Neowin News Feed for: Superfish

Lenovo's adware push will cost it $3.5 million in fines

John Keefer — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 20:32:01 +0000

The FTC and 32 different states sued the laptop maker over its pre-installation of adware that could have compromised the security of its users. Several FTC stipulations go along with the fine. Read more...

Dell's bloatware could put your new computer at risk, but there's a solution

Timi Cantisano — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 03:38:01 +0000

According to a Reddit user, some Dell units come with a pre-installed SSL certificate, eDellRoot, that could cause potential for SSL attacks. This is familiar - a year ago, Lenovo had a similar issue. Read more...

Google takes action against ad injectors after 300K complaints from Chrome users

John Devon — Sat, 12 Sep 2015 03:18:01 +0000

In light of Lenovo's “Superfish” scandal, Google is taking action to filter potentially malicious ads presented to Chrome users. Read more...

Lenovo in hot water once again for secretly installing unremovable software

Justin Luna — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 08:50:01 +0000

Another security breach was found in Lenovo's computers. The company was found automatically reinstalling its own software even when a computer had been wiped clean on an installation of Windows. Read more...

From the forums: Test your machine for Superfish style SSL interceptions

Steven Parker — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 10:14:01 +0000

One of our members has put together a quick and easy test scenario for you to check for Superfish style interceptions on your machine, with step by step instructions for the major browsers included. Read more...

Lenovo sees the light, will stop shipping PCs with 'adware and bloatware'

Brad Sams — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:26:56 +0000

February has been a tough month for Lenovo after 'Superfish' rocked the company's credibility and now the company is promising that going forward, the company will ship PCs without 'adware” and bloat Read more...

Lawyers seek Lenovo PC owners to take part in Superfish class action lawsuit

Andy Weir — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 17:50:01 +0000

Lenovo device owners are being sought as part of an investigation into Superfish - the adware that the company secretly pre-installed on its devices - which will likely lead to a class action lawsuit. Read more...

Lenovo's bad week gets worse: website hacked by Lizard Squad

Chris Schroeder — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 03:34:01 +0000

After publicly admitting to poor business decisions regarding the pre-loaded Superfish software on Lenovo machines, Lizard Squad decides the company could use a good hacking as punishment. Read more...

Lenovo determined 'to make the Superfish situation better'

Jerry Grey — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 12:04:01 +0000

In an open letter, Lenovo CTO Peter Hortensius said the company is in the midst of developing a concrete plan to address software vulnerabilities, which will be announced later in the week. Read more...

7 Days: A week of low-cost Lumias, Android malware, Lenovo's Superfish and Sony's 'snake oil'

Andy Weir — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 03:18:01 +0000

From Microsoft's Rooms and Intel's Skylake, to Indian Denim, Windows 10 patches, HTTP/2, privacy intrusions and Sony's wonky smartglasses, we look back at highlights from this week's top tech news. Read more...

Lenovo releases Superfish automatic removal tool

Timi Cantisano — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 03:12:01 +0000

While Lenovo tried to play it cool, Superfish has undeniably become a huge problem for the tech giant. In an updated statement today, Lenovo has released an automatic removal tool for download. Read more...

Microsoft updates Windows Defender, fries Superfish like a piece of Carp that it is

Brad Sams — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 16:39:52 +0000

Recently, it was uncovered that Lenovo was loading software onto its laptops that was using a compromised security certificate and Microsoft reacted quickly to update Windows Defender. Read more...

Lenovo pre-installs adware on its systems, which could also steal your private data

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 09:18:01 +0000

Lenovo has seemingly been caught pushing known adware to its users. Pre-installed on a number of Lenovo systems, the software inserts ads, and has the potential to steal private encrypted data. Read more...