Feb
20
Lenovo Criticized for Shipping Laptops With Adware
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The world’s largest PC seller Lenovo was, until a few weeks ago, a willing player in the ad-injection ecosystem.
The company was caught installing laptops with the adware program Superfish, software which injects ads into web pages, such as Google’s search results, without consent. Superfish also served pop-up windows, according to a Lenovo forum moderator.
Lenovo, in a statement, said it stopped pre-loading the Superfish software in January. Still, this week security experts said it had opened up the possibility users could have their secure data hacked.
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