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Lenovo Gets £2.7m Fine For Pre-Loading Superfish Adware On PCs

Lenovo is hit with fine and conditions in settlement with US authorities after it was determined Superfish harmed consumers

7 years ago

Microsoft Summons Windows Defender To Abolish Dell’s Root Certificates

Windows Defender "detects and removes" Dell's Superfish-like certificate threat, says Microsoft

9 years ago

Dell Acknowledges Second Vulnerable Certificate In Systems

The second certificate, like eDellRoot, could allow a hacker to intercept encrypted communications

9 years ago

Dell Helps PC Owners Remove ‘Superfish-Like’ Rogue Certificate

Dell confirms it installed certificate but says it was to help customer service, nohing malicious

9 years ago

Lenovo Caught Installing Unsecure Crapware Onto Laptops

Lenovo firmware on laptop motherboards was not only irremovable but also posed a security risk

9 years ago

Lenovo’s Windows 10 Laptops Will Be Free Of Superfish-Like Adware

Lenovo announces Window 10 device lineup, and promises to come clean on the software pre-installed on the devices

9 years ago

Oracle Uses Java To Install Adware On Macs, PCs

Superfish take two? Oracle is now bundling Ask.com adware on Mac computers via the Java installation

10 years ago

PrivDog Flaw ‘Worse Than Superfish’

Ad-filtering tool introduces a potential phishing flaw that may affect more than 50,000 users

10 years ago

US Government Warns Users To Remove Lenovo’s Superfish

The Superfish adware bundled with some Lenovo laptops creates a security risk, warns the US Department of Homeland Security

10 years ago