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Since the update to 1709 I keep getting every few hours “Host process for windows tasks is using the webcam”.
Is this safe and normal?
I have the HP Envy running windows 10 pro.
Regards
Stan.
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Hi all... Update
I have Kaspersky internet security and it's that is displaying the report so If you have Kaspersky internet security that telling you the web cam is been used so this is what I did: -
Go to windows settings… Privacy… Camera… then I turned off “Let apps use my camera hardware” and up to now it’s never reported web cam been used up to now after about 10 hours.
hope that helps us all.
regards
Stan.
dear HP maybe it was the only way to get them out of my video camera operations... I had Kaspersky and it did nothing to stop anyone from using my video camera on my computer ...so the technicians debugged my computer and said they took out anyone using my video camera... sorry if you don't think that going to the geek squad helped..but it was the only option for us...no one at microsoft gave us any help or Kaspersky ...
My dear friend,
a statement "I took my computer to the geek squad" is nice but does not help anybody. It would be nice to know what they did to it and how.
So far I used my Kaspersky program to deny any accesss to my camera and microphone and have since seen no notice either.
Take care.
H.P.
Besides it not being a virus, what exactly is it using my webcam for?
Well, set your camera privacy settings then.
