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. The link for this article located at CSO Online is no longer available. . Superfish's executive addresses concerns regarding the Visual Discovery application that has been implicated in security issues on Lenovo devices; the situation described.. Superfish Visual Discovery, Lenovo PC Security, Advertising Software Risk. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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