It's over before the news spread out too much about it. However, this has left a dent in Lenovo's trust factor. A lot of people had developed positive brand image for Lenovo until this "man-in-the-middle" adware approach broke out in the news:
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/02/19/lenovo-caught-installing-adware-new-computers/.
The adware proxy #superfish injected third-party ads on Google search and websites (in chrome/ie).
Not good!
https://twitter.com/fugueish/status/568252885839912960?s=09
Well, a fun side to this story is a nice hacking diary detailing the steps involved in extracting superfish certificate.
http://blog.erratasec.com/2015/02/extracting-superfish-certificate.html#.VOYAWbDF_Xo
You probably remember that your computer was preloaded with lots of bloatware, and had to uninstall some softwares or trials. I wish the computer box were sold with the option that let people do fresh install their OS.
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http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/02/19/lenovo-caught-installing-adware-new-computers/.
The adware proxy #superfish injected third-party ads on Google search and websites (in chrome/ie).
Not good!
https://twitter.com/fugueish/status/568252885839912960?s=09
Well, a fun side to this story is a nice hacking diary detailing the steps involved in extracting superfish certificate.
http://blog.erratasec.com/2015/02/extracting-superfish-certificate.html#.VOYAWbDF_Xo
You probably remember that your computer was preloaded with lots of bloatware, and had to uninstall some softwares or trials. I wish the computer box were sold with the option that let people do fresh install their OS.
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