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Lenovo Shipped Consumer PCs With Superfish Adware
2015-02-19 21:03:05| PC Magazine Security Product Guide
Superfish uses a man-in-the-middle certificate to insert ads into Web browsers; Lenovo said it has been removed.
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Lenovo PCs ship with adware that destroys system security, breaks HTTPS
2015-02-19 18:17:39| Extremetech
Lenovo's consumer laptops are loaded with adware that fundamentally compromises system security and transmits encrypted information to a third-party vendor. Lenovo's response thus far is to pretend the problem doesn't exist and that consumers knowingly chose to buy hardware with non-functioning browser safeguards.
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Microsoft tightens restrictions on adware on Windows PCs
2014-04-08 15:59:14| InfoWorld: Top News
Starting July 1, developers of adware for Windows will have to contend with new Microsoft-imposed rules aimed at making it easier for people to stop bothersome ads. In announcing the changes, Microsoft warned developers that ignoring the rules would lead to their programs being detected as adware and "immediately removed from the user's machine." The enforcers would be the security products Microsoft ships with Windows, such as Security Essentials and Windows Defender.
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Microsoft to start blocking adware that lacks easy uninstall
2014-04-04 16:26:42| InfoWorld: Top News
Microsoft has toughened its criteria for classifying programs as adware and gave developers three months to conform with the new principles or risk having their programs blocked by the company's security products. The most important change in Microsoft's policy is that adware programs will be blocked by default starting July 1. In the past such programs were allowed to run until users chose one of the recommended actions offered by the company's security software.
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Spammers buy Google Chrome extensions and turn them into adware
2014-01-21 14:15:17| InfoWorld: Top News
Changes in Google Chrome extension ownership can expose thousands of users to aggressive advertising and possibly other threats, two extension developers have recently discovered. At least two Chrome extensions recently sold by their original developers were updated to inject ads and affiliate links into legitimate websites opened in users' browsers.
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