Sacrificing one of the core pillars of its devices' security chain for ad revenue was all in an effort to allow users to "discover interesting products while shopping", a Lenovo statement said in ...

Users always disliked Superfish. As early as September 2014, Lenovo buyers were complaining about Superfish's fishy search results. Lenovo, however, didn't admit to installing Superfish, and its ...

Why users are upset about pre-loaded software and what it does. — -- Lenovo has removed a preloaded adware program called Superfish from its devices after users reported antivirus protection ...

For its part, Lenovo admitted that it was installing Superfish on its machines (users report finding it on the G40 and the pictured-above Y40 and Z50) late last month and said that it'd "temporarily ...

With 20+ years of experience covering consumer tech and policy, Chloe now leads PCMag's news coverage. Earlier this week, it was revealed that Lenovo PCs shipped between September and December were ...

"Your new laptop came pre-installed with an especially virulent strain of malware." That isn't what any owner of a new computer wants to hear, but that was ...

The Superfish malware has been in news recently, with Lenovo pre-installing it on all their new computers. This post shows how to find out if your Lenovo computer has Superfish malware installed and ...

SAN FRANCISCO --Superfish, a little-known Silicon Valley startup, is defending itself amid a firestorm of criticism for making software that exposed Lenovo laptop users to hackers bent on stealing ...

Senior writer at Forbes covering cybercrime, privacy and surveillance. Here’s what you need to know about Superfish and what you can do to stop it chucking irksome ads on your browser and leaving you ...

Superfish, a little-known "visual search" and ad tech provider from Palo Alto whose CEO was once part of the surveillance industrial complex, is about to learn what it feels like to face the ...

Over five percent of browser visits to Google owned websites, including Google Search, are altered by computer programs that inject ads into pages. One called Superfish is responsible for a majority ...