A lawsuit has been filed against Lenovo because of its Superfish adware. The adware has apparently compromised on user’s security by pumping targeted advertising into their web browsers. The suit was filed by a San Diego-based blogger named Jessica Bennett, who charged Lenovo with violation of state and federal wiretap laws, along with trespassing and unfair competition law violations.
The complainant came across “ spam ads involving scantily clad women appearing on her client’s website,” while she was writing a blog post for a client on her Lenovo Yoga 2 laptop.
The complaint says:
“[Bennett] looked at a couple of other sites and did not see any advertisements, so she assumed the client’s website was the problem. She sent an email to her client suggesting that their site had been hacked.
A few hours later, [Bennett] was doing research for a different client when she saw the same block of advertisements intruding on a different, very well-known site. It was then that [she] knew that her computer was infected with Spyware.”
That spyware was recognized to be Superfish, and was set up in the system by Lenovo when she bought her laptop. It goes without saying that the spyware was not that great.
However, there are also reports doing rounds that a law firm in Pennsylvania is asking Lenovo computers to file a class-action lawsuit with their help.
It seems Lenovo will settle the matter out of court, because if this case drags on it would build a negative brand image of the company in the long run.
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