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so your lenovo pc is giving you malware :(
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/02 … nnections/ http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31533028 makes you think about going back to being a caveman ... Feb 19 15 08:44 am Link The malware can be removed (and with the "compromised" security certificate that it installs - should be).. Lenovo now gives full instructions on how -- see http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/02/1 … computers/ The Superfish certificate has been cracked, exposing Lenovo users to attack http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/19/80691 … ked-lenovo Lenovo's Superfish bug just went from bad to worse, as researchers have turned up an easy way to take advantage of the security flaws opened up by the pre-installed software. Feb 19 15 08:43 pm Link yeah, it most definitively should be removed. what were they thinking! :S Feb 19 15 08:52 pm Link normad-moth wrote: According to this Lenovo thought customers would love their malware Feb 20 15 05:52 am Link normad-moth wrote: I build my own boxes for just this reason Feb 20 15 01:41 pm Link Lenovo is a Chinese multinational, but it is purely co-incidental that China has made an art form of computer hacking and spyware. Feb 20 15 05:19 pm Link Count me off the list of future Lenovo customers. Feb 20 15 05:22 pm Link More on the Superfish root key vulnerability Lenovo PCs ship with man-in-the-middle adware that breaks HTTPS connections [Updated] http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/02 … nnections/ SSL disabling test tool https://filippo.io/Badfish/ Feb 22 15 08:09 pm Link |
