Lenovo promises ‘clean and safe’ computers after SuperFish debacle

Lenovo is going through the dust after standard delivery of the controversial SuperFish malware. The electronics manufacturer offers affected customers six months of free malware protection. In addition, Lenovo promises to offer “cleaner and more secure” PCs on Friday.

The Chinese manufacturer says it wants to immediately start offering ‘clean and safe’ computers. Until Lenovo ships products with Windows 10, the manufacturer only wants to provide the operating system, drivers, security software and Lenovo applications on its computers. Strangely enough, Lenovo does not classify the latter two groups as adware and bloatware.

Lenovo also says it will announce which software it ships on its devices in the future. The company also informs us about what the applications in question are doing and, in its own words, asks the community for feedback, so that ‘the right programs’ are always delivered.

Last month it became clear that Lenovo was putting the SuperFish adware on its laptops. The software runs in the background and injects advertisements into websites with product image pop-ups. The manufacturer claimed that the adware only helped users “find products”, but the malware turned out to be a serious security problem.

After the issue was announced, antivirus vendors like Microsoft released updates to remove SuperFish from Lenovo devices. Lenovo also released a tool to remove the adware. The manufacturer said on Friday that it will offer affected users half a year of malware protection from McAfee LiveSafe. The company will announce more details about this within a week.

Earlier this year, Lenovo was discredited after it became known that the company shipped an adware package called SuperFish on its systems. After that, the company promised to deliver ‘cleaner and safer’ PCs.