Microsoft saved the day for Lenovo users...

[Nadia bruce]

Microsoft has updated Windows Defender to root out the Superfish bug | The Verge

 

[worldspy99]

They did save their bacon

 

[bdball]

Umm... Why wasn't Windows Defender "rooting it out" to begin with? Also, Lenovo has put out a removal tool as well. Checked my Yoga Pro 2 and it did not have this on it.

 

[Michael Alan Goff]

Umm... Why wasn't Windows Defender "rooting it out" to begin with? Also, Lenovo has put out a removal tool as well. Checked my Yoga Pro 2 and it did not have this on it.

​Because of the way signature based programs work.