Can you please add the company name in the title? If you want to keep original title, you can do it like this:
This printer company [Procolored]
Submitted 3 weeks ago by Pro@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.gdatasoftware.com/blog/2025/05/38200-printer-infected-software-downloads
Can you please add the company name in the title? If you want to keep original title, you can do it like this:
This printer company [Procolored]
Wow it’s not HP.
In that case it wouldn’t be news.
Btw, germany has a law about “Computersabotage”. Wondering why HP & co still can make your paid (computer) hardware not working anymore?
HP created a whole generation of militant anti-HP consumers long before Louis Rossman
Yeah I’ve been bitching about their laptops too lately.
Good to see there are still viruses in the wild, I was beginning to think those kinda became some ancient forgotten form of art. [I mean proper viruses, not malware in general]
The fact they’re still trying to blame “Chinese language” after presumably being provided with receipts?
I think they meant they were using malware detection tools that would often flag it because of the Chinese language issue and just assumed that’s what was up when it flagged it this time.
Kinda like the boy who cried wolf, they ignored it when there really was a wolf.
You’re telling me there are malware detection tools that hit on the Chinese language? Like anything from China is malicious?
Looks like the printer company did not have antivirus on their systems.
Why would anyone use the software? Aren’t modern printers plug and play?
Plug and auto install drivers and play
This is not a typical home or office printer, very specialized.
gressen@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
The printer company is called Procolored.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Also it’s for a UV printer, not an inkjet or laser printer, with the cheapest option on their website being $1900 and the average being around $6000. So, not a regular printer you would buy off the shelf. It’s still bad of course, but only so many people even could be impacted by it.
HiTekRedNek@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Except you don’t need to have bought one to be affected by it. Maybe your employer bought one, and infected a computer you use at work.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
That’s almost worse. Because then you’ll be more inclined to trust them.
Landless2029@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’d have guessed HP
underline960@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Thank you. Cross-posting this to !savedyouaclick@lemmy.world.