The IT Nerd

When this Lenovo Adware fiasco began, you knew that this was coming sooner or later. A lawsuit has been filed regarding Lenovo’s ill advised decision to put potentially dangerous…. Well, they admitted that it was dangerous…. Adware on their computers. Here’s the details:

A proposed class-action suit was filed late last week against Lenovo and Superfish, which charges both companies with “fraudulent” business practices and of making Lenovo PCs vulnerable to malware and malicious attacks by pre-loading the adware.

Plaintiff Jessica Bennett said her laptop was damaged as a result of Superfish, which was called “spyware” in court documents. She also accused Lenovo and Superfish of invading her privacy and making money by studying her Internet browsing habits.

The lawsuit was filed after Lenovo admitted to pre-loading Superfish on some consumer PCs. The laptops affected by Superfish include non-ThinkPad models such as G Series, U Series, Y Series, Z Series, S Series, Flex, Miix, Yoga and E Series.

Well, good on Ms. Bennett. I’m glad that someone slapped this company with a lawsuit and I hope not only that people join in on this class action, but that this is investigated by governments where these products are sold. Because behavior like this from Lenovo deserves to punished as harshly as possible.

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