Lenovo Ships PCs with Pre-Installed Superfish Malware.

[Korora]

Well one of the biggest computer sellers known as "Lenovo" has recently been selling PCs with malware called "Superfish", The superfish malware analyzes users Internet Habits and injects third-party advertisement into websites on browsers such as Google Chrome & Internet Explorer without the users permission. 

Here is guide on how to remove this - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/02/how-remove-superfish-adware-your-lenovo-computer

Source: http://thehackernews.com/2015/02/lenovo-superfish-malware.html

 

[Particle]

Thanks for the heads up! I highly doubt that Lenovo did this on purpose. It could have been a mistake in the software.

 

[Korora]

Thanks for the heads up! I highly doubt that Lenovo did this on purpose. It could have been a mistake in the software.

It was a mistake, they even said that themselves.

But this is a common mistake with company's, just like AVG & avast! for example they installed adware on people's PCs before.

 

[gunnar]

glad i just found this
my boss and i normally give users lenovos because they run so well and have great prices
i'll show him this so that we can make our customers more satisfied