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Dangerous Microsoft Edge Bug Displays One Set of Numbers, but Prints Another

Jasper_The_Rasper
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8th May 2017  By Catalin Cimpanu
 
                           


 
In one of the weirdest — but equally dangerous — bugs of all time, it appears that Edge will display one set of numbers on the screen, but will send another set of numbers to the printer, effectively replacing content on your documents.
 
The bug was reported last week and was already confirmed by Microsoft. According to the user who first spotted the issue, the bug appears when Edge users are trying to print PDF documents via the browser’s built-in “Microsoft Print To PDF,” which is the default printing method when pressing CTRL+P in Edge.
 
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Baldrick
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Would hardly call it dangerous...unless one is lazy and does not check what has been printed with what is on the screen...which is what I generally do...it is an ancient, but long forgottem techniques called...proof reading...LOL :D
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This chart accurately represents the relationship I have with the Printer on our floor by us.
 

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We still like you, JP. 🙂
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Appreciate ya, @ :D You all are still my favorite bunch of cyber-peeps.
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Appreciate ya, @ :D You all are still my favorite bunch of cyber-peeps.
 
Ha ha, Cyber-Peeps. :D
 


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Ha ha, Cyber-Peeps. :D
 


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