If you own a HP-branded Windows PC or laptop, it may be running a new “service” that you never opted to have installed and had no idea was constantly running in the background. It is currently unclear what data is being sent to a HP server on a daily basis. Some users are even reporting it slows their PC down.



Dubbed “HP Touchpoint Analytics Service,” HP says it “harvests telemetry information that is used by HP Touchpoint’s analytical services.” Apparently, it’s HP Touchpoint Analytics Client version 4.0.2.1435. There are dozens of reports of this new, ahem, service scattered all over the internet. According to Gunter Born, reports of the infection go all the way back to Nov. 15.

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