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Not even a hint of an admission on the certificate issue, I'm not surprised. If they admit they knew about the root certificate or even acknowledge its existenc

Not even a hint of an admission on the certificate issue, I'm not surprised. If they admit they knew about the root certificate or even acknowledge its existence after the discovery, they could open themselves up to legal liability if someone's bank account or identity is compromised. This really sucks because I used to recommend Lenovo workstations and ThinkPad laptops to people; it really is good hardware at a decent price. I know this certificate/spyware issue was only on the consumer side, but it stains their entire reputation as far as I'm concerned. When my wife's Lenovo IdeaPad finally dies, we're not going to get another Lenovo like we planned.

shaneg 12y ago
They actually reference the root certificate in their removal instructions: "Uninstalling Superfish Visual Discovery Go to Control Panel > Uninstall a Program Select Visual Discovery > Uninstall Superfish will be removed from Program Files and Program Data directories, files in user directory will stay intact for the privacy reason. Registry entry and root certificate will remain as well. The Superfish service will stop working as soon as it is uninstalled via above process, and following reboot." http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-P-Y-and-Z-series/Removal-Instructions-for-VisualDiscovery-Superfish-application/ta-p/2029206 http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-P-Y-and-Z-series/Removal-...
- TeMPOraL 12y ago
  So they're basically telling you how to get rid of ads and call it solved, while still leaving you vulnerable to getting robbed by any script kiddie that gets his hands on the certificate key?
- HackinOut 12y ago
  "This article will be updated with additional instructions on clean up of deactivated files and removal of certificate shortly." This was just edited, here is the post before that: https://web.archive.org/web/20150219151726/http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-P-Y-and-Z-series/Removal-Instructions-for-VisualDiscovery-Superfish-application/ta-p/2029206 https://web.archive.org/web/20150219151726/http://forums.len...

shaneg 12y ago

They actually reference the root certificate in their removal instructions: "Uninstalling Superfish Visual Discovery Go to Control Panel > Uninstall a Program Select Visual Discovery > Uninstall Superfish will be removed from Program Files and Program Data directories, files in user directory will stay intact for the privacy reason. Registry entry and root certificate will remain as well. The Superfish service will stop working as soon as it is uninstalled via above process, and following reboot." http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-P-Y-and-Z-series/Removal-Instructions-for-VisualDiscovery-Superfish-application/ta-p/2029206 http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-P-Y-and-Z-series/Removal-...

TeMPOraL 12y ago
So they're basically telling you how to get rid of ads and call it solved, while still leaving you vulnerable to getting robbed by any script kiddie that gets his hands on the certificate key?
HackinOut 12y ago
"This article will be updated with additional instructions on clean up of deactivated files and removal of certificate shortly." This was just edited, here is the post before that: https://web.archive.org/web/20150219151726/http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-P-Y-and-Z-series/Removal-Instructions-for-VisualDiscovery-Superfish-application/ta-p/2029206 https://web.archive.org/web/20150219151726/http://forums.len...