Windows 10: Lenovo PCs ship with man-in-the-middle adware that breaks HTTPS Connec

Discus and support Lenovo PCs ship with man-in-the-middle adware that breaks HTTPS Connec in Windows 10 News to solve the problem; Lenovo is selling computers that come preinstalled with adware that hijacks encrypted Web sessions and may make users vulnerable to HTTPS... Discussion in 'Windows 10 News' started by ARC1020, Feb 18, 2015.

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  1. ARC1020
    ARC1020 Win User

    Lenovo PCs ship with man-in-the-middle adware that breaks HTTPS Connec


    Read More: Lenovo PCs ship with man-in-the-middle adware that breaks HTTPS connections | Ars Technica

    Read More: Lenovo Pre-instaling adware/spam - Superfish - pow... - Lenovo Community


    Absolutely appalling! To those who about a week ago were sticking up for computer manufacturers installing crapware on consumers brand new machines, are you also happy for Lenovo to pre-install their own root certificate and perform man-in-the-middle injection on your computer?

    :)
     
    ARC1020, Feb 18, 2015
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  2. KALLA RAVI
    KALLA RAVI Win User

    CONEECTING AN ANDRIOD PHONE TO PC

    MY ANDRIOD PHONE NOT CONNECING TO PC IN PC THE DRIVE NOT SHOWING WHERE AS SAME APPEARING IN OTHER PHONE
     
    KALLA RAVI, Feb 18, 2015
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  3. JSSSSSSSSS
    Jsssssssss Win User
    Jsssssssss, Feb 18, 2015
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  4. BUNNYJ
    BunnyJ New Member

    Lenovo PCs ship with man-in-the-middle adware that breaks HTTPS Connec

    I would hope that Lenovo will deal with this issue ASAP. It's not a good thing that they let this get out to the people who purchased their products. I just hope that it was done without their(Lenovo's) knowledge of the issue existing.

    Jeff
     
    BunnyJ, Feb 18, 2015
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  5. LADY FITZGERALD
    Lady Fitzgerald Win User
    Ok, that was a useless article for me. Where the big fat hairy heck do I find certificates?
     
    Lady Fitzgerald, Feb 18, 2015
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  6. BUNNYJ
    BunnyJ New Member
    Beats me.. I have a custom/home built PC so this is really not an issue for me.
     
    BunnyJ, Feb 18, 2015
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  7. ECHRADA
    echrada Win User
    Every laptop or pc that I have ever bought gets wiped and a clean install of whatever OS I want. That not only gets rid of all the bumf, but all the gnarly bits as well. But Lenovo aren't the only company this has happened to.
     
    echrada, Feb 18, 2015
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  8. WINUSER
    Winuser Win User

    Lenovo PCs ship with man-in-the-middle adware that breaks HTTPS Connec

    In IE go to Tools - Internet Options - Content - Certificates.
     
    Winuser, Feb 18, 2015
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  9. COMPUTIAC GUEST
    COMPUTIAC Guest Win User
    1) Open Start
    2) Type "cert" into the search box > settings
    3) Select the search result that says "Manage computer certificates"
    4) Go to "Trusted Root Certification Authorities"
    5) Delete anything belonging to Superfish
     
    COMPUTIAC Guest, Feb 18, 2015
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  10. WINUSER
    Winuser Win User
    1) Open Start
    2) Type "cert" into the search box > settings
    3) Select the search result that says "Manage computer certificates"
    4) Go to "Trusted Root Certification Authorities"
    5) Delete anything belonging to Superfish Is that the same as checking in IE and Firefox? I checked in IE and Firefox and didn't find anything. I'm on A HP instead of a Lenovo and wanted to make sure HP didn't do the same thing.
     
    Winuser, Feb 18, 2015
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  11. COMPUTIAC GUEST
    COMPUTIAC Guest Win User
    No, its not the same as Firefox, I don't use IE and haven't checked.
    I went thru search in Win 10 to get the results.
    I did a clean install of Win 10 on my Lenovo lappy, bought in March of 2014.
     
    COMPUTIAC Guest, Feb 18, 2015
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  12. LADY FITZGERALD
    Lady Fitzgerald Win User
    These are the directions I found that actually worked. Why the big, fat, hairy heck couldn't all the other "experts" (the ones who get twice the wear from a toilet seat) provide these with their articles?

    Ifyou are running a Lenovo device you may want to check if the certificate isinstalled on the device and remove it if it is.

    • Tap on the Windows-key to bring up the start menu or start screen.
    • Type certmgr.msc and hit enter. This opens the Certificate Manager.
    • Use the folder structure on the left to navigate to Trusted Root Certification Authorities -> Certificates.
    • Check if Superfish Inc. is listed among the certificates.
    • If it is, right-click the certificate and select Delete from the context menu to remove it.
     
    Lady Fitzgerald, Feb 18, 2015
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  13. COMPUTIAC GUEST
    COMPUTIAC Guest Win User

    Lenovo PCs ship with man-in-the-middle adware that breaks HTTPS Connec

    OK, that works good also. How can we tell if all these other certs listed are spies or not ?
    A lot of them I never heard of, but why do I need one for Go Daddy ?
     
    COMPUTIAC Guest, Feb 18, 2015
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  14. DUDE
    Dude Win User
    That is probably a ssl certificate from a shopping site
     
    Dude, Feb 18, 2015
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  15. LADY FITZGERALD
    Lady Fitzgerald Win User
    That is probably a ssl certificate from a shopping site Go Daddy is a privately held Internet domain registrar and web hosting company.
     
    Lady Fitzgerald, Feb 18, 2015
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