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(Apologies if the formatting is problematic, my first post). 1. Stop the service: sc stop VisualDiscovery 2. Open up your favourite process manager and r
by DAllison 12y ago
(Apologies if the formatting is problematic, my first post).
1. Stop the service:
sc stop VisualDiscovery
2. Open up your favourite process manager and remove any superfish processes (containing the word superrfish).
3. Perform the uninstall via Add/Remove Programs (under superfish)
4. Confirm %ProgramFiles%/Lenovo/VisualDiscovery is deleted.
5. Open System32 and confirm there are no files beginning with VisualDiscovery
6. Open AppData and confirm that no files start with VisualDiscovery
7. Remove certificates (Firefox and Global).
8. Remove from Registry: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\VisualDiscovery.
After that, VisualDiscovery should be fully removed.
- reirob 12y agoThank you, I'll try this. But why is it not in Lenovo's instructions? After following only their instructions, you are in a worse state than before, i.e. SuperFish still working, but without root CAs, browsers shouting (good so), and users panicking.
- sharth 12y agoThere's also these instructions from Ars Technica: http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/02/how-to-remove-the-superfish-malware-what-lenovo-doesnt-tell-you/ http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/02/how-to-remove-the-su...
- reirob 12y agoThanks. But it omits the step of how to uninstalling the service, that is still running when following all the steps. Maybe it is something just limited to the Yoga 2?