Arduino users - beware of new windows driver

[jpearman]

Seems like FTDI has the same problem we faced with prolific and has updated its drivers to brick counterfeit devices under windows.

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/10/windows-update-drivers-bricking-usb-serial-chips-beloved-of-hardware-hackers/

[Eric_J]

Thanks for the warning, time to disable windows update

[RoboDesigners]

Bringing this thread full-circle, FTDI has reversed their decision: http://www.ftdichipblog.com/?p=1053

The recently release [sic] driver release has now been removed from Windows Update so that on-the-fly updating cannot occur. The driver is in the process of being updated and will be released next week. This will still uphold our stance against devices that are not genuine, but do so in a non-invasive way that means that there is no risk of end user’s hardware being directly affected.