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Lenovo PC Superfish Advertising Software Security Issues Addressed

Calendar Feb 23, 2015 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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In a statement to Ars Technica, Adi Pinhas, CEO of Superfish Inc. said his company's pre-installed advertising software on Lenovo PCs poses no security risk

Pinhas' statement centers on recent news that his company's software, Visual Discovery, poses a significant risk to consumers. This risk was compounded by the fact Lenovo pre-installed the software on systems that shipped between September and December of 2014.

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