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Funny how I just bought a Lenovo yesterday, then read about this MitM issue and today it's cracked :-/

To be honest if you purchased a consumer grade Lenovo machine then malware is the least of your concerns. That thing will be a paper weight within a year.

They're like the "Gateway" laptops of yesteryear. Thinkpad is still "fine" but Lenovo's consumer stuff is utter junk of the highest order.

Source: Worked at a startup which purchased consumer laptops (shudder). Asus were "fine," Acer/Dell was "ok," Lenovo were horrifying, only being beaten by an unbranded laptop we had.

So I'd highly recommend avoiding Lenovo's stuff unless it is a Thinkpad.

What about Toshiba's

No clue, never purchased one.

Not sure about current practices, but their support here in Australia was awful in the late 2000s. They wouldn't even talk to you on the phone unless you fronted $55. "All I want ask is if you have online documentation and where, I don't want troubleshooting" -> Nope, $55 before we answer that. Screw supporting that model.

What year would "yesteryear" be? My much-abused 2008 Gateway is still running like a champ.

Time to wipe and install a fresh OS then.

That is normal protocol for any new PC I buy. The crapware that PC manufacturers don't even bother trying to hide like antivirus, photo management, browser helpers etc... always warrants an OS wipe after unboxing.

If my next laptop isn't from Apple it will be one I can buy from Microsoft directly where they don't install any of that garbage.

ANother reason to install your own OS is that SSDs are much cheaper from Newegg than as laptop upgrades.

Definitely wipe the OS and reinstall from known-clean media. Consider a return, depending on their return policy.

Return it as DOA.

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