Superfish: Another reason 2 change how PC's are purchased

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Some of our more technically well read slugo members are very aware of the debacle involving lenovo computers (e.g., preinstalled malware) . . . but the Superfish program is on many other PC's also.



Here's a good article on it . . . . LINK

Especially interesting is the graph about 2/3 way into the article . . . note the browsers and versions most affected (and which major browser is not part of the mix).



Many smaller online PC companies sell desktops and laptops without pre-installed crapware and malware (Apple or Linux PC's with MacOS, Ubuntu, Mint, etc.).

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EDIT @2117 2/23/2015: I strongly urge ALL club members to read the long but important article in the LINK below . . . .

Here's a follow-up article from HTG (how-to-geek) that's really worth a read . . author starts out by saying (truthfully) that it's a "scary time to be a windows user" . . . .

Here's the scary stuff in terms we can all understand:

"Based on the download numbers from the top 10 list on CNET Downloads alone, a million people are infected every month with adware that is hijacking their encrypted web sessions to their bank, or email, or anything that should be secure."

And the above is just cnet . . .

Like that old saying goes, you can lead a horse to water, but . . .


LINK