Windows Defender, McAfee updates fully remove Lenovo's dangerous Superfish adware
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 02/21/2015 05:22 AM
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Early Friday morning, Microsoft quietly issued a sly condemnation of Lenovo’s folly, updating its Windows Defender antivirus solution to eradicate both the adware itself and the rogue self-signed certificate that allows Superfish to compromise encrypted web traffic.
Filippo Valsorda, Cloudflare security engineer, was the first to notice the update and created the first website that checks to see if your computer is infected with Superfish.
A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed that “Microsoft security software detects and removes the Superfish software from Lenovo devices.”
If Windows defender has been disabled due to the installation of other AV produces, here is the way to re-enable the software.
Lenovo also said that it was working with McAfee to issue its own updates.
"We are working with McAfee and Microsoft to have the Superfish software and certificate quarantined or removed using their industry-leading tools and technologies," Lenovo said in a statement issued Friday afternoon. "This action has already started and will automatically fix the vulnerability even for users who are not currently aware of the problem."
For information on removing Superfish download @ http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/superfish_removal_tool.html and watch the video below.
For more on Superfish, check out the Superfish Wikipedia page.
Filippo Valsorda, Cloudflare security engineer, was the first to notice the update and created the first website that checks to see if your computer is infected with Superfish.
A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed that “Microsoft security software detects and removes the Superfish software from Lenovo devices.”
If Windows defender has been disabled due to the installation of other AV produces, here is the way to re-enable the software.
Lenovo also said that it was working with McAfee to issue its own updates.
"We are working with McAfee and Microsoft to have the Superfish software and certificate quarantined or removed using their industry-leading tools and technologies," Lenovo said in a statement issued Friday afternoon. "This action has already started and will automatically fix the vulnerability even for users who are not currently aware of the problem."
For information on removing Superfish download @ http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/superfish_removal_tool.html and watch the video below.
For more on Superfish, check out the Superfish Wikipedia page.
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