Posted on 06/02/2016 11:52:22 PM PDT by Utilizer
PC maker Lenovo is advising its customers to remove bundled software from its laptops and desktops due to its potential to be used for remote code execution.
The software is the Lenovo Accelerator Application. The company warned that an attacker with man in the middle position on a network could exploit the vulnerable update mechanism, and run arbitrary code on users' systems. The vulnerability is rated as high risk by Lenovo.
To protect against the vulnerability, Lenovo said users should uninstall the Accelerator Application, which is bundled on a large number of the company's retail notebooks and desktop computers.
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On the flip side, however, at least they are reporting the problem and attempting to deal with it.
I find this borders on the hilarious!
China’s greatest intel coup suddenly has SECURITY issues?
How much karma is going on here? LMFAO!
Oh, well, you should give it a chance, mate.
After all... the phrase “chinese fire drill” might just come into play given the right circumstances.
*grin*
People who buy Chinese junk get what they deserve. Chinese PC made by a Chinese company. Unlike Macs made in America by an American company. (Ducking out of here now...)
You forgot the “/sarc” tag. :)
(Ducking out of here as well!) *grin*
*laugh!*
Just an FYI - I hate Microsoft petty bad right now because I've been trying to implement a SQL Server cluster in Amazon's cloud service and it's been ridiculously overly complicated, but I've been looking for a new laptop and their store sells them without any bloatware at very competitive prices, plus customer comments are very positive, which is pretty shocking to me:
I may wind up purchasing an Acer or Asus from them (which was probably made in frikin China.)
Hewlett Packard please take note.
bmfl
If you check around, you might find that Asus is made in Taiwan. At least I think it was the last time I checked.
Lenovo hardware is quite good. But I run Linux on the machines not Winblows.
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