Switched on this morning and get a load of warning messages such as "productimprovemnentstudy .HPTASK will damage your computer". If I click on 'OK' another warning pops up. The Mac seems to work otherwise.
iMac, OS X 10.11
It is not malware. Those files were installed as a consequence of installing printer drivers from HP. HP caused that problem and only HP can fix it.
Do not install anything in an effort to fix it.
Please refer to the following Discussions, among hundreds of others posted over the past few days:
HP Printer Drivers 5.1 are malware?
HP Scanner 3 will harm your computer - Apple Community
How to delete this from my computer“ProductImprovementStudy.hptask” will damage your computer.
At your option you may delete that file. It was never required to begin with. It and other files associated with installing HP printers have been blocked from loading and are now doing nothing anyway. Deleting the specific file in that dialog box will not prevent your HP printer form working.
Once again do not install anything in an effort to get rid of it. Downloading and installing anything claiming to "scan" or "protect" your Mac will result in serious trouble.
It is not malware. Those files were installed as a consequence of installing printer drivers from HP. HP caused that problem and only HP can fix it.
Do not install anything in an effort to fix it.
Please refer to the following Discussions, among hundreds of others posted over the past few days:
HP Printer Drivers 5.1 are malware?
HP Scanner 3 will harm your computer - Apple Community
How to delete this from my computer“ProductImprovementStudy.hptask” will damage your computer.
At your option you may delete that file. It was never required to begin with. It and other files associated with installing HP printers have been blocked from loading and are now doing nothing anyway. Deleting the specific file in that dialog box will not prevent your HP printer form working.
Once again do not install anything in an effort to get rid of it. Downloading and installing anything claiming to "scan" or "protect" your Mac will result in serious trouble.
My older MacPro recently started receiving pop-up boxes with messages that ended with .hp task. I reinstalled my HP Printer and I tried various fixes deleting .hptask items listed in the Activity Monitor and from Trash. Nothing worked until I deleted "hp device monitor" from the Activity Monitor and then deleted the "hp device monitor" from Trash and then rebooted my computer. Hope this works for you.
I'm trying my virus scan, not sure if that will work. My laptop was fine until I tried to print.
Switched on this morning and get a load of warning messages such as productimprovemnentstudy .HPTASK. The Mac seems to work otherwise.
