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Offline Lu_e

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2014 Lenovo laptop user? Adware possibly pre-loaded
« on: Thu, 19 February 2015, 15:28:56 »
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/02/lenovo-pcs-ship-with-man-in-the-middle-adware-that-breaks-https-connections/

List of affected PC's (Consumer laptops shipped between October and December 2014)

G Series: G410, G510, G710, G40-70, G50-70, G40-30, G50-30, G40-45, G50-45
U Series: U330P, U430P, U330Touch, U430Touch, U530Touch
Y Series: Y430P, Y40-70, Y50-70
Z Series: Z40-75, Z50-75, Z40-70, Z50-70
S Series: S310, S410, S40-70, S415, S415Touch, S20-30, S20-30Touch
Flex Series: Flex2 14D, Flex2 15D, Flex2 14, Flex2 15, Flex2 14(BTM), Flex2 15(BTM), Flex 10
MIIX Series: MIIX2-8, MIIX2-10, MIIX2-11
YOGA Series: YOGA2Pro-13, YOGA2-13, YOGA2-11BTM, YOGA2-11HSW
E Series: E10-30
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Re: 2014 Lenovo laptop user? Adware possibly pre-loaded
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 19 February 2015, 15:35:55 »
What's this n00b stuff..

Reformat and Flashing Whitelist bios is the FIRST thing you do when you get a lenovo
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Re: 2014 Lenovo laptop user? Adware possibly pre-loaded
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 19 February 2015, 15:38:08 »
Horrible. Might as well use a Mac at this point.
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Re: 2014 Lenovo laptop user? Adware possibly pre-loaded
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 20 February 2015, 14:34:46 »
Apparently it even activates in Safe Mode L0L
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Re: 2014 Lenovo laptop user? Adware possibly pre-loaded
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 20 February 2015, 14:38:37 »
Quote from: tp4tissue on Thu, 19 February 2015, 15:35:55
What's this n00b stuff..

Reformat and Flashing Whitelist bios is the FIRST thing you do when you get a lenovo
QFT

This is always the first thing I do all my Lenovo laptops when I get them (currently own four - X61, X230, Yoga 2 Pro, and a Y40)

Out of the box, Lenovos are horrendous. A quick reformat and flash fixes everything.
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Re: 2014 Lenovo laptop user? Adware possibly pre-loaded
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 20 February 2015, 23:02:49 »
Quote from: Sygaldry on Fri, 20 February 2015, 14:38:37
Quote from: tp4tissue on Thu, 19 February 2015, 15:35:55
What's this n00b stuff..

Reformat and Flashing Whitelist bios is the FIRST thing you do when you get a lenovo
QFT

This is always the first thing I do all my Lenovo laptops when I get them (currently own four - X61, X230, Yoga 2 Pro, and a Y40)

Out of the box, Lenovos are horrendous. A quick reformat and flash fixes everything.

hmm maybe i should do this with my Yoga 2 Pro
any guides on the whitelist?
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Re: 2014 Lenovo laptop user? Adware possibly pre-loaded
« Reply #6 on: Fri, 20 February 2015, 23:03:26 »
My dad was about to buy a Yoga 2 today, advised him not to, so I think he got a Asus instead.
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Re: 2014 Lenovo laptop user? Adware possibly pre-loaded
« Reply #7 on: Fri, 20 February 2015, 23:06:15 »
Apparently updated McAffee and Windows Defender protects against it. Like today updated.
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Re: 2014 Lenovo laptop user? Adware possibly pre-loaded
« Reply #8 on: Sat, 21 February 2015, 15:50:50 »
I'm using the Y50 but I got mine last year during summer.
I've checked and I'm good!
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Re: 2014 Lenovo laptop user? Adware possibly pre-loaded
« Reply #9 on: Sat, 21 February 2015, 16:22:14 »
Quote from: IPT on Fri, 20 February 2015, 23:02:49
Quote from: Sygaldry on Fri, 20 February 2015, 14:38:37
Quote from: tp4tissue on Thu, 19 February 2015, 15:35:55
What's this n00b stuff..

Reformat and Flashing Whitelist bios is the FIRST thing you do when you get a lenovo
QFT

This is always the first thing I do all my Lenovo laptops when I get them (currently own four - X61, X230, Yoga 2 Pro, and a Y40)

Out of the box, Lenovos are horrendous. A quick reformat and flash fixes everything.

hmm maybe i should do this with my Yoga 2 Pro
any guides on the whitelist?

you'd only do the whitelist if you need m0re wifi....  if you're just doing facebook and ytub... it wouldn't be worth the xpense.
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