Lenovo, the Peoples Republic of China based PC manufacturer manages to both shoot itself in the foot, and simultaneously launch a massive MITM attack targeting it's own customers. All caused by some deep seated need to serve-up adverstising on individual laptops sold to the company's customers. Astounding.

Regardless, Ars Technica has the solution for PC afficiandos that have or are experiencing this issue: Re-install with a clean version of your OS of choice; or, Lenovo has posted an Uninstall Superfish page.