Re: BACKWEB

From: Kevin Weilbacher (kweilbac_at_gte.net)
Date: 05/29/03 

Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 23:00:47 -0400

The following link explains Backweb, BackWeb Lite, and what it does and how
to clean it up:
http://www.newbie.org/help/messages/436.html

-kw

"Diggy" <jamesOU812@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%2343dFmXJDHA.1908@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> I think the company that made Backweb must have a terrible marketing
> department. I mean, "Backweb"??! If that doesn't just SOUND like
something
> bad I don't know what does. The name cracks me up, anyway.
>
> Probably Spybot detects it because this program wasn't made by the company
> that made the anti-virus program (it's a third party thing, made by
Backweb
> Technologies apparently), and so ANY program could be using Backweb, and
> Spybot doesn't have a way to determin what program is using this
downloader,
> so it's up to the user to decide. It's like my Pest Patrol spyware killer
> detects a key logger everytime, but in fact it is just part of my laptop's
> touchpad, and I sure don't want to delete that!
>
>
>
> "Dave" <c@t> wrote in message
news:eJrW0PXJDHA.1024@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > All I'm saying is that Spybot detects it as a spybot. I trust the Spybot
> > application, so i would not use backweb. We all have different likes and
> > dislikes, and i agree to disagree with you. If it suits your purpose,
> enjoy!
> > Cheers ;)
> >
> > "Robert Moir" <bofh@mvps.org> wrote in message
> > news:%23aMTuJVJDHA.2280@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > Dave wrote:
> > > > If my AV software comes with spybots (not just usage tracks), what
> > > > does that tell me?
> > >
> > > I don't believe backweb to be a spybot. It can be used maliciously but
> > then
> > > you can kill someone by beating them up with a baseball bat and that
> > doesn't
> > > make all baseball bats murder weapons.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>

Relevant Pages

  • HOSTS Spybot F-Secure BackWeb
    ... Here's one I dealt with recently which I'll indict the BackWeb folks. ... The fact that Google and only Google had ... So I downloaded SpyBot which is more agressive and more tedious than AdWare ... Overwriting the HOSTS file destroyed user data as the HOSTS file was in use ...
    (alt.computer.security)
  • HOSTS Spybot F-Secure BackWeb
    ... Here's one I dealt with recently which I'll indict the BackWeb folks. ... The fact that Google and only Google had ... So I downloaded SpyBot which is more agressive and more tedious than AdWare ... Overwriting the HOSTS file destroyed user data as the HOSTS file was in use ...
    (alt.computer.security)
  • HOSTS Spybot F-Secure BackWeb
    ... Here's one I dealt with recently which I'll indict the BackWeb folks. ... The fact that Google and only Google had ... So I downloaded SpyBot which is more agressive and more tedious than AdWare ... Overwriting the HOSTS file destroyed user data as the HOSTS file was in use ...
    (microsoft.public.security)
  • HOSTS Spybot F-Secure BackWeb
    ... Here's one I dealt with recently which I'll indict the BackWeb folks. ... The fact that Google and only Google had ... So I downloaded SpyBot which is more agressive and more tedious than AdWare ... Overwriting the HOSTS file destroyed user data as the HOSTS file was in use ...
    (microsoft.public.security)
  • Re: HOSTS Spybot F-Secure BackWeb
    ... It hijacks all searches to some brand-X ... > search site and apparently BackWeb contains some anti SpyBot code also. ... the HOSTS file has BackWeb code? ...
    (alt.computer.security)
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