News Lenovo rolls out Superfish removal tool

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Lenovo is now rushing to put out the fires; they disclosed yesterday that they’d turned off everything SuperFish-related on the server side back in January — which, while a good step, doesn’t fix the problem of the ugly security flaws lurking in the laptops.

For that, Lenovo has just released a set of automated removal tools, which they pledge will “ensure complete removal of Superfish and Certificates for all major browsers.”


They’ve also published the removal tool’s source code for scrutiny, and for those who would like to compile the tool themselves.


And if that still sketches you out? They’re also supplying a step-by-step for how to remove SuperFish manually on the same page.

Lenovo Releases Tool To Remove The Sketchy Exploitable “SuperFish” Garbage It Pre-Loaded On Laptops | TechCrunch

NOTE: Please download and run the Automatic Removal tool executable to ensure complete removal of Superfish and Certificates for all major browsers.

Automatic Removal ToolAutomatic Removal Tool LicenseAutomatic Removal Tool Source code


NOTE: If you prefer not to use the Automatic tool please follow the manual instructions below.



Manually uninstall the SuperFish ApplicationManually remove the SuperFish Certificate from the Windows Certificate Store (Internet Explorer, Chrome, Opera, Safari, Maxthon)Manually remove the SuperFish Certificate from Mozilla products (Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird)


Superfish Uninstall Instructions - Lenovo Support (US)
 
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Microsoft's anti-virus Windows Defender actively rooting out Lenovo's adware Superfish


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In what comes as a relief to Lenovo consumers who have been perturbed by the computer maker's recently exposed attempt at adding more ads in Google search through its pre-installed adware-Superfish, researchers have found out that Microsoft's onboard anti-virus software is now actively removing the adware.

Microsoft's Windows Defender will not only remove Superfish but also reset any SSL certificates that were circumvented by the adware and restoring the system.

Even as Lenovo has now published its step-by-step guide for users to manually fix the adware apart from issuing automated tools for the same, security professionals had been struggling to find a reliable method for consistently and completely undoing the harmful effects of the program.


Microsoft's anti-virus Windows Defender actively rooting out Lenovo's adware Superfish - IBNLive
 
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