• Welcome to the all-new Windows Central Forums! - We're still moving some things around, so you may see a few quirks here and there, but we're working on getting things fully completed as soon as possible. For now, take a look around, and if you run into any major issues, please let us know in this thread!

Lenovo says it will cease preloading Superfish adware on its notebooks

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
Windows Central

Windows Central

WinC Bot
Staff member
Dec 17, 2013
69,313
8
0
Lenovo_logo.jpg

Lenovo has said that the company will no longer be installing the Superfish software on consumer laptops, following a backlash from users who noticed the application was displaying third-party ads on Google search results and websites.

Full story from the WindowsCentral blog...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Windows Central
Lenovo agrees to $3.5 million settlement over Superfish adware controversy
Replies
0
Views
931
Windows Central News Feed: Comments & Discussion
Windows Central
Windows Central
Windows Central
Lenovo CTO says company 'messed up' enabling Superfish on its laptops
Replies
0
Views
904
Windows Central News Feed: Comments & Discussion
Windows Central
Windows Central
Windows Central
Lenovo offers a way to get rid of the Superfish adware from its notebooks
Replies
0
Views
782
Windows Central News Feed: Comments & Discussion
Windows Central
Windows Central
Windows Central
Windows Defender can remove Superfish and its root certificate from Lenovo notebooks
Replies
0
Views
972
Windows Central News Feed: Comments & Discussion
Windows Central
Windows Central
Windows Central
Forget bloatware, Lenovo is installing adware on new PCs
Replies
1
Views
804
Windows Central News Feed: Comments & Discussion
hotphil
hotphil

Latest posts

Trending Posts

Staff online

Members online

Total: 255 (members: 7, guests: 248)

Forum statistics

Threads
316,263
Messages
2,233,554
Members
427,370
Latest member
Pip

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom