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I am trying to print to my HP & get the following message inkjet1.driver will damage your computer along with pde.plugin will damage your computer & HPDM.framework will damage your computer. Malware. How do I remove this in order to print please


MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Oct 26, 2020 11:27 AM

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Oct 28, 2020 3:58 PM in response to srscmayor

In my case, I downloaded HPPrinterDrivers5.1.dmg from https://support.hp.com/ie-en/drivers (I searched for my specific printer). I ran the installer and that's all I had to do (i.e. didn't have to delete HP related folders on my system or any other manual action) to get it working again. Nor did I have to restart my system either.


The .dmg is listed as a Mac Printer driver. version 5.1. The file size is 572.6 MB and the release date was Oct 25, 2020. I hope this helps folks.

Nov 1, 2020 4:12 PM in response to Barnside

I'm no expert and I don't have the same printer model as you. However, I think this worked for others (see post below):


"I found this post on the HP Community and the instructions from IronBadger solved the problem for me."


https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Printing-Errors-or-Lights-Stuck-Print-Jobs/any-hp-printer-gives-me-the-error-Stopped-The-file-private/m-p/7825421#M404848


I followed the instructions where he says it shouldn't be necessary to uninstall everything, but I did that and my problem is cured after downloading HP Easy Start and running through that.

Nov 5, 2020 2:25 AM in response to srscmayor

Here is the fix for the odd problems with HP printing after the Catalina 10.15.7 update.


Go to System Preferences -> Printers & Scanners. Delete the HP Printer.

Go to your HD -> Library -> Printers. Delete the hp folder.

Reconnect your HP printer.

Go to System Preferences -> Printers & Scanners. Add the HP Printer.

System will auto update the required HP driver software.


You should be all set, as it was for me.


Good Luck.

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