Lenovo releases tool to purge Superfish 'crapware'

Computerworld Security: February 23, 2015
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Lenovo releases tool to purge Superfish 'crapware'

Lenovo late Friday released a promised tool to delete the Superfish Visual
Discovery adware from its consumer PCs.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Microsoft helps Lenovo, deletes Superfish 'crapware' and rogue cert
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2. Superfish security flaw exists in other apps, non-Lenovo systems
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Microsoft helps Lenovo, deletes Superfish 'crapware' and rogue cert

Microsoft today updated its free Windows Defender and Security Essentials
antivirus programs to sniff out and delete the rogue certificate linked to
Superfish Visual Discovery, the "crapware" that blew up in Lenovo's face this
week.
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Superfish security flaw exists in other apps, non-Lenovo systems

The same poorly designed and flawed traffic interception mechanism used by
Superfish is also used in other software programs.
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