Recent Dell printer driver updates for various versions of Windows are flagged by some programs protections as malicious software.
The bug was identified and reported by journalist Brian Krebs on Twitter.
These drivers seem to have been released by Dell in recent months,. Krebs published its results his research in Virus Total, which indicate that the file is marked as "malware" or "Trojan" by various programs, such as Avast, McAfee, Microsoft, Fortinet and others.
If you're thinking about updating some drivers for your Dell devices today, maybe hold off a bit. Several driver downloads for printers on Dell's site are being detected by 24 or more antivirus products as malware. eg https://t.co/bw7BDof9CH result -> https://t.co/uWZ8d5dpQR
- briankrebs (@briankrebs) November 10, 2020
The logs as you can see from the link above show that at least 29 protection machines detected a file as unsafe.
We currently do not know what causes these detections and whether the files in question are safe or have been violated. Krebs suggests for those who want to download the latest drivers to delay it λήψη them for the time being. The company may release new drivers or provide at least one explanation for the references and validity of its drivers to the public.
