Lenovo is being criticized for selling laptops pre-installed with invasive marketing software. The software, dubbed ‘Superfish Malware’, analyzes users’ Internet habits and injects third-party advertising into websites on browsers such as Google Chrome and Internet Explorer based on that activities without the user’s permission. Security experts say the software opens up a door for hackers to potentially compromise the sensitive information of any customer affected by Superfish – like passwords or banking details – because users’ data isn’t actually being protected. Lenovo has temporarily removed Superfish from its consumer systems until such time as Superfish is able to.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2015/02/lenovo-superfish-malware.html