sky7 19 Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 (edited) [2013]Spy agencies reportedly have a long-standing ban on Lenovo PCs due to back-door vulnerabilities[2015 Feb]Lenovo's Superfish security snafu blows up in its faceAfter 6 monthsLenovo used shady 'rootkit' tactic to quietly reinstall unwanted softwareCAUGHT: Lenovo crams unremovable crapware into Windows laptops – by hiding it in the BIOSIf someone is making same mistake again and again... this should not be called a mistake.Hardware-level backdoors are undetectable. It's sad... hardware has become major concerns for security. Edited August 13, 2015 by sky7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomFace 539 Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 (edited) Well there is one way to avoid it, folks should just not buy their products. You get what you pay for. Just my opinion. Edited August 14, 2015 by TomFace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dom1da 10 Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 (edited) I have a Lenovo G50-70 Laptop no problems here as my model is not affected by bios problem,I always install Retail copy's of windows so superfish does not effect Me. is my Laptop talking to lenovo? NO as no abnormal communication to lenovo by my laptop as happening as far as i can tell. should i upgrade to smart security from nod 32 if i have a router (Netgear D6200) that has SPI and NAT capability and windows firewall on both my pc's enough protection? I am running Windows 10 Pro 64Bit on both my laptops Other laptop is a dell inspiron 15R Edited August 14, 2015 by dom1da Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sky7 19 Posted August 16, 2015 Author Share Posted August 16, 2015 (edited) should i upgrade to smart security from nod 32 if i have a router (Netgear D6200) that has SPI and NAT capability and windows firewall on both my pc's enough protection? No. Your router (Netgear D6200) that has SPI and NAT capability and windows firewall are good enough. just my 2 cents Edited August 16, 2015 by sky7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dom1da 10 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Thank you for your advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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