The issue is a lot more serious than just "adware" or "bloatware." In the article you really gloss over the main issue at hand. This isn't your standard bloat that you want to trim from a new PC. This software makes all secure network connections open to third parties. This is a huge security hole and there is absolutely no excuse for them to willfully do such a thing. "Lenovo claims an internal investigation of Superfish did not find any evidence to substantiate that the adware poses a security risk to users" is demonstrably false. How do we know that Lenovo, their pals in the Chinese government, a rogue Lenovo employee, or any other hacker with knowledge of this software wasn't storing user names, passwords, or any other sensitive information that was input online? By trusting the same people who got caught red-handed installing it on new PCs? We don't. If anyone was affected by this, they should get rid of it immediately and change all of their passwords, although unfortunately other information such as SSNs, date of birth, or other permanent identification numbers could be compromised.
Also, I don't want to get banned by posting links on how to hack it, but after this became public, people have posted online JUST HOW FREAKING EASY it is to use this spyware to intercept any "secure" connection. It is really scary stuff. This goes WAY beyond any sort of run of the mill "bloatware."
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