By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Friday advised Lenovo Group Ltd customers to remove "Superfish," a program pre-installed on some Lenovo laptops, saying it makes users vulnerable to cyber attacks. The Department of Homeland Security said in an alert that the program makes users vulnerable to a type of cyber attack known as SSL spoofing, in which remote attackers can read encrypted web traffic, redirect traffic from official websites to spoofs, and perform other attacks. Adi Pinhas, chief executive of Palo Alto, California-based Superfish, said in a statement that his company's software helps users achieve more relevant search results based on images of products viewed. Komodia CEO Barak Weichselbaum declined comment on the vulnerability.
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