Defending against “Superfish’s VisualDiscovery Adware” using Saner Solution

VisualDiscovery is an Adware program by SuperFish.inc. VisualDiscovery was able to access consumer’s personal information sent online, including login credentials, social security numbers, medical information, and financial information.

Sep 6, 2017By Kashinath T1 min read

superfish's visual discovery adware

VisualDiscovery Adware comes bundled with much free software that is available over the internet. Between 2014 to 2015 VisualDiscovery came as a pre-installed software on some of Lenovo laptops. Apart from these, users may unknowingly install some free software that is responsible for installing VisualDiscovery adware.

Click here to understand how Saner can help organizations to protect against “VisualDiscovery” Adware and similar adware’s.

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