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Wow! Deliberate security breaking malware installed by PC manufacturer..

Talk about pre-loaded crapware on PCs for users to struggle with, this Superfish takes the cake! The net is all a buzz with this latest crapware by Chinese PC company Lenovo.

This is pretty serious stuff:

Also on Friday, the US Department of Homeland Security warned that the Superfish software introduces a "critical vulnerability," and it issued its own instructions for removing the spyware from Lenovo computers.

Superfish said Friday that it is working with Microsoft and Lenovo on a fix, and minimized concerns by the government and security researchers.


Amazing what PC companies are up to.




Edits: 02/21/15 02/21/15 02/21/15 02/21/15 02/21/15

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