The leading laptop manufacturing company #Lenovo already caught for the two times for implanting the spyware or malware earlier this year. Now it is third time Lenovo has been accused of pre-installing a spyware in its devices.
Lenovo leads in laptop sales but there are not upto the international standards in customer support and it is the third time they are being caught for pre-installing spyware in their models.
First time Lenovo has been accused of implanting a malware in the name of #Superfish malware and they have then released a software piece for removing that malware but many users complained that the software bricks their system.
Second time it is the inbuilt code or software that has been attached with the BIOS and then they have accepted that and they removed it in the upcoming models.
Now for the third time it is the spyware that has been used for collecting Feedback from the users. Of course it is common for companies to collect Feedback but selling the feedback to online marketers is not usual thing.
Lenovo models has three files that are responsible for collecting information and they also contain the file in the name #Omniture, which is a online marketing company and data analytics company.
To check or to remove the spyware from your model if you have, do the following
Download #TaskSchedulerView as per your architecture
Search for Lenovo Customer Feedback Program 64
Disable it from running
Additionally you can rename the C:/Program Files(x86)\Lenovo
Users are recommended to do the same if you are concerned about the privacy of your data.
P.S : The post is to create awareness and not to create any negative impact.
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