{"id":8341,"date":"2014-09-19T08:45:26","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T12:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=8341"},"modified":"2014-09-19T08:45:26","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T12:45:26","slug":"be-wary-when-getting-help-or-downloading-drivers-subdomains-are-tricky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/be-wary-when-getting-help-or-downloading-drivers-subdomains-are-tricky\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Wary When Getting Help or Downloading Drivers: Subdomains Are Tricky"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pam needs to reinstall her printer drivers but lost the printer setup disk
\n<\/strong>I wonder if any one can help me i rebooted my computer and now i can not put my printer back in as i can n find the disc is there any one that can tell me how i can down it from the net. Regards Pam<\/p>\n

Our answer
\n<\/strong>Hi Pam. This is a really good question because it brings up a common problem most of us face from time to time. If you search for, let’s say, Lexmark drivers, or HP Printer Drivers or Canon Printer Drivers, you’re going to find you’ll get a lot of search results. Unfortunately, most of them will be links to driver updater programs which are malware or install malware, or driver scam sites trying to charge you for drivers etc.<\/p>\n

It is really important that you look over the search results and separate the manufactures” sites from the garbage sites. Here’s a little tip for you and everyone…<\/p>\n

http:\/\/hpdrivers.driversrus.com\/<\/a>\u00a0 is not an HP site<\/p>\n

http:\/\/drivers.hp.com\/<\/a>\u00a0 is an HP site (although the link may not work because we just made it up for demo purposes)<\/p>\n

http:\/\/microsoft.support.com\/<\/a>\u00a0 is not a Microsoft site<\/p>\n

http:\/\/support.microsoft.com<\/a>\u00a0 is a Microsoft site<\/p>\n

Some of those links may not work, we just made them up to teach you how to tell real from fake. The domain name before the .com or .net or .whatever is all that matters. What comes before that are known as subdomains and anyone with a Web site can create as many subdomains as they want. For example:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/adobe.repair.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/downloadjava.wescamyou.com<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/abobeflash\/therealdownload.com<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/apple-itunes.grapefruit.com<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/Official-Microsoft-Support.scams.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Are all subdomains belonging to sites you don’t want to mess with. So always be careful you look at the domain name right before the .com, .net, .org, etc.<\/p>\n

Make sure, that you go to the correct site for your printer drivers. Most all printer manufacturers offer free driver downloads for all their printers. If you have an HP printer go to www.hp.com<\/a> , for Lexmark go to www.lexmark.com<\/a> , for Canon go to www.canon.com<\/a> , etc. Most often drivers and driver downloads are listed under “Support” on these sites. Make sure you know the model name and number of your printer before you head to the site to download drivers — not only will you save time, you’ll save the aggravation of downloading and installing incorrect drivers.<\/p>\n

We hope this helps you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pam needs to reinstall her printer drivers but lost the printer setup disk I wonder if any one can help me i rebooted my computer and now i can not put my printer back in as i can n find the disc is there any one that can tell me how i can down it from the net.\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8341"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8341"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8342,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8341\/revisions\/8342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}