Been running SpyHunter & it has found 'Backweb'

Post #139,942 by dmarker 2/5/04 6:13:02 AM Reply	Been running SpyHunter & it has found 'Backweb' Says it is a 'severe' intrusion program. But, adds that if Backweb is installed for a known purpose, leave it. Describes two versions - OEM & Light. Seems light is capable of redirecting web browsing and can install unauthorised sofware. I have about 80 hits for it in keys in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Interface\\ Does anyone know anything about this software (before I chop these refs). This is in Windows/XP Home Edition. Doug Marker
Post #139,951 by boxley 2/5/04 8:23:32 AM Reply	found it on my box as well Did a google and found some stuff at www.Backweb.com. Called IT and they said it wasnt an authorised service and stated that deleting it would be good. Gone now. thanx, bill I do hold an englishman's brothel is his castle , where he should behave accordingly--as many flash tails as he likes , but none of the troop fornications that the orientals and germans indulge in. Its not the indecency I mind , but the company of a lot of boozy brutes hallooing and kicking up a deuce of a row when I want to concentrate and give off my best. A regular bacchanalia is something to see right enough, but I am with the discriminating Frog who said that one is interesting, but only a cad would make a habit of it. Sir Harold Flashman esquire VC OBE questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #139,960 by drewk 2/5/04 9:03:14 AM Reply	I used to use something called that It was a news push service. Sign up, register a bunch of keywords, any time those terms popped on the news site you'd get a popup telling you. IIRC it actually downloaded the article without asking. This was ~1996-97 so there could easily be something else using the name now. === Implicitly condoning stupidity since 2001.
Post #140,023 by cforde 2/5/04 1:29:37 PM Reply	backweb Was this on a Compaq or HP machine? They used to, maybe still do?, ship with Backweb installed. It was used to download and install fixes, and generally increase customer "touch". It used to be possible to download the Backweb client and subscribe to news sources (really web sites under the covers) and receive regular updates. Kinda like RSS before RSS. There are a few other ways Backweb could have been installed. Real used to include it as part of their Jukebox to deliver MP3s (part of the quicksilver service). Many other companies used it to deliver marketing messages and program updates to their customers. Backweb started out as an internet advertising company back in the push days, remember Pointcast? They survived the backlash by going corporate. Their thing was to deliver information to those who needed it without them having to go get it. In the last couple of years they've morphed into offline portals. The information on your portal is available to you even when you're traveling or inside someone else's firewall. I know all this because I worked there for almost 3 years. Does any of this sound like your situation? Have fun, Carl Forde
Post #140,058 by dmarker 2/5/04 3:20:31 PM Reply	Re: This box is a Medion (Germany) Came as a bundled multimedia computer with tons of software. The Backweb version is 'light'. Medion have a web site & their prods are sold in Australia via a grocery chain called ALDI (also German origin). Doug M (I will delete it :~)
Post #140,062 by FuManChu 2/5/04 3:28:35 PM Reply	Now I understand, Carl Saw 3-2-1 Penguins! with my nephew over Christmas. Couldn't figure out what the heck that was before... :D

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