-lipped on the whole thing for now Nov 11, 2020 12:16 GMT · By Bogdan Popa A number of security products for Windows are flagging a bunch of new Dell printer drivers as malware and obviously blocking their installation.
While in theory one antivirus solution warning of a potential malware infection in a driver isn’t something concerning given that false positives happen occasionally, this time there are over 20 security products that do this for the latest Dell printer drivers.
Security software from leading security vendors like Avast, Bitdefender, F-Secure, McAfee, and Panda are all warning of a possible malware infection in certain drivers released by Dell. Interestingly, Microsoft’s Windows Defender, which comes pre-loaded with Windows 10, claims the files are clean, with no warning of malware whatsoever.
Dell has remained completely tight-lipped on everything so far, which means that right now, it might actually be a good idea to trust your antivirus and not install these drivers. These security products, however, are blocking the installation anyway, so users aren’t recommended to disable the protection to deploy the drivers.
Dell has remained tight-lipped so far
In the meantime, the drivers are still available for download, according to the official Dell pages, these are aimed at Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10. The malware warnings are said to be triggered on Windows 7 and later.
By the looks of things, all drivers are aimed at printers, so it remains to be seen if Dell eventually decides to pull them and re-release versions that would no longer cause these antivirus products to issue a malware warning. Some of the drivers are dating back to September, but new releases that were published recently also trigger a similar antivirus flag.
We’ve reached out to Dell to ask for more information about these printer drivers and the antivirus warnings and will update the article if an answer is offered.
Dell has remained tight-lipped on the whole thing for now Nov 11, 2020 12:16 GMT · By Bogdan Popa A number of security products for Windows are flagging a bunch of new Dell printer drivers as malware and obviously blocking their installation.
While in theory one antivirus solution warning of a potential malware infection in a driver isn’t something concerning given that false positives happen occasionally, this time there are over 20 security products that do this for the latest Dell printer drivers.
Security software from leading security vendors like Avast, Bitdefender, F-Secure, McAfee, and Panda are all warning of a possible malware infection in certain drivers released by Dell. Interestingly, Microsoft’s Windows Defender, which comes pre-loaded with Windows 10, claims the files are clean, with no warning of malware whatsoever.
Dell has remained completely tight-lipped on everything so far, which means that right now, it might actually be a good idea to trust your antivirus and not install these drivers. These security products, however, are blocking the installation anyway, so users aren’t recommended to disable the protection to deploy the drivers.
Dell has remained tight-lipped so far
In the meantime, the drivers are still available for download, according to the official Dell pages, these are aimed at Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10. The malware warnings are said to be triggered on Windows 7 and later.
By the looks of things, all drivers are aimed at printers, so it remains to be seen if Dell eventually decides to pull them and re-release versions that would no longer cause these antivirus products to issue a malware warning. Some of the drivers are dating back to September, but new releases that were published recently also trigger a similar antivirus flag.
We’ve reached out to Dell to ask for more information about these printer drivers and the antivirus warnings and will update the article if an answer is offered.