Beat it, bloatware: How to clean Superfish and other crap off your PC

Follow:   02.20.2015  View in a Browser Beat it, bloatware: How to clean Superfish and other crap off your PC 02.19.2015 3:43 PM Preloaded software bogs down your hard drive, your start menu, and worse. We're looking at you, Superfish. Clean it out with these handy tools and tricks. How to remove the dangerous Superfish adware preinstalled on Lenovo PCs 02.19.2015 2:25 PM Lenovo has been preloading new consumer PCs with Superfish adware that injects ads and hijacks the secure HTTPS encryption of every site you visit. Eradicating the threat isn't easy, but here's how. -ADVERTISEMENT-   PCWorld Superguides Check our Guides packed with practical how-tos, in-depth features, tips and tricks, and more! Laptops on PCWorld Our award-winning editors keep you up to date   PSA: Grab an easy 200GB of free OneDrive cloud storage 02.19.2015 2:06 PM Even if you sign up for Bing Rewards right now only to claim the free OneDrive storage, you can get it. You can also grab a separate free 100GB for one year if you use Dropbox, too. Lenovo CTO admits company 'messed up' and will publish Superfish removal tool on Friday 02.20.2015 9:51 AM Lenovo's chief technology officer Peter Hortensius tells PCWorld that by Friday the company will publish an app to remove the Superfish adware from affected computers. But this doesn't mean adware won't return to Lenovo PCs, either. 6 time-saving Safari gestures for iPhone and iPad 02.20.2015 3:15 AM Simple swipes and tap-and-hold gestures can speed up your Safari browsing, especially if you're trying to use your iPhone one-handed. Android malware fakes phone shutdown to steal your data 02.20.2015 5:40 AM The malware works in the background after pretending to shut down a phone, AVG said. Massive SIM card encryption key hack gives US, UK spies access to billions of phones 02.20.2015 6:22 AM The surveillance agencies reportedly were able to monitor a large portion of the world's mobile traffic Raspberry Pi 2 review: The revolutionary $35 micro-PC, supercharged 02.20.2015 3:00 AM The Raspberry Pi 2 bears a strong resemblance to its forefathers, but with fewer design headaches and dramatically improved performance. Apple wants its cars in production by 2020, report says 02.19.2015 4:24 PM Bloomberg says Apple wants a car on the assembly line within five years. The company is certainly hiring automotive brainpower aggressively. Microsoft OneNote gets handwriting support on the iPad, OCR everywhere 02.20.2015 6:14 AM If you've got a stylus and an iPad, OneNote will now let you jot down notes or make a sketch in Microsoft's popular note-taking app. Google launching YouTube for kids on Monday 02.19.2015 11:50 PM The new version of YouTube will be available on Android devices 12 things you miss about your dumbphone 02.20.2015 4:00 AM Your fancy new smartphone is far better, but there are still a few things about your dumbphone you wish you could go back to.       You are subscribed to this newsletter as: messi1927@gmail.com More PCWorld Newsletters / Manage Subscriptions / Unsubscribe IDG Consumer & SMB Privacy Policy © 2015 IDGCSMB, 501 2nd Street, San Francisco, CA 94107