Lenovo Promises Bloatware Free PCs With Windows 10, Also Offers Free McAfee Service For Superfish Affected PCs
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Lenovo today made some great announcement that will start a positive change in the PC industry. They are going to deliver bloatware/adware free clean PCs with Windows.
We are starting immediately, and by the time we launch our Windows 10 products, our standard image will only include the operating system and related software, software required to make hardware work well (for example, when we include unique hardware in our devices, like a 3D camera), security software and Lenovo applications. This should eliminate what our industry calls “adware” and “bloatware.” For some countries, certain applications customarily expected by users will also be included.
Even if Lenovo installs some software on PCs, Lenovo will post information about all software they preload on their PCs that clearly explains what each application does.
Apart from this, Lenovo will offer Lenovo PC users affected by this issue a free 6-month subscription to McAfee LiveSafe service (or a 6-month extension for existing subscribers). More information on this offer will be available at Lenovo.com within 7 days.
Just over a week ago, the Superfish visual discovery software preloaded onto Lenovo consumer notebooks beginning in September 2014 created concern and frustration among our customers and the security and privacy communities. We have worked with partners to create tools and update antivirus programs to eliminate Superfish software. And an automatic removal tool is available on Lenovo.com. No ThinkPads, desktops, tablets, smartphones nor any enterprise server or storage product was impacted.
Source: Lenovo
