Potential Malware-infected printer

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  • slimslob
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    • May 2013
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    #1

    Potential Malware-infected printer

    You'd hope that spending $6,000 on a printer would give you a secure experience, free from viruses and other malware. However, in the case of Procolored printers, you'd be wrong.
  • Hart
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    • Feb 2024
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    #2
    Misleading title
    It's the software bundled, not the printer itself.

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    • slimslob
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      #3
      Originally posted by Hart
      Misleading title
      It's the software bundled, not the printer itself.
      It is bundled with the printer and therefore part of the printer.

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      • Blizzoo
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        • Aug 2013
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        #4
        Some manufacturers have now anti-malware prevention in place
        Defects are simple, our mind is complicated

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        • Mako
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          #5
          Originally posted by slimslob

          It is bundled with the printer and therefore part of the printer.
          According to the story it was software that came with the printer on a thumb drive. That is far different than the printer itself.

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          • slimslob
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            #6
            Originally posted by Mako

            According to the story it was software that came with the printer on a thumb drive. That is far different than the printer itself.
            Still people (customers and techs) need to know about it. And not everyone gets emails and Facebook posts from Malware Bytes Anti-Malware.

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            • Hart
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              • Feb 2024
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              #7
              Who would have thought that buying a noname chinese offbrand comes with shitty software ?

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