Dell laptops and computers vulnerable to remote hijacks

[mouser]

If you have a dell laptop you need to make sure you are up to date.

A vulnerability in the Dell SupportAssist utility exposes Dell laptops and personal computers to a remote attack that can allow hackers to execute code with admin privileges on devices using an older version of this tool and take over users' systems.
Dell has released a patch for this security flaw on April 23; however, many users are likely to remain vulnerable unless they've already updated the tool --which is used for debugging, diagnostics, and Dell drivers auto-updates.

https://www.zdnet.co...e-to-remote-hijacks/

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[tomos]

Thanks, I do mainly use a dell laptop, but appear to have removed this early on. It was annoying me but I cant remember how exactly (must keep a better computer diary).