komodia

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Discussions tagged with komodia on WindowsForum.com center on the Superfish adware controversy involving Lenovo PCs. The tag is directly associated with the Komodia SSL hijacking library used by Superfish to intercept HTTPS traffic. Key topics include the installation of a non-unique trusted root CA certificate on Lenovo consumer PCs starting in September 2014, which allowed attackers to spoof HTTPS connections. The content covers the security vulnerability, affected systems, and the broader implications of adware that intercepts encrypted web traffic. This tag is relevant for users researching the Superfish incident, HTTPS spoofing risks, and pre-installed adware vulnerabilities on Windows systems.

  1. TA15-051A: Lenovo Superfish Adware Vulnerable to HTTPS Spoofing

    Original release date: February 20, 2015 Systems Affected Lenovo consumer PCs that have Superfish VisualDiscovery installed and potentially others. Overview Superfish adware installed on some Lenovo PCs install a non-unique trusted root certification authority (CA) certificate, allowing an...
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