Lenovo Ships PCs with Pre-Installed Superfish Malware.

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

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

Particle said:

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

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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.

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