The easy way to update: Let Windows Update handle it Then, make sure the antivirus software you use is up to date, and run a full scan now that the malware has been made public, most antivirus software should be able to find and remove it. Still, you should uninstall the Asus Live Update tool at your earliest convenience and use our guidelines below to keep your computer up to date instead-the directions for checking the version of the Live Update tool that you have will also show you where you need to go to uninstall the software from Windows 7, 8, or 10. Kaspersky Lab, the security company that discovered the “ShadowHammer” malware, has a tool you can use to see if your computer was one of the about 600 targeted (it’s pretty unlikely). If you have an Asus computerĪs the Motherboard report mentions, though the malware was installed on many computers, it was activated in only a handful of circumstances on computers that were targeted specifically by the hackers.
The guidelines and links below should walk you through what you need to know to update most computers with new drivers and firmware while also avoiding the extra security risks and crapware that comes with your computer manufacturer’s software update tools. Driver updates can fix crashes, connectivity problems, security bugs, and other glitches, and if you play games (regardless of whether you do it on a regular ultrabook or a gaming laptop), new driver updates regularly fix bugs and improve performance in recently released games. Even discounting any security issues, these utilities usually don’t offer the most updated drivers, and most manufacturers stop releasing new software updates for old computers after a year or two anyway.īut that doesn’t mean you should stop updating your computer’s drivers altogether. It’s unlikely that your computer was affected-the malware was installed on a lot of computers but was activated and used on only a few hundred-but this hack is an example of why we recommend uninstalling your computer manufacturer’s auto-update utility altogether.
In March 2019, Motherboard reported that the software update tool that Asus installs on its laptops had been used to install malware on about half a million computers.
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