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Acer Care Center Requires an Update to Resolve a Security Vulnerability - Acer Community
<main> <article class="userContent"> <p>A security vulnerability has been identified that requires the Acer Care Center and Acer Control Center applications to be updated to the latest version.</p><h2 data-id="vulnerability-details%3A"><strong>Vulnerability Details:</strong></h2><p>CVEID: <a href="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-45975" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">CVE-2021-45975</a></p><h2 data-id="affected-products%3A"><strong>Affected Products:</strong></h2><p>Acer Care Center versions V4.00.3000 through V4.00.3034</p><h2 data-id="solution%3A"><strong>Solution:</strong></h2><p>Update your Acer Care Center software to V4.00.3038 or newer to resolve this security vulnerability.</p><h2 data-id="how-to-update-the-acer-care-center-software-on-my-acer-computer"><strong>How to update the Acer Care Center software on my Acer Computer</strong></h2><p>There are two ways for the Acer Care Center application on your Acer computer to be updated: </p><ol><li>Auto Live Update</li><li>Manual Update</li></ol><h2 data-id="method-1%3A-auto-live-update-of-the-acer-care-center"><strong>Method 1: Auto Live Update of the Acer Care Center</strong></h2><p> Acer Care Center should automatically upgrade to the latest version available. You should verify that the latest version of the Acer Care Center is installed using the instructions below. </p><h2 data-id="how-to-check-the-acer-care-center-version-number-on-your-acer-computer">How to check the Acer Care Center version number on your Acer computer</h2><ol><li>Click on <strong>⊞</strong> (Windows icon) and select ⚙<strong> </strong>(Settings icon).</li><li>Click on <strong>Apps.</strong></li><li>Select <strong>Acer Care Center</strong> to launch the Acer Care Center software.</li><li>Click on 🛈 (Information icon) to view your Acer Care Center version number.</li></ol><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-medium float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029997/uploads/PRDKVOR0NDQL/image.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029997/uploads/PRDKVOR0NDQL/image.png" alt="acer care center version.png" height="367" width="612" loading="lazy" data-display-size="medium" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p><br></p><h2 data-id="method-2%3A-manual-update-of-the-acer-care-center"><strong>Method 2: Manual Update of the Acer Care Center</strong></h2><ol><li>Go to the <a href="http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/drivers" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">Drivers and Manuals</a> page on the Acer website.</li><li>Enter your serial number or SNID and click in the <strong>FIND</strong> button or press <strong>Enter</strong>.</li><li>Click on <strong>Application</strong> to unfold the available downloads.</li><li>Then click on the <strong>Download</strong> button next to the Acer Care Center application.</li><li>Locate and unzip the file you downloaded.</li><li>Run the <strong>Setup.exe</strong> file to install the software.</li></ol><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Credit: </strong>Federico Lagrasta and Valerio Alessandroni</p> </article> </main>
