HP PCs at risk from kye-logging

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http://news.sky.com/story/hp-laptops-secretly-recording-user-keystrokes-10873634

I've not yet been able to get through to Modzero' site.

Trusteer Rapport is an excellent App to prevent key-loggers but its new owners IBM won't sort out the "Chinese characters" fault that's stopping shutdown.

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From Axios today:

HP says it has a fix for a flaw that caused a number of its PC models to keep a log of each keystroke a customer was entering. The issue, caused by problematic code in an audio driver, affected PC models from 2015 and 2016.

A fix for 2016 models was released today via Windows Update, while a fix for 2015 models will be released tomorrow on both Windows Update and HP's Web site, HP Vice President Mike Nash told Axios.

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Details are interesting. 

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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/keylogger-found-in-audio-driver-of-hp-laptops/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/hardware/hp-releases-driver-update-to-remove-accidental-keylogger/

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http://www.infoworld.com/article/3196125/data-security/on-hp-computers-check-for-the-conexant-keylogger-called-mictray.html

https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/have-an-hp-computer-check-for-the-conexant-keylogger-called-mictray/

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doh!!!  Key-logging!