Phony chat on of inkjet 8725 firmware download screen

[philiphh]

On 8/26/16 I went to the software support page for my new OP Inkjet 8725 to download updated firmware. As I was reading the instructions a window opened on the HP page from a "specialist' who said he could help me install software. I had used the auto update from the printer twice but after downloading the software twice the install failed. I intended to download and install manually, which I did successfully later.

He asked me to use a link to download TeamView so he could help. I thought I was chatting with an HP rep. I downloaded TV. He immediately went to computer servcies and opened the system file. It showed many errors and warnings. The errors had nothing to do with installing the software so I asked if he worked for HP. He said no. He worked with Windows and said he could have a specialist fix my macine for $99.99 whioh would save me hundreds of dollars if I took it to a shop.

At that point I knew it was fraud and said I did not want to continue. He immediately shut down the several windows he had opened and temrinated the chat. I ran a full Defender check and found six different files inserted while I was on the phone with him labeled as Trojans and deleted them. I could not find any other traces of his being on my machine. I was using BootCamp on a MacAir.

I worry that HP itself has been hacked since the fraudulent chat appeared on HP's support page.

phhawkins

[Dragon-Fur]

@philiphh

Interesting -- and a bit scary, too.  I am glad you appear to have come away unscathed.

I have notified an HP moderator about this -- while HP may not contact you directly, the story will no doubt engender an internal discussion on the subject!

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[danny-r]

@philiphh

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[-Suzi-]

Yep, this also happened to me! I had Apple do a complete scan on my computer for any viruses!