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According to the Wall Street Journal [1], Lenovo are going to release a program that completely removes Superfish from their PCs. > WSJ: What are you doing now
by arthurfm 12y ago
According to the Wall Street Journal [1], Lenovo are going to release a program that completely removes Superfish from their PCs.
> WSJ: What are you doing now to ensure the security of people who bought Lenovo laptops with the Superfish app?
> Hortensius: As soon as the programmer is finished, we will provide a tool that removes all traces of the app from people’s laptops; this goes further than simply uninstalling the app. Once the app-wiping software is finished tonight or tomorrow, we’ll issue a press release with information on how to get it.
[1] http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/02/19/lenovo-cto-were-working-to-wipe-superfish-app-off-of-pcs/ http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/02/19/lenovo-cto-were-worki...
- cnvogel 12y agoAlso from this Article: ❝WSJ: Isn’t the best prevention tool to simply stop pre-loading any software on Lenovo computers? Hortensius: In general, we get pretty good feedback from users on what software we pre-install on computers.❞ Probably it would be a good idea, if this is really what the company things is true, that upon first boot a menu is opened asking for the particular programs to install? Thanks for buying a Lenovo product. To get the most out of your new high-performance mobile workstation, the following software products can be installed free of charge by ticking the check-box and clicking 'Next'. [x] Superfish Ad-Injector, making your web-browsing experience miserable and yourself vulnerable to Man-in-the-Middle-Attacks when doing facebook and online banking. [x] Limited trial of Super-High-Security-Internet- Security-Anti-Vius which will constantly nag you about paying for the full product (...)