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Manually Reinstalling the Lenovo Solution Center - Closing a Back Door for Malware

Manually Reinstalling The Lenovo Solution Center – A Back Door for Malware The Lenovo Solution Center is an application that comes installed on most Lenovo Laptops, including my Lenovo E440 Thinkpad. Its functions include Hardware Scan, Driver Updates, and System Info. I didn't use it very much. One day, after a Critical Windows 7 Update, I clicked the Lenovo Solution Center icon only to find a red box warning-- Something like, “The Lenovo Solution Center Hardware Scan has been corrupted-- Please Reinstall Lenovo Solution Center by clicking here.” When I “Clicked Here,” I got another message telling me that the Lenovo Solution Center would have to be manually reinstalled. Search for Support With some difficulty, I found the Lenovo support website at https://support.lenovo.com/us/en The site wants you to search for support by entering your product number, serial number and other information. If you had a working Lenovo Solution Center, you cou