How to remove Superfish and its certificate from your Lenovo® PC

<div class="wrapper section"> <div class=" background-none none full-top-wrapper"> <div class=" full-width-content-wrapper"> <div class="full-width-inner"> <div class="avgparsys wrapperParsys"> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> What is Superfish?</h2> Superfish is a piece of software that <a href="http://news.lenovo.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=1929">Lenovo has admitted to pre-installing</a> on many of its laptops to "enhance the shopping experience" of its users. However, the <a href="https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-051A">U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team</a> calls Superfish a "man-in-the-middle attack" because of how it "intercepts users' web traffic to provide targeted advertisements."</div> <div class="clear"> </div> </div> <div class="clear"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="separator2 section"> <div class="separator-wrapper basic-width bg-top-none separator-grey-line bg-bottom-none"> <div class="separator-bottom"> </div> </div> </div> <br /> <div class="wrapper section"> <div class=" background-none none full-top-wrapper"> <div class=" full-width-content-wrapper"> <div class="clear"> </div> <div class="full-width-inner"> <div class="clear"> </div> <div class="avgparsys wrapperParsys"> <div class="textComponent section"> <div style="margin-bottom: 50px; margin-top: 40px;"> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> Why is Superfish so dangerous?</h2> <div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihzWCLWEpkS41r8UW_a6xUlQPPJuQOctu59_FzCIvInKGPg_gjRYxcatsy-rw3TCs9zPFI6WM3T-VgDtazqaxtBW060oNY95aF77jSSV8AwiOMKBf6cDFg7OckwbtTSPlFfFRL_0mdcV0/s1600/superfish-220x169.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihzWCLWEpkS41r8UW_a6xUlQPPJuQOctu59_FzCIvInKGPg_gjRYxcatsy-rw3TCs9zPFI6WM3T-VgDtazqaxtBW060oNY95aF77jSSV8AwiOMKBf6cDFg7OckwbtTSPlFfFRL_0mdcV0/s1600/superfish-220x169.png" /></a></div> <br /></div> </div> </div> Superfish snoops in on your web browsing and secretly slips ads into webpages. But the really dangerous part is that it's pre-installed with root certificate authority, which allows it to impersonate any server's security certificate.<br /><br />If this certificate is compromised by hackers, you could be tricked into logging in to a fake website and giving hackers your password. Because of Superfish, any of your accounts including encrypted bank accounts could be easily compromised.<br /> <div class="textComponent section"> <div style="margin-top: 20px;"> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> Which computers are affected?</h2> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="h2-subheading">According to Lenovo, Superfish may have been pre-installed<br /> on the following models:</span><br /> <span class="h2-subheading"><br /></span> <span class="h2-subheading"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9jDQzAb4OZQnTEsT5QscRnDVSTxHOqr3-Aggxsy6H5-kxajHdo1hP5jCvSr9u6Q2oO-fPmoybXAP8p_hNMTiOaf2DjlTPHcWHk5bpmzaVI2E8R8txH4Eq_mQm4sQMIR501vMIh77jR-M/s1600/lenovo-laptop-317x211.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9jDQzAb4OZQnTEsT5QscRnDVSTxHOqr3-Aggxsy6H5-kxajHdo1hP5jCvSr9u6Q2oO-fPmoybXAP8p_hNMTiOaf2DjlTPHcWHk5bpmzaVI2E8R8txH4Eq_mQm4sQMIR501vMIh77jR-M/s1600/lenovo-laptop-317x211.png" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /> <table border="0" style="width: 100%px;"> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>E Series: </strong></td> <td>E10-30</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>G Series:</strong></td> <td>G410, G510, G710, G40-70, G50-70, G40-30, G50-30, G40-45, G50-45, G40-80</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>S Series:</strong></td> <td>S310, S410, S40-70, S415, S415Touch, S435, S20-30, S20-30Touch</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>U Series:</strong></td> <td>U330P, U430P, U330Touch, U430Touch, U530Touch</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Y Series:</strong></td> <td>Y430P, Y40-70, Y50-70, Y40-80, Y70-70</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Z Series:</strong></td> <td>Z40-75, Z50-75, Z40-70, Z50-70, Z70-80</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Edge Series:</strong></td> <td>Edge 15</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Flex Series:</strong></td> <td>Flex2 14D, Flex2 15D, Flex2 14, Flex2 15, Flex2 Pro, Flex 10</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>MIIX Series:</strong></td> <td>MIIX2-8, MIIX2-10, MIIX2-11, MIIX 3 1030</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>YOGA Series:</strong></td> <td>YOGA2Pro-13, YOGA2-13, YOGA2-11, YOGA3 Pro</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" colspan="2"><a href="http://news.lenovo.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=1929" target="_blank">Source: Lenovo</a></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDZOSEWt_dq_Aw8Xs1iKA5J4cCoO_6r3Pw990_xB33ypZMu5BB8lnles8GTG5O0JwihqZ4y5xB-TgyjeJYAcm8MCJIZC1MR54RgmUPOrVHQmCnCO-1aTsZCnftiTPapA4AcjR2WPLA6jE/s1600/feature-icon-with-arrows-in-circle-representing-restore-101x101.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDZOSEWt_dq_Aw8Xs1iKA5J4cCoO_6r3Pw990_xB33ypZMu5BB8lnles8GTG5O0JwihqZ4y5xB-TgyjeJYAcm8MCJIZC1MR54RgmUPOrVHQmCnCO-1aTsZCnftiTPapA4AcjR2WPLA6jE/s1600/feature-icon-with-arrows-in-circle-representing-restore-101x101.png" /></a></div> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> Will restoring from a backup help?</h2> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Superfish has been pre-installed by Lenovo. Therefore, restoring your computer to factory condition from either a backup partition or a backup DVD will not solve the problem if Superfish is also part of your backup. Superfish would only be reinstalled, too.</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> So if you ever use a backup to restore your system, you may need to again remove Superfish and its root security certificate from your system.</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdjbK33_0Vm4z2o9n4kLuh9wtIeFXban2bXDBPzYl2DGERAzJXGIlqRsjaOYx0etjfDIBjdnpkpljJ_CoT2328B2lLDKEF5rVrOy4PV9Nk7t2GCWxiNf6ZKsEuas69dJ8f2Xgw6sESCLQ/s1600/feature-icon-with-trash-bin-representing-delete-76x108.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdjbK33_0Vm4z2o9n4kLuh9wtIeFXban2bXDBPzYl2DGERAzJXGIlqRsjaOYx0etjfDIBjdnpkpljJ_CoT2328B2lLDKEF5rVrOy4PV9Nk7t2GCWxiNf6ZKsEuas69dJ8f2Xgw6sESCLQ/s1600/feature-icon-with-trash-bin-representing-delete-76x108.png" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> Remove Superfish now </h2> <div> <br /></div> <div> To remove the Superfish program and its certificate from your computer,</div> <div> please use this free tool from Lenovo:</div> <div> <br /></div> <a href="http://download.lenovo.com/pccbbs/thinkvantage_en/metroapps/SuperFishRemovalTool/1.0.2.0/Lenovo.SuperFishRemovalTool.exe" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #666666; color: #eeeeee;">DOWNLOAD Superfish Removal Tool </span></a> <br /> <br /> This tool will also remove any Superfish certificates<br /> from Mozilla Firefox® and Thunderbird®.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

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