"Lenovo Solution Center" is not only bloatware, but also dangerous!

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"Lenovo Solution Center" is not only bloatware, but also dangerous!

#1 Post by RealBlackStuff » Tue Dec 08, 2015 1:41 pm

Uninstall your dangerous Lenovo Solution Center bloatware NOW!
http://www.zdnet.com/article/millions-o ... ity-flaws/

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Re: "Lenovo Solution Center" is not only bloatware, but also dangerous!

#2 Post by Puppy » Tue Dec 08, 2015 4:00 pm

It is part of the problem only. The Lenovo Solution Center is written in Adobe Air that is basically Adobe Flash on desktop with all their persistent vulnerabilities. I'd recommend to uninstall both of them.

Reading the vulnerability description I can say this is not just an ordinary bug "that happens", this is a total software architecture failure :?
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Re: "Lenovo Solution Center" is not only bloatware, but also dangerous!

#3 Post by MikalE » Tue Dec 08, 2015 8:30 pm

Thanks for the heads up.
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Re: "Lenovo Solution Center" is not only bloatware, but also dangerous!

#4 Post by Puppy » Fri Dec 11, 2015 4:40 am

https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Security-M ... true#M2250

The patched version 2.8.006 and 3.2.002 are released today for self update through LSC and should be available for download via the support site soon - perhaps as early as tommorow.
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