Lenovo CTO admits company 'messed up' and will publish Superfish removal tool on Friday

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	02.20.2015

		Lenovo CTO admits company 'messed up' and will publish Superfish removal tool on Friday 02.19.2015 3:01 PM Lenovo's chief technology officer Peter Hortensius tells PCWorld that by Friday the company will publish an app to remove the Superfish adware from affected computers. But this doesn't mean adware won't return to Lenovo PCs, either.
		Beat it, bloatware: How to clean Superfish and other crap off your PC 02.19.2015 3:43 PM Preloaded software bogs down your hard drive, your start menu, and worse. We're looking at you, Superfish. Clean it out with these handy tools and tricks.

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