"HP Easy Scan" will damage your computer. You should move it to the trash. - CANNOT SCAN TO COMPUTER

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"HP Easy Scan" will damage your computer. You should move it to the trash. - CANNOT SCAN TO COMPUTER

I just got this new error message and I am no longer able to scan anything to my computer.

"HP Easy Scan" will damage your computer. You should move it to the trash.

I know there were HP printer driver issues about a month ago. I had those, and they were resolved by this great community. Now the scanner will not work.

Anyone else having this issue?

I have a HP Officejet 8600 Plus

I am running iOS 11.0.1

MacBook, OS X 10.11

Posted on Nov 29, 2020 3:05 PM

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Ronasara

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Nov 29, 2020 4:31 PM in response to abbeylauren

No, it won't damage your computer. These problems with HP's printers and scanners have been all over this forum. You might read the information on this link: If your HP printer doesn't work and you see a warning that HP software '...will damage your computer' - Apple Support

HP caused the problem and there is supposed to be a software fix available for download from their web site.

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abbeylauren Author

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Dec 3, 2020 9:14 AM in response to Ronasara

GREAT NEWS! MY IT guy found out how to fix this.

Click on "Finder"
Click on "Application"
Click on "HP Easy Scan"
Highlight and right click "Get Info"
A box will pop up on the left of your screen
Click on the carrot under "General"
Then "check" the box that says "Override Malware Protection"
Put in your administrator password.

Voila. Issue resolved!

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"HP Easy Scan" will damage your computer. You should move it to the trash. - CANNOT SCAN TO COMPUTER

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