20-02-2015 17:01 via feeds.theguardian.com

Lenovo demonstrates that malware is big business

With retail profit margins shrinking, the consumer PC has become a collection of auctionable software elements
“User feedback was not positive,” Lenovo acknowledged on its website this week – while also trying to explain how customers could protect themselves against a serious security risk.“Visual Discovery/Superfish was previously included on some consumer notebook products shipped in a short window between October and December to help customers potentially discover interesting product
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