Understanding Lenovo Superfish Adware

Over the last 2 weeks, I had to explain to my superiors and clients and friends what Superfish is.Here's a clear cut definition of Superfish:

Superfish adware installed on some Lenovo PCs install a non-unique trusted root certification authority (CA) certificate, allowing an attacker to spoof HTTPS traffic.

What the heck does that mean???

Phishing, Malware and Getting Hacked: How to Protect Yourself.

If you're not worried about the security of your accounts, you're ignoring a serious threat that's confirmed by a never ending deluge of security breaches.
Within the last year there have been an increase reports of hackers trying to break into almost every account / services possible on the internet from Target and Home Depot to Apple’s iCloud. However taking measures to prevent any cyber-attacks also requires your help. 

 Be aware of unusual emails or links that direct you to a websites which collect personal information such as login credentials, or contain malicious attachments that can infect a system.I encouraged you to use caution when encountering these types of email messages and take the following preventative measures to protect yourselves:

Add Extra Layer of Protection to your Windows System

I have been testing and using the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) from Microsoft for quite some time now.

It is a great way to keep yourself protected from - the unknown and yet to be discovered flaws in Windows, and Windows applications... designed to help prevent hackers from gaining access to your system. 

GodMode for Windows 8 / 7

1.	Open Windows Explorer and create a new folder Create the folder anywhere. For ease of use, I created mine in the Root directory/folder. NOTE: Creating the folder on the Desktop might or might not work. The feedback seems to vary, so you'll just have to experiment with it.
2.	Rename the folder by pasting the name below exactly as it appears: GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} NOTE: You can name it whatever you want (within reason), I just use "GodMode" in this example.
3.	Enjoy! Start enjoy your all-in-one folder to control virtually every aspect of Windows 8/7. I'm still having fun going through and seeing all the stuff I didn't know was in Windows 8!