Lenovo To Wipe Superfish Off PCs

Posted by Soulskill on Friday February 20, 2015 @03:57AM from the cleaning-up-a-mess dept.

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."

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Sony Comcast Level Reputation by l0ungeb0y · 2015-02-20 04:02 · Score: 0, Troll

Our reputation is everything and our products are ultimately how we have our reputation.
You reputation is now at the Sony and Comcast level: Scum bag assholes who are out to fuck their customers every way they can.