[Hidden-tech] Lenovo pre-installed adware

Robert Heller heller at deepsoft.com
Fri Feb 20 07:56:28 EST 2015


This whole thread is a clear argument *against* the idea of OEMs
pre-installing *any* [O/S] software. Not that I expect end-users to be
installing O/S (or really any) software either (that is often a completely
different can of worms). What is really needed is a sort of 'Jiffy Lube' type
of business for computers -- places where non-techies can go to have their
computers 'serviced' -- from O/S installs to 'regular maintaince' (eg regular
software updates and general admin work).  Someplace that is a 'disintersted 
third party', that is not in the pay of some outside interest that would have 
any influence relating to which O/S or what O/S (or other software) settings 
or default preferences, etc.

Having an entity with a 'vested' interest installing any software is really a 
bad idea.

At Thu, 19 Feb 2015 19:01:21 -0500 Roger Williams <roger at qux.com> wrote:

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> Those who are concerned their PC may contain this critical vulnerability (all of the recent Lenovo G, U, Y, Z, S, Flex, MIIX, YOGA, and E Series) can check at https://filippo.io/Badfish/. (The website was designed by one of the same researchers who published a site to scan websites for the catastrophic Heartbleed weakness in OpenSSL.)
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