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| Thread ID: 138983 | 2015-02-20 01:39:00 | Lenovo caught installing adware on new computers | 1101 (13337) | Press F1 |
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| 1394666 | 2015-02-20 01:39:00 | Just an FYI , I saw this on geekzone . thenextweb.com "The adware, named Superfish, is reportedly installed on a number of Lenovo’s consumer laptops out of the box. The software injects third-party ads on Google searches and websites without the user’s permission." this is the really bad part "Other users are reporting that the adware actually installs its own self-signed certificate authority which effectively allows the software to snoop on secure connections, like banking websites as pictured in action below." And Lenovos initial response "We have temporarily removed Superfish from our consumer ....blah blah" So, no sorry it will never happen again, nope, only a temporary stop to this crap . Lenovo now realize the sh8t has hit the fan & say they will not bundle superfish again. Too late for that now....how about admit your mistake to stop preloading crapware on new PC's |
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| 1394667 | 2015-02-20 01:45:00 | almost as bad as HP disabling MS AV & Firewall & preloading Norton trialware. AV that simply stops working after 30 days, leaving HP's unsuspecting customers with no AV. So HP : you have no real regard for your customers at all ? And this after you promised to stop this sort of thing(crudware preloading) last year. |
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| 1394668 | 2015-02-20 06:16:00 | I'm sure Symantec gives HP an obscene sum of money for that... why would they want to stop? As for Lenovo's stupidity... :groan: Solution? DBAN -> clean install from official Microsoft ISO... |
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