Here’s why People are Infuriated about Lenovo Laptops Today

Chinese computer maker Lenovo has actually been caught in secret installing its own proprietary software on Windows, and the software appears impossible to get rid of.

Many users noticed that Lenovo computers were downloading an application named as “Lenovo Service Engine” to their machine, and would reinstall even after a fresh reboot of the Windows operating system was performed.

Ars Technical noticed the problem through forum user “ge814” about a week before, reported The Next Web, and presents a safety risk, since forcing a computer to download programs could be an entry for hackers to install similar malware.

The company since issued a statement saying this safety vulnerability through an update, and that this scrap would be installed in all new manufactured Lenovo computers. This follows the “Super fish” disaster for the company in February, whereby a preloaded piece of software called Super fish potentially allowed hacker’s user’s traffic. Lenovo knotted to issue a patch and a confession: “We messed up poorly,” Lenovo’s chief technology officer Peter Hortensius, told CNET, that the company was unaware in making public traffic.

It remains to be seen if these missteps will have an effect on Lenovo’s standing as the world’s biggest computer vendor. Last year, the company shipped 16 million units, and had the major PC market share at around 19.9%, according to IDC.