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Date: March 19, 2015 at 21:46:27
From: kay.so.or, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Lenovo's dangerous Superfish adware put its customers at risk |
URL: http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2015/02/lenovo-laptops-at-risk-from-superfish-adware/index.htm |
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Lenovo's dangerous Superfish adware put its customers at risk
I think I posted this before but posting it again for anyone who has a Lenovo computer....my kids recommended it to me but so glad I didn't get one....
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The Internet is lighting up with warnings about Superfish, an adware program that came preinstalled on many Lenovo laptops in the past six months. Like a lot of the bloatware that comes on new computers, Superfish exists to help push advertising, not to serve any real consumer need. That would be annoying enough, but Superfish seriously undermines the user's safety, according to many security experts.
Superfish is a piece of third-party software that Lenovo installed to, as it says in its apology to consumers, “enhance the shopping experience.” That means it's meant to help advertisers target potential customers. But security experts say the software makes it easy for cybercriminals to intercept your data as it travels from your computer out to the Internet.
That’s because of the way Superfish deals with what’s called a root certificate. These certificates tell your computer what content to trust when you go to a secure site. The problem is, in order to place ads, Superfish installs its own root certificate that allows it to intercept and unencrypt your encrypted communications. Even if Lenovo's paying customers don't mind Superfish intruding in that way, they should be concerned because the software opens their communications to a malicious man-in-the-middle attack by hackers.
the rest of the article at the link....
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Date: March 29, 2015 at 20:04:12
From: Judy/W, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Lenovo's dangerous Superfish adware put its customers at risk |
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Thanks Kay, Good info will pass it on. Judy
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