Lenovo Hit With Lawsuit Over Superfish Adware

Posted by samzenpus on Monday February 23, 2015 @06:57AM from the here-comes-the-trouble dept.

An anonymous reader writes with news that the fallout from the Superfish fiasco might just be starting for Lenovo. "Lenovo admitted to pre-loading the Superfish adware on some consumer PCs, and unhappy customers are now dragging the company to court on the matter. A proposed class-action suit was filed late last week against Lenovo and Superfish, which charges both companies with 'fraudulent' business practices and of making Lenovo PCs vulnerable to malware and malicious attacks by pre-loading the adware. Plaintiff Jessica Bennett said her laptop was damaged as a result of Superfish, which was called 'spyware' in court documents. She also accused Lenovo and Superfish of invading her privacy and making money by studying her Internet browsing habits."

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Read the EULA... the lawsuit has no merit. by Anonymous Coward · 2015-02-23 07:01 · Score: 3, Funny

The EULA that is part of clicking through to use the PC states Superfish's conditions.
This lawsuit will be tossed out before it ever hits a court of law, just because EULAs have a legal precedent of being incredibly enforceable.