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Lenovo reels in Superfish over security issues

Lenovo announced that it has stopped pre-loading on its computer products a third-party advertising software known as Superfish following the discovery of a flaw that provide a way for hackers to snatch usersโ€™ encrypted data and online passwords.

An advisory issued by the Chinese computer company said that Superfish was included in some of its notebooks shipped between September 2014 and February 2015. The worldโ€™s largest seller of PCs said it thought Superfish would be a help for its customers and had no idea it would be a security threat. Superfish intercepts /images/leadgen/ITW16078/ITW16078C_cover.png” title=”The Total Economic Impactโ„ข Of Cisco TrustSec”/> Sponsor: Cisco
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