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Lenovo ships laptops with preinstalled malware

It was found that Lenovo Laptops were shipped with a preinstalled malware which is capable of remotely installing software and sending data back to the company. Since the malware is integrated into the devices firmware even a fresh install of the operating system can not help to avoid it as in the case of the […]
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Lenovo ships laptops with preinstalled malware – archived source

Lenovo Caught Using Rootkit to Secretly Install Unremovable Software August 12, 2015î „Swati Khandelwal Two years ago Chinese firm Lenovo got banned from supplying equipment for networks of the intelligence and defense services various countries due to hacking and spying concerns. Earlier this year, Lenovo was caught red-handed for selling laptops pre-installed with Superfish malware. One of the most […]
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