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I was recently given an A3 scanner, a Mustek SE A3 USB 600 Pro. The PSU didn't work but it was a common 12V 500mA 'wall brick' and I have a couple of spare ones of those so no prob.
The drivers were still available so I downloaded and installed those and the scanner works fine in Win 10.
However, although the drivers included limited scanning software, they do not have an option to choose individual areas of the scan review so are not of much use to me.
With this in mind I searched for some free scanning software and came across something called 'Paper Scan Free' so I downloaded that. Further searches failed to find anything negative about this software and it was hosted on Softonic who are usually trustworthy but when I looked at the download file it was only a few kilobytes and is an *.exe file.
This started alarm bells ringing as this file is probably a link to a site to install the software directly to my machine. And that, as we all know, could be a nasty just waiting to dig its claws in.
What I'd like to ask then is if anybody has had any experience of this software and if so is it ok or does anybody know of a (free) alternative?
I've scanned the *.exe file with Malwarebytes and Windows Defender and both give it the all clear but I don't think that proves anything as the file is probably just a link.
The drivers were still available so I downloaded and installed those and the scanner works fine in Win 10.
However, although the drivers included limited scanning software, they do not have an option to choose individual areas of the scan review so are not of much use to me.
With this in mind I searched for some free scanning software and came across something called 'Paper Scan Free' so I downloaded that. Further searches failed to find anything negative about this software and it was hosted on Softonic who are usually trustworthy but when I looked at the download file it was only a few kilobytes and is an *.exe file.
This started alarm bells ringing as this file is probably a link to a site to install the software directly to my machine. And that, as we all know, could be a nasty just waiting to dig its claws in.
What I'd like to ask then is if anybody has had any experience of this software and if so is it ok or does anybody know of a (free) alternative?
I've scanned the *.exe file with Malwarebytes and Windows Defender and both give it the all clear but I don't think that proves anything as the file is probably just a link.
