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Lenovo Startpage Pushed Angler

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This thread's last reply is from March 30, 2016, 12:23 PM UTC. Software, malware, and removal-tool advice below may be out of date — treat specific steps and download links with caution.

capnkrunch
March 24, 2016, 10:08 PM UTC
Based on upstream detection reports from our customers… it appears that a Lenovo related website was compromised on March 13th. For some (relatively short) period of time, the portal site “startpage.lenovo.com” redirected visitors towards the infamous Angler exploit kit – a source of no small amount of crypto-ransomware.

Source: F-Secure
NonSuch
March 25, 2016, 4:45 PM UTC
That's terrible. I'm certainly glad to hear the breach was quickly discovered and addressed.
capnkrunch
March 29, 2016, 11:31 PM UTC
Yes, they responded well it seems like. It's important to remember that no website is immune from being compromised so response is very important to consider.

That said, I think Lenovo comes out of this looking worse than other vendors would have given their spotty security record over the past year or so.
Gary R
March 30, 2016, 12:23 PM UTC
Yes, Lenovo do not exactly have a good record when it comes to matters of computer security, and as things stand I would be loath to recommend them to anyone.