Behind the Superfish adware, a scandal that affects the IT environment. Pre-installed on many computers the Chinese manufacturer Lenovo, this adware hides in Internet Explorer and Google Chrome browsers and injects advertisements on web pages visited by the user, the site says Myce, specializing in digital issues.
“We can not do all of the trusted secure connections”
But there is worse: Superfish contains a vulnerability that hackers can exploit. These can use adware to spy on users’ browsing behavior. In the Financial Times , Graham Cluley, an expert independent computer security, has said that “when has Superfish, we can not do all of the trusted secure connections . “
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The Next Web site specializing in new technologies, reported the words of several users complaining that the adware installs its own security certificate authorizing “the software to take a look at your secure connections, like when you go to the site your bank “. This is since September that the company receives on its complaints Lenovo forums about it.
Lenovo acknowledges having installed the adware
Lenovo acknowledged that between September and December 2014, some PC had been equipped with this software was to help “users find and discover products.” He explained that he had stopped to pre-install it on their computers in January because of the many negative returns. The Chinese manufacturer, however, rejects any safety concerns with Superfish.
As noted by the Financial Times, fa facturers as regular Lenovo pre-install “adware” on computers for they are paid by the manufacturers of the software. These in turn are paid by the advertisers.
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