Why should you uninstall eDellRoot and DSDTestProvider
Dell recently exposed the eDellRoot security certificate vulnerability, which is regarded by the industry as Dell's version of the "Super Fish" incident. Lenovo has been criticized for pre-installing the "Super Fish" software that is "full of" vulnerabilities in computers released overseas. Now Dell has been discovered by users to have implanted a self-signed security certificate eDellRoot in Win10 laptops Inspiron 5000 and XPS 15. This certificate has a security vulnerability that allows attackers to easily launch attacks on computers containing the certificate.
eDellRoot and DSDTestProvider
The eDellRoot certificate is installed by Dell Foundation Services (DFS), which is an application pre-installed by Dell on the device to provide more convenient customer service and technical support functions. After the certificate was exposed earlier this week, Dell said it deployed the certificate in a DFS version released in August, leading many to believe that only Dell devices sold after August would be affected. This is not the case with implementation. This certificate may also exist on other devices with DFS installed, if the software is set up to automatically upgrade.
In addition to eDellRoot, another self-signed root certificate named DSDTestProvider was also found to have security risks. This certificate is part of the Dell System Detect (DSD) tool. When a user visits the Dell support page and clicks the "Detect Product" button, a pop-up window to install the tool will pop up.
How to use
Unzip the exe file
Double-click to automatically detect whether there are these two certificates in your computer. If so, they will be automatically deleted. If not, a not found message will appear.
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