Phyeir
My only regret is that I have... Boneitis!
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The program is called Superfish, it was intended to display related ads in browser, but it acts as a middle man, similar to some malicious adware or trojan programs. Customers have been complaining for a few months, but now that word has leaked that it's been cracked, people are for some reason upset.
Here's a story about it and if you have one of their newer PCs (Sept 2014 or later) are in the link...
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2886...erfish-adware-presintalled-on-lenovo-pcs.html
Wonder how long it will take for Lenovo to recover their rep after this one (not that it was doing that great since the buyout...)
Here's a story about it and if you have one of their newer PCs (Sept 2014 or later) are in the link...
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2886...erfish-adware-presintalled-on-lenovo-pcs.html
Wonder how long it will take for Lenovo to recover their rep after this one (not that it was doing that great since the buyout...)