February 22, 2015 | The international computer manufacturer Lenovo is recalling Israeli image-identifying Superfish software on some of its latest laptops. According to Lenovo, the company will disable the pre-install laptops on relevant computers, which the company believes to be computers that were shipped between September and December of 2014. It is believed that Superfish’s image recognition technology, which, among other things, can be used to search images and provide related image advertising content, is causing unwanted pop-ups on Lenovo computers, a breach that could put personal user data at risk. Superfish was founded in 2006 by Michael Chertok and Adi Pinchas.
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