Lenovo regrets Superfish

After the scandal that broke out with the discovery of Superfish, Lenovo promises to stop the crapware on the systems on the market. Superfish Lenovo

Crapware, also known as Bloatware or Junkware, is used by hardware manufacturers in their devices. Of course they do it for extra profits from the shown to the buyer of the product.

So the Lenovo regrettably offers all customers who had Superfish on their computer (all those who bought the company's PC between September last year and January 2015) a free six-month subscription of the scanner McAfee Livesafe (or six months free extra if someone already has it).

 

In addition to offering for its victims, Lenovo has committed itself to the following:

"We're starting right away, and once Windows 10 is released on our products, we'll be installing only the operating system and related , i.e. the software required for the (for example, when there is some unique hardware in our devices, such as a 3D camera), security software and Lenovo apps,” the company said.

"This should eliminate any adware and bloatware."

It remains to be seen if all this will become deeds πρά

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