Windows Defender now removes Superfish malware… if you’re lucky

JMH · Feb 22, 2015

First the good news. Microsoft today released a signature update for Windows Defender, the anti-malware software that's built in to Windows, to enable it to both detect and remove the Superfish malware that Lenovo installed on some systems.
Defender's removal process seems to be quite robust, both uninstalling the software and removing the dangerous certificate that Superfish installs. However, it doesn't appear to clean any contaminated installs of Firefox or Thunderbird; for that, you'll want to check out our manual removal instructions.

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Windows Defender now removes Superfish malware… if you’re lucky

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