Has windows 10 affected fake ftdi chipset things?

[Earl]

Im curious as to any implications as it has caught users unaware of the problem.

[damnut]

Hi Earl,

This issue has been with us since W7, however that was with the Prolific chipsets.. So may not be exclusive to W10.

Bit of digging from Wiki so may be taken with salt!!!

On 29 September 2014, FTDI released an updated version of their USB-to-Serial driver for Windows on their website. ^[3]Users who manually downloaded the new drivers reported problems.^[4] After Windows drivers became available on 14 October (Patch Tuesday) via Windows Update, it was reported by users of hardware enthusiast forums and websites that the drivers could soft brick counterfeit and software-compatible clones of the chips by changing their USB "Product ID" to "0000". The change prevents the chip from being recognized by drivers of any OS, effectively making them inoperable unless the product ID is changed back.^[5] The behaviour was supported by a notice in the drivers' end user license agreement, which warned that use of the drivers with non-genuine FTDI products would "irretrievably damage" them.^[5] Critics felt that FTDI's actions were unethical, considering that users may be unaware that their chips were counterfeit, or that Windows had automatically installed a driver meant to disable them.^[6][5][4][7] On 22 October 2014, an emergency patch was made to the FTDI drivers in the Linux kernel to recognize devices with the "0000" ID.^[8]

On 24 October 2014, in response to the criticism, FTDI withdrew the driver and admitted that the measure was intended to protect its intellectual property and encourage users to purchase genuine FTDI products. The company also stated that it was working to create an updated driver which would notify users of non-genuine FTDI products in a "non-invasive" manner.^[9][6] The new driver was made available on 3 July 2015.^[10]

[Earl]

I think i had a USB serial adapter that was affected, my current gear is fine though, but i have no plans to upgrade the observatory laptop to win 10 until something mission critical insists on it.

[damnut]

That is a cunning plan Earl.