Lenovo To Wipe Superfish Off PCs

An anonymous reader send news from the Wall Street Journal, where Lenovo CTO Peter Hortensius said in an interview that the company will roll out a software update to remove the Superfish adware from its laptops. "As soon as the programmer is finished, we will provide a tool that removes all traces of the app from people’s laptops; this goes further than simply uninstalling the app. Once the app-wiping software is finished tonight or tomorrow, we’ll issue a press release with information on how to get it." When asked whether his company vets the software they pre-install on their machines, he said, "Yes, we do. Obviously in this case we didn't do enough. The intent of loading this tool was to help enhance our users’ shopping experience. The feedback from users was that it wasn’t useful, and that’s why we turned it off. Our reputation is everything and our products are ultimately how we have our reputation."

Comments

Re:Sony Comcast Level Reputation

[BenFenner]

Dammit, George W. Bush really has screwed my memory of that saying. =(

On the bright side

[MAXOMENOS]

Maybe I can get a Lenovo laptop at deep discount and put Mint/KDE on it.

Re:That's a stretch

[by (1706743)]

...on affected machines.

People always misuse that word. I think you mean, "infected" ;)

Re:The lesson here

[simplypeachy]

"Please keep buying ThinkPads! Please!"