Malware Lenovo installs adware on its computers

[Sam2]

On many Lenovo PCs sold between September and December 2014 (including the highly-touted Yoga Pro) is a "partner program" called Superfish, which "looks at" pictures of objects and tries to send ads to you for similar products.

Lenovo installs adware on its computers
- could let hackers steal private data
http://tinyurl.com/ol8wxmb

Superfish (aka Reason #4,927 to like Linux)

This is a big deal.
Discussion:
http://tinyurl.com/npybfsf

 

[packyderms_wife]

On many Lenovo PCs sold between September and December 2014 (including the highly-touted Yoga Pro) is a "partner program" called Superfish, which "looks at" pictures of objects and tries to send ads to you for similar products.

Lenovo installs adware on its computers
- could let hackers steal private data
http://tinyurl.com/ol8wxmb

Superfish (aka Reason #4,927 to like Linux)

This is a big deal.
Discussion:
http://tinyurl.com/npybfsf

This is adorable that they think that this is only a lenova problem. It's not. I swear these programs come in on malwarebytes and other antivirus software.

K-

 

[niceguy]

A great quotre, stolen from the linked article:

Failure is not an option. It comes bundled with Windows.

Though really, this is still on the manufacturer installing this crap, not MS. This time.