[Hidden-tech] Lenovo pre-installed adware

[Karl Hakkarainen]

Agreed.
While there are ways to have a plain Windows Signature Edition image
pre-installed by way of http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/home,
Lenovo broke a trust with consumers.

Karl, writing on a four-year-old ThinkPad.

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On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 12:10 PM, Jan Werner <jwerner at jwdp.com> wrote:

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> It appears that Lenovo has been pre-loading their consumer oriented
> laptops with adware that intercepts browser searches and subtitutes
> other sites.
>
> As I indicated a few days ago, I really like Lenovo hardware, but this
> news about the company's practices means that I will no longer recommend
> them, or most likely buy anything directly from them.
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02/19/superfish_lenovo_spyware/
>
> I would still buy Lenovo computers refurbished by IBM, since those are
> pre-loaded with IBM's certified Windows images and free of bloatware.
>
>
> Jan Werner
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