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Just bought a Lenovo laptop over the weekend for my wife. Sounds to me like it's no longer being installed on the laptops, but will check it to make sure Superf

Just bought a Lenovo laptop over the weekend for my wife. Sounds to me like it's no longer being installed on the laptops, but will check it to make sure Superfish isn't there.

stanmancan 11y ago
I'd format it with a fresh version of whatever OS came on it just to be safe. I actually have always done this when buying pre-built computers just to get rid of all the junk that comes from the manufacturer.
- rplnt 11y ago
  I wish we had this option for mobile (android) phones which are preloaded with crapware (oftentimes permanently) even more than PCs are.
  - JupiterMoon 11y ago
    Well one can void one's warranty root and install cyanogen mod...
    - click170 11y ago
      One shouldn't have to void the warranty of one's device to be rid of malicious software.
    - esMazer 11y ago
      and then have it freeze and restart every day -__- (I guess is just my particular experience and might not apply to everyone)
      - JupiterMoon 11y ago
        To be fair. I didn't do this I'm running what came on it and mine freezes and restarts several times a day anyway...
        rplnt 11y ago
        Any Android 2.x I've touched was unusable piece of .. software. I seriously don't see how they dared to sell it to people. Can't even imagine what 1.x looked like. My experience with 4.x is much better in this regard.
      - piyush_soni 11y ago
        And crash at random times in random apps.
  - alistairjcbrown 11y ago
    That was one of the selling points to me for the Nexus line; not perfect, but Google's vision of Android without any of the manufacturer's extras
    - rplnt 11y ago
      Well, I have a Nexus and I still see a few applications that I don't want and can't even remove. But you are right that it's a better than others I've seen. What's worse though is that they apparently don't have any QA whatsoever since they pushed an update that made the device basically unusable (keywords: Nexus 7 2012 Android 5).
- fullwedgewhale 11y ago
  Excellent suggestion. I highly second that. Yes, even though more and more vendors are making that harder. For example, claiming that reinstalling the OS voids your warranty.
  - a3n 11y ago
    Because then they wouldn't benefit from the crapware they installed, so they need to disincent you. Not running crapware is theft, just like not watching commercials is theft. The only way they can afford to sell you a PC at those prices is by subsidizing their profit with crapware income. /s http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/676651/posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/676651/posts
- gesman 11y ago
  It's challenging due to multitude of vendor/model specific device drivers that are also required to computer to operate (mouse, network, wifi, usb, etc...). Plus you need to have a separate OS license as well to make it work.
  - pekk 11y ago
    Well, in the case of Lenovo you can download those drivers. It's challenging because most people can't install an OS.
rogerbinns 11y ago
I have been Lenovo faithful for many years, although I mainly run Linux and keep a small Windows partition. I strongly recommend you reinstall Windows. Thankfully the regular Windows 7 (and presumably later) disks/USB images from Microsoft work. The software you will want from Lenovo is their System Updater which can be installed on a fresh (non-Lenovo) Windows install, and will let you install drivers and similar software (nothing is forced, all up to you). The one thing you won't be able to install the various pieces of crapware, but that is a benefit.
tomtoise 11y ago
Windows now treats it as malware. Probably has something to do with it. http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/20/8077033/superfish-fix-microsoft-windows-defender http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/20/8077033/superfish-fix-micr...

Just bought a Lenovo laptop over the weekend for my wife. Sounds to me like it's no longer being installed on the laptops, but will check it to make sure Superfish isn't there.

stanmancan 11y ago

I'd format it with a fresh version of whatever OS came on it just to be safe. I actually have always done this when buying pre-built computers just to get rid of all the junk that comes from the manufacturer.

rplnt 11y ago
I wish we had this option for mobile (android) phones which are preloaded with crapware (oftentimes permanently) even more than PCs are.
- JupiterMoon 11y ago
  Well one can void one's warranty root and install cyanogen mod...
  - click170 11y ago
    One shouldn't have to void the warranty of one's device to be rid of malicious software.
  - esMazer 11y ago
    and then have it freeze and restart every day -__- (I guess is just my particular experience and might not apply to everyone)
    - JupiterMoon 11y ago
      To be fair. I didn't do this I'm running what came on it and mine freezes and restarts several times a day anyway...
      - rplnt 11y ago
        Any Android 2.x I've touched was unusable piece of .. software. I seriously don't see how they dared to sell it to people. Can't even imagine what 1.x looked like. My experience with 4.x is much better in this regard.
    - piyush_soni 11y ago
      And crash at random times in random apps.
- alistairjcbrown 11y ago
  That was one of the selling points to me for the Nexus line; not perfect, but Google's vision of Android without any of the manufacturer's extras
  - rplnt 11y ago
    Well, I have a Nexus and I still see a few applications that I don't want and can't even remove. But you are right that it's a better than others I've seen. What's worse though is that they apparently don't have any QA whatsoever since they pushed an update that made the device basically unusable (keywords: Nexus 7 2012 Android 5).
fullwedgewhale 11y ago
Excellent suggestion. I highly second that. Yes, even though more and more vendors are making that harder. For example, claiming that reinstalling the OS voids your warranty.
- a3n 11y ago
  Because then they wouldn't benefit from the crapware they installed, so they need to disincent you. Not running crapware is theft, just like not watching commercials is theft. The only way they can afford to sell you a PC at those prices is by subsidizing their profit with crapware income. /s http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/676651/posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/676651/posts
gesman 11y ago
It's challenging due to multitude of vendor/model specific device drivers that are also required to computer to operate (mouse, network, wifi, usb, etc...). Plus you need to have a separate OS license as well to make it work.
- pekk 11y ago
  Well, in the case of Lenovo you can download those drivers. It's challenging because most people can't install an OS.

rogerbinns 11y ago

I have been Lenovo faithful for many years, although I mainly run Linux and keep a small Windows partition. I strongly recommend you reinstall Windows. Thankfully the regular Windows 7 (and presumably later) disks/USB images from Microsoft work. The software you will want from Lenovo is their System Updater which can be installed on a fresh (non-Lenovo) Windows install, and will let you install drivers and similar software (nothing is forced, all up to you). The one thing you won't be able to install the various pieces of crapware, but that is a benefit.

tomtoise 11y ago

Windows now treats it as malware. Probably has something to do with it. http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/20/8077033/superfish-fix-microsoft-windows-defender http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/20/8077033/superfish-fix-micr...