Lenovo settles with the FTC for pre-installing dangerous adware on its computers

Lenovo has settled with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 32 states over charges related to malicious Superfish adware that came pre-installed on laptops from Aug. 2014 to Feb. 2015 — but the company still won't admit it did anything wrong. 

The Chinese computer maker was found to be shipping computers with Superfish adware, a program called VisualDiscovery, back in Feb. 2015. The company was hit with consumer backlash and the Department of Homeland Security even advised users to delete the software after the initial discovery of the security breach, but this settlement is the first concrete consequence for putting the personal information of users in danger.   Read more...