This was noticed by Lenovo users and posted onLenovo forums.

Another researcher and Lenovo user Marc Rogers has also published a detailed analysis onhis blog.

However Lenovo tends to disagree.

Superfish VisualDiscover : Lenovo PCs come with pre-installed adware and MITM proxy

Superfish technology is purely based on contextual/image and not behavioral.

It does not profile nor monitor user behavior.

It does not record user information.

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It does not know who the user is.

Users are not tracked nor re-targeted.

Every session is independent.

source: www.techworm.net