“We Messed Up Badly” Lenovo Admits Putting Tracking Software On Your PC

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by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
02/20/2015

Meet SuperFish – Lenovo’s, the world’s largest computer manufacturer, pre-installed, image recognizing tracking software that monitors everything you do, and breaches web security…all for the purpose of pushing more ads in your face. After its initial approach of being completely unapologetic and dismissal, Lenovo is now groveling for forgiveness. The company’s Chief Technology Officer now says, “We messed up badly here,” and “We made a mistake.”

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-02-20/we-messed-badly-lenovo-admits-putting-tracking-software-your-pc

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Instructions to determine if you have the SuperFish application installed and how to Uninstall it

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https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-051A

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.