A driver update from chipmaker FTDI that counterfeit variants are commonly used FT232 chip unusable made, has been removed. That has let Microsoft know. The update herprogrammeerde the product id, so that Windows no longer handle that could.
Meanwhile, the FTDI the offending driver is removed from Windows Update, let Microsoft know on Ars Technica. It is not known whether the Scottish company has plans to with a tool that gebrickte adapters back to life. There seems, however, a cumbersome way to have to the operation in any case, Windows 8 to repair.
Users of various forums complained earlier this week that the driver update namaakversies of the FT232 chip for usb-to-seriëlepoort adapters unusable. That did not happen by accident: FTDI took in the general terms and conditions of the driver a passage that the update to ensure non-authentic equipment ‘irreparably’ damaged.
The update made sure that the product id of the counterfeit adapters was changed to “0”, so that operating systems the adapter is not recognized. The namaakchips differ internally from the real chips, but for the layman, is the difference with the naked eye can not see, as demonstrated in the Russian Zeptobars already.
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