Users of the Windows 11 operating system are faced with a new unexpected problem. The OS can automatically install and update drivers. This is usually useful and good. However, now the system has started replacing newer drivers with outdated versions. And this leads to other problems – with certain software.

According to user complaints online, Windows Update mistakenly replaces AMD drivers in Windows 11 with outdated versions.

This causes users to encounter an AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition error message that says “Windows Update may have automatically replaced your AMD Graphics driver. Therefore, the AMD software version you are running is not compatible with the installed AMD Graphics driver.”

AMD has confirmed in a customer support document that the installed Windows driver for the Radeon GPU is incompatible with the currently installed version of AMD software. The company suggests that users either prevent Windows Update from updating AMD graphics drivers or reinstall AMD Software from the AMD website.

Xiaomi is working tirelessly on MIUI 14 for those models that have not yet received the latest version of the Chinese company’s interface. These include, for example, the global (sold outside of China) Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G (aka Redmi Note 11E Pro), Poco M5s, Redmi Note 11, Redmi Note 11 NFC, Redmi Note 11S 5G, Redmi Note 11S and Redmi 10 All of them, according to the Xiaomi UI resource (it constantly monitors the release of new firmware versions for Xiaomi smartphones), will receive MIUI 14 very soon.

This is not about the next beta version, but about the final one. For some (older) models, it will be based on Android 12, and for newer models, it will be based on Android 13. As noted, Xiaomi delayed the release of MIUI 14 for all these models because there were many bugs in previous versions. Now, one should think, all errors and shortcomings have been eliminated, and everything is ready for release.

Doctor Web has detected a malicious software module for the Android OS that has spying functions – it can collect information about files stored on devices, transfer them to attackers, as well as replace and upload the contents of the clipboard to a remote server.

According to Dr.Web classification, it was named Android.Spy.SpinOk. The module is distributed under the guise of a marketing SDK, it is built into various Android games and applications, including those available in the official Google Play store.

The SpinOk module is designed to keep users in applications with the help of mini-games, a system of tasks, as well as alleged prize draws. The company said:

During initialization, this Trojan SDK connects to the C&C server, sending a request to it with a lot of technical data about the infected device. Among them is data from sensors such as a gyroscope, magnetometer, etc., which can be used to recognize work in an emulator environment and correct the operation of a malicious application in order to avoid detection of its activity by researchers. For the same purpose, device proxy settings are also ignored, which makes it possible to hide network connections during analysis. In response, the module receives a list of links from the control server, which it loads into the WebView to display advertising banners.

Experts found this Trojan module and several of its modifications in a number of applications distributed through the Google Play catalog. Some of them still contain the malicious SDK, others had it only in certain versions, and others have already been removed.

In total, SpinOk was found in 101 programs that were downloaded at least 421,290,300 times in total. The company notes that “hundreds of millions of Android device owners are at risk of becoming victims of cyber espionage.” Doctor Web has notified Google of the identified threat.