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News HP laptops found to have hidden keylogger

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    Hidden software that can record every letter typed on a computer keyboard has been discovered pre-installed on hundreds of HP laptop models.

    Security researcher Michael Myng found the keylogging code in software drivers preinstalled on HP laptops to make the keyboard work.

    HP said more than 460 models of laptop were affected by the "potential security vulnerability".

    It has issued a software patch for its customers to remove the keylogger.

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