Lenovo settles with FTC, will pay $3.5 million for preinstalling adware on laptops

(Reuters) — Lenovo Inc, a major laptop maker, has agreed to pay $3.5 million and make changes in how it sells laptops in order to settle allegations it sold devices with pre-loaded software that compromised users’ security protections. The agreement with Connecticut, the Federal Trade Commission and 31 other states was announced on Tuesday. The […]