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A few days ago I noticed an alert after powering up my computer that a download/update for my printer had been completed. I didn't worry about it but today, I turned on my computer and found that a new device was on it and there is absolutely no information about it in the properties and/or the device information. I don't know why it is suddenly there, if it is a patch of somesort or what? When I went to check it out for further details, I got a window that opened up and said the snap in was being installed so I had to go to the task manager to end the task because I did not know what was going on or where this new "device" had come from. Is this a legitimate HP update/patch/system repair for my printer? Or should I be greatly concerned about where this HEWLETT-PACKARDOFFICEJET REFLASH Device has come from? I checked it in my devices online with HP and it shows the device in "my devices" but it shows it is not installed and asks if I want to install it (?). My notebook and my printer both show as my devices and they both show that they are currently installed. Can anyone tell me what this is and if I need it, or should I remove it from my computer since it appears to be installed when I look at my devices in my device manager on my computer? I am set up for updates with HP but I don't know if that is where it came from since the manufacturer is "unknown", Driver Provider is "unknown", Driver Date is "not available", Driver Version is "not available", Digital Signer "Not digitally signed", and in the Events Window it shows "

Device USBPRINT\HEWLETT-PACKARDOFFICEJET_REFLASH\6&24b1de23&0&USB002 was configured.

Driver Name: null
Class Guid: {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
Driver Date:
Driver Version:
Driver Provider:
Driver Section:
Driver Rank: 0x0
Matching Device Id:
Outranked Drivers:
Device Updated: false
Parent Device: USB\VID_03F0&PID_CAFE\5&e535c4e&0&2

 

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