In other words if you have Dell laptop, don't use the Dell System Detect and update as soon as possible
Christ. Does this apply only if you have a Dell laptop, or is it PCs as well? In the article it mentions both laptops and PCs but here you only mention laptops, so could there be potentially some further clarification?
I guess to be safe, if you own any dell products, just check anyways.
Yikes. My Dell XPS 15 came with this software. Thankfully I installed Ubuntu right after it arrived.
Crazy how there are so many vulnerabilies everywhere (VLC, DELL software, ...) that goes unnoticed. Anything can be vulnerable to attack vectors.
it's sad how we can't just say anymore that we are safe as long as we don't download random stuff over the internet.
You really got to be extremely careful and stay up to date with these things.
And this is not just something that is brand discriminatory - it can happen to any OS, any manufacturer, any brand. There's a ton of people seem to think that they are protected simply because they use a OS different to windows, or that buying a certain brand's products will mean they can store their coins safely on a machine all of a sudden.