Lenovo installing adware on new laptops

[KansasSooner]

Damn, this just keeps getting worse. Only AT&T's bogus gigabit internet in KC is a bigger ripoff.

Superfish vulnerability traced to other apps, too | PCWorld
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2887253/superfish-vulnerability-traced-to-other-apps-too.html

 

[fordman84]

Damn, this just keeps getting worse. Only AT&T's bogus gigabit internet in KC is a bigger ripoff.

Superfish vulnerability traced to other apps, too | PCWorld
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2887253/superfish-vulnerability-traced-to-other-apps-too.html

From your story...check to see if you are affected

https://filippo.io/Badfish/

 

[cezero]

2 pages and no apple crazies telling people to get macbooks.

Impressive.

 

[KansasSooner]

2 pages and no apple crazies telling people to get macbooks.

Impressive.

Oh, I read a good article on PC Mag website about how MACs are like Typhoid Marys, they may not get infected but they can carry Windows/Linux malware and transfer them across networks and USB drives.

 

[night]

Oh, I read a good article on PC Mag website about how MACs are like Typhoid Marys, they may not get infected but they can carry Windows/Linux malware and transfer them across networks and USB drives.

I've heard they're far easier to hack but so few people have them that hackers don't try to focus on them.

 

[KansasSooner]

I've heard they're far easier to hack but so few people have them that hackers don't try to focus on them.

I don't know about that. Unix (which MAC OS is based on) is a pretty secure system, but it was not as air tight as other OSes back then. We VAX/VMS people called Unix the Swiss cheese OS because there was holes in it.

 

[KansasSooner]

Lenovo's website hacked in wake of Superfish debacle | PCWorld

OK, I can understand the hack if you're pissed at having malware installed on your PC, but leaving your name on the website?

 

[HaroldSeattle]

Lenovo's website hacked in wake of Superfish debacle | PCWorld

OK, I can understand the hack if you're pissed at having malware installed on your PC, but leaving your name on the website?

Do you think it's their actual names or just a internet handle for a hacker group? I would go with it's just a internet handle.

 

[KansasSooner]

It was stupid to do regardless, especially leaving the video. Facial recognition software is quite good these days. Some PC vendors are even thinking of replacing passwords with facial recognition...

 

[HaroldSeattle]

It was stupid to do regardless, especially leaving the video. Facial recognition software is quite good these days. Some PC vendors are even thinking of replacing passwords with facial recognition...

You think that face was one of them? Doubt that myself.

 

[KansasSooner]

You think that face was one of them? Doubt that myself.

As young and as juvenile as the whole thing was, I think it was definitely them.

 

[HaroldSeattle]

As young and as juvenile as the whole thing was, I think it was definitely them.

If it was, they are definitely stupid.

 

[fordman84]

You know, I said I wasn't going to get a lenovo, but I did anyhow. Just showed up. A nice new flex. Plugged it in,took it for a drive and it's neato. Then noticed the red X saying "No battery detected" Sure as shit, I unplug it, and it dies. Not even out of the box 1 hour, straight from Lenovo.com

Going back, full refund. No idea what I'm going with> Sounds like toshiba is shit now and Juice just got screwed. Maybe another ipad and deal with crap keyboards.

 

[KansasSooner]

Maybe another ipad and deal with crap keyboards.

Apple's 12-inch MacBook vs. Windows laptops: Fight! | PCWorld

Looks like a good alternative to the iPad...