After last week’s revelation that Lenovo placed Superfish’s adware and potentially harmful code on its computers, two other firms have been found adding similar man-in-the-middle code to their software, reports Ars Technica. Security researcher Filippo Valsorda found that anti-virus and online privacy apps from Lavasoft and Comodo caused machines to trust any self-signed certificate from HTTPS sites._The method can expose users to so-called man-in-the-middle attacks, potentially giving hackers access to critical information. The affected apps are Lavasoft’s privacy software Ad-aware Web Companion, which is intended to protect you from malware and prevent hijacking, and Comodo’s PrivDog, which promises to only…

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