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Title: Lenovo laptop users, a warning
Post by: Louis on February 19, 2015, 03:26:18 PM: http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/02/lenovo-pcs-ship-with-man-in-the-middle-adware-that-breaks-https-connections/

List of affected PC's (Consumer laptops shipped between October and December 2014);

G Series: G410, G510, G710, G40-70, G50-70, G40-30, G50-30, G40-45, G50-45
U Series: U330P, U430P, U330Touch, U430Touch, U530Touch
Y Series: Y430P, Y40-70, Y50-70
Z Series: Z40-75, Z50-75, Z40-70, Z50-70
S Series: S310, S410, S40-70, S415, S415Touch, S20-30, S20-30Touch
Flex Series: Flex2 14D, Flex2 15D, Flex2 14, Flex2 15, Flex2 14(BTM), Flex2 15(BTM), Flex 10
MIIX Series: MIIX2-8, MIIX2-10, MIIX2-11
YOGA Series: YOGA2Pro-13, YOGA2-13, YOGA2-11BTM, YOGA2-11HSW
E Series: E10-30
Title: Re: Lenovo laptop users, a warning
Post by: sans.terre on February 19, 2015, 05:13:19 PM: phew. Thinkpad 4 life.
Title: Re: Lenovo laptop users, a warning
Post by: Finn the Human on February 19, 2015, 05:46:52 PM: At least the 1991 thinkpad I threw away at the dump is safe.
Title: Re: Lenovo laptop users, a warning
Post by: weedbix on February 19, 2015, 11:17:54 PM: Speaking of HTTPS and MITM attacks, this is a bit random, but if anyone out there is into tethering a phone or tablet avoid the PDANET app at all costs
Title: Re: Lenovo laptop users, a warning
Post by: LeonLikesToRock on February 20, 2015, 04:11:28 AM: I think my lappy is probably too old to get that stuff haha.
Title: Re: Lenovo laptop users, a warning
Post by: conormckeon on February 20, 2015, 11:15:50 AM: Quote from: Professor Horatio Hufnagel on February 19, 2015, 11:17:54 PM
Speaking of HTTPS and MITM attacks, this is a bit random, but if anyone out there is into tethering a phone or tablet avoid the PDANET app at all costs
What's wrong with using PDANET?
Title: Re: Lenovo laptop users, a warning
Post by: badlight on February 21, 2015, 08:17:52 AM: Quote from: conormckeon on February 20, 2015, 11:15:50 AM
Quote from: Professor Horatio Hufnagel on February 19, 2015, 11:17:54 PM
Speaking of HTTPS and MITM attacks, this is a bit random, but if anyone out there is into tethering a phone or tablet avoid the PDANET app at all costs
What's wrong with using PDANET?

I am curious as well. I used to use it cause my computers wireless NIC sucked.
Title: Re: Lenovo laptop users, a warning
Post by: weedbix on February 21, 2015, 07:31:03 PM: It's more sus than a 4am kebab
Title: Re: Lenovo laptop users, a warning
Post by: MEAT on February 22, 2015, 01:15:31 AM: BORING
Title: Re: Lenovo laptop users, a warning
Post by: slvtn on February 22, 2015, 03:38:34 AM: If you buy a Lenovo, you either buy a Thinkpad or crap.
Title: Re: Lenovo laptop users, a warning
Post by: Mychaylo on February 22, 2015, 01:14:36 PM: Ran avg this morning, found it to be a threat and wiped it for me.
Title: Re: Lenovo laptop users, a warning
Post by: O.G. David on March 16, 2015, 03:07:13 PM: Scored a Lenovo T61 with windows 7, seems pretty cool so far.
Title: Re: Lenovo laptop users, a warning
Post by: streetStreet on March 19, 2015, 10:57:45 AM: Quote from: Finn the Human on February 19, 2015, 05:46:52 PM
At least the 1991 thinkpad I threw away at the dump is safe.

was it actually though.