Microsoft says daily number of Lenovo PCs found infected with Superfish adware has dropped to below 1,000 each day. Microsoft implied that about a quarter of a million Lenovo PCs were cleansed of Superfish between Feb. 20 and March 4. Microsoft’s numbers came from its Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) Microsoft added a fingerprint for Superfish Visual Discovery, an ad-injection program pre-loaded on Lenovo’s PCs for several months late last year. Microsoft acknowledged that other software besides Superfish used the same security-threatening tactic, but said its tools only targeted Lenovo PCs.”]
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