Doesn't matter if you re-install the OS. They spyware was baked into the BIOS.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/12/lenovo_firmware_nas...
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/12/lenovo_firmware_nas...
One charm of this ThinkPad is it works superbly with some Arch Linux on it.
>it works superbly with some Arch Linux on it.
These 2 statements contradict each other. Either you reinstall the OS (OK maybe you didn't technically REinstall, but most people would call installing a different OS "reinstalling the OS") or you still running the default OS.
The BIOS thing was specifically targeted at Windows installations, a thing I havn't bothered with since the previous millenium.