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A customer support application that comes bundled with HP PCs have been found to harbour multiple security vulnerabilities. The pre-installed software is designed to make it easy for users to keep drivers and HP software automatically updated. But flaws in ActiveX components within HP Instant Support give rise to multiple …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Self aware

    "The pre-installed software is designed to make it easy for users to keep drivers and HP software automatically updated."

    Does it keep itself updated?

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  2. Anonymous Coward
    Jobs Halo

    Another reason...

    ...to switch to the safe and reliable Mac platform ;)

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  3. Anonymous Coward
    Coat

    Another reason...

    ... to just not run active-x.

    Coat? It's the smug-looking one, with the copy of firefox and noscript in the pocket.

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