Excessive UUIDs cause overload of Device Association Framework (DAF) on Windows PCs
Hisense TVs generate excessive UUIDs for UPnP network discovery
Issue resulted in hanging applications and settings that refused to open
Priscilla Snow, a sound designer and composer in Montréal, Quebec experienced issues with her Windows PC due to Hisense TV's UUID generation
In recent times, a peculiar issue has emerged where smart TVs from the brand Hisense have been causing problems for Windows PC users. The root cause of these issues is traced back to the continuous network discovery attempts by the Hisense TV using random UUIDs, which in turn overloads the key caches on other networked machines.
These UUIDs were causing thousands of devices to appear in the Device Association Framework (DAF) on her Windows PC. The DAF is a service that manages device connections, and when it becomes overwhelmed with unnecessary devices, it can cause various applications and settings to malfunction or stop working altogether.
To resolve the issue, Priscilla had to delete hundreds of keys from her registry. She also disabled the
A Hisense TV was responsible for causing issues on a Windows PC.
Windows added these alternate Hisense devices to its Device Association Framework (DAF), causing various applications and settings to hang or stop working.
To fix the issue, hundreds of keys needed to be deleted from the registry.
Hisense was contacted for comment but no response was received.
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The TV generated random UUIDs for UPNP network discovery every few minutes.
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The article contains an appeal to authority and inflammatory rhetoric. It also uses a dichotomous depiction of the situation.
. . . a TV will collect data, show ads, and serve as another vector for bad actors. In a few reported cases, though, a modern connected TV has been blamed for attacks not on privacy, eyeballs, or passwords but on an entirely different computer.
The mystery is solved, but the culprit remains very much at large. Or culprits—plural—depending on how you think a Windows PC should react to a shapeshifting TV.
Priscilla Snow, a sound designer and composer for games, experienced issues with their PC.
Snow discovered that their Hisense 50Q8G smart TV was generating Universal Plug and Play IDs, causing an infinite number of devices to appear on Snow’s network, resulting in a denial-of-service attack on their PC.
Snow resolved the issue by deleting the keys the TV had generated for five minutes and restarting their computer.
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Priscilla Snow experienced issues with their PC.
The Display Settings menu on Snow's computer wouldn't open and the Task Manager started hanging.
Snow discovered that their Hisense smart TV was generating Universal Plug and Play IDs, causing an infinite number of devices to appear on Snow’s network, resulting in a denial-of-service attack on their PC.
The exact cause of the problem is unknown, but it is assumed to be due to bad code. HiSense has not yet responded to a request for comment.
A Hisense Android TV executed a denial of service on the computers on a user’s network due to continuous network discovery attempts using random UUIDs.
This issue affected a Windows machine, leaving uncertainty about the impact on other operating systems.
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The issue affected a Windows machine, leaving uncertainty about the impact on other operating systems.
Priscilla Snow, a sound designer and composer for games, experienced issues with their PC's display settings for the past two years.
Priscilla had a bug in the Task Manager that made it unusable, requiring her to use Process Explorer to kill it.
Hisense Android TVs generate random UUIDs for UPnP network discovery
These UUIDs cause thousands of devices to fill up the device tree on Windows PCs resulting in bugs
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The Microsoft forum reported that HiSense Android TVs generate random UUIDs for UPnP network discovery, causing thousands of devices to fill up the device tree and resulting in bugs on Windows PCs.
Windows added these alternate Hisense devices to its Device Association Framework (DAF), causing various applications and settings to hang or stop working.
Snow discovered that their Hisense 50Q8G smart TV was generating Universal Plug and Play IDs, causing an infinite number of devices to appear on Snow’s network, resulting in a denial-of-service attack on their PC.
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The article does not have an author and contains multiple instances of selective reporting, emotional manipulation, and sensationalism. The title implies that the mysterious bug is caused by HiSense Android TVs without providing any evidence other than one person's experience. The body of the article focuses on Priscilla's personal experiences with her PC and does not provide any concrete evidence that HiSense Android TVs are causing the bugs she encountered. The author also quotes Priscilla multiple times, but does not disclose if these quotes were taken out of context or if they were edited in any way. Additionally, the title and body of the article use emotional language to manipulate readers into feeling fear or anger towards HiSense Android TVs.
It has been revealed that the mysterious bug that occurs frequently on PCs is caused by HiSense Android TVs connected to the same network
Priscilla warns, 'Don’t buy a HiSense TV. At the very least, you need to keep it offline.'
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