Dell splashed with spyware scandal in his PC – Digital Factory

This is a blow to Dell’s image. The Texan computer manufacturer faces a spyware scandal in his PC. The eDellRoot software pre-installed in its machines, this is indeed a serious security flaw. The problem was revealed, there are two weeks by customers. The group of Michael Dell, the third PC maker behind HP and Lenovo Inc., the officially recognized November 23, 2015 by the pen of Laura Thomas, head of the manufacturer’s website. It provides software uninstall procedure and apologized to users.

 

 

  The Superfish scandal Lenovo

 What today happens to Dell resembles the scandal splashed Superfish software that Lenovo earlier this year. After denying the problem, the Chinese manufacturer was forced to do his mea culpa, uninstall its software and apologize to customers. The manufacturer Dell has preferred to be more responsive up to publicly thank the customers responsible for the alert.

 

 

  Neither malware or intrusive advertising software

 Laura Thomas, however, rejects any comparison with the Superfish scandal Lenovo: “ The software eDellRoot is neither malware nor intrusive advertising software was designed to provide the signature of the system to the online support service. Dell to quickly identify the computer model. It is not used to collect personal data , “she wrote on her blog.

 

 The software was preinstalled by Lenovo, he serves as adware, that is to say a tool that bypasses the PC security mechanisms to insert unwanted advertisements when the user is viewing web pages on search engines or internet browsers.

 

 

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