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| Thread ID: 43802 | 2004-03-27 07:59:00 | BACK WEB.exe. | dumdum (4965) | Press F1 |
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| 225465 | 2004-03-27 07:59:00 | Was cleaning a friends computer (spybot found 5000+ objects!!) and would like to know what BACK WEB.exe is associated with. Google has Web.exe listed,but not Backweb. Any info would be most helpful. Friend has win 98. Thanks DD. |
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| 225466 | 2004-03-27 08:21:00 | Process File: backWeb or backWeb.exe Process Name: Backweb Adware Description: Adware by Backweb Technologies. Company: Backweb Technologies System Process: No Security Risk ( Virus/Trojan/Worm/Adware/Spyware ): Yes |
godfather (25) | ||
| 225467 | 2004-03-27 08:23:00 | Hey dumdum, backweb.exe is a program installed by software vendors. It's dependant on what the software vendor has told it to do, sometimes it's for downloading updates, but I would remove it as vendors can make it do whatever they want. It can only download but... With a plugin, it can reverse information, meaning it can send information from your computer to whoever the vendor is. So by all means it'd be safer to remove it than to keep it. Noel Nosivad |
Noel Nosivad (389) | ||
| 225468 | 2004-03-27 09:31:00 | Thanks for that guys, I will take care of it when I get back to friends place . Cheers DD. |
dumdum (4965) | ||
| 225469 | 2004-03-27 10:00:00 | If compaq or HP, they used to use Backweb for their updating. Best to go into add/remove first and see if there is an uninstall for Backweb or Updater. Problems can occur if left for Spybot to clean out first. Just comes up with a message that a file is missing on each startup. | Pheonix (280) | ||
| 225470 | 2004-03-27 11:49:00 | > If compaq or HP, they used to use Backweb for their > updating. Best to go into add/remove first and see if > there is an uninstall for Backweb or Updater. > Problems can occur if left for Spybot to clean out > first. Just comes up with a message that a file is > missing on each startup. Which should be able to be fixed by removing the backweb lines from startup using msconfig |
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438) | ||
| 225471 | 2004-03-27 12:24:00 | True, but that is like putting the cart before the horse. It is always better to remove programs by the add/remove than to just eliminate a part of them. Leaves less behind to cause other conflicts and problems. | Pheonix (280) | ||
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