The article mentions that its on a preinstalled system. The first thing I do on any system is reinstall from generic media. I've been doing that since Win95, gets rid of some of the built in bloatware too. -Curt
On Wednesday, January 15, 2020, 1:51:17 PM EST, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: A search reveals a list of Lenovo series that contain the spyware. The W series is not on the list. <https://www.pcworld.com/article/2886278/how-to-remove-the-dangerous-superfish-adware-presintalled-on-lenovo-pcs.html> There is a link to a site which tests for the vulnerability, also sharing links to a removal tool. I ran the tests and all proved negative. <https://badssl.com/dashboard/> Are there other issues I'm not aware of? Most likely. Greg -----Original Message----- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Curley McLain via Mercedes Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2020 10:02 AM To: Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes Cc: Curley McLain Subject: Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: ***SPAM*** RE: Question For Greg F Lenovo = spyware > Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> > January 15, 2020 at 11:47 AM > Yes, Lenovo. IDK about the back door. I assume that MS and hardware > mfrs. are all about the consumer as the product. I try (but likely > fail) to avoid their spycraft. > > Greg > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > Craig via Mercedes > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2020 9:28 AM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Cc: Craig > Subject: Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: Question For Greg F > > On Wed, 15 Jan 2020 08:11:39 -0800 Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes > > Is that made by Lenovo with the hardware backdoor? > > > Craig _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com