Newsgroup: it.comp.aiuto
Titolo: What's Webhancer

Salve, ieri mi è capitato di scaricare alcune animazioni dal sito
www.joecartoon.com
 e una volta disconnesso mi accorgo che lanciando i file
.exe si è installato anche un programmino chiamato webHancer.La cosa mi è
sembrata molto strana anche perché questo mi va a creare anche la directory
Program files.
Apro la cartella e leggo il file readme fedelmente riportato:
Terms and Conditions of Installing the webHancer Customer Companion (the
"Software").
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
THIS SOFTWARE CONFIDENTIALLY RELAYS YOUR WEB SURFING
PERFORMANCE METRICS TO WEBHANCER CORP. TO GENERATE
PERFORMANCE REPORTS FOR THIRD PARTIES.  AS SUCH, YOUR
INTERNET CONNECTION WILL BE USED PERIODICALLY TO SEND AND
RECEIVE DATA.  YOU REMAIN ANONYMOUS - NO PERSONAL OR
IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION IS COLLECTED - ONLY QUANTITATIVE
PERFORMANCE DATA.
WE RESPECT OUR CUSTOMERS PRIVACY.
TO VIEW WEBHANCER'S PRIVACY POLICY,
GO TO: 
http://www.webhancer.com/products/privacy
.
THIS SOFTWARE SUPPORTS WINDOWS 98/2000 and WINDOWS NT 4.0
Service Pack 4 and higher.  INSTALLATION ON OTHER SYSTEMS
MAY LEAD TO SYSTEM FAILURE.
THIS IS A LICENSE, NOT A SALE. THIS END USER LICENSE
AGREEMENT ("AGREEMENT") IS A LEGAL CONTRACT BETWEEN YOU AND
WEBHANCER CORP. ("WEBHANCER") FOR THE CUSTOMER COMPANION
SOFTWARE (THE 'SOFTWARE'). THIS SOFTWARE WILL MAKE USE OF
YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION. YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR
ANY AND ALL NETWORK USAGE COSTS OR ANY OTHER COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR USE OF THE SOFTWARE.  BY DOWNLOADING,
INSTALLING OR USING THE SOFTWARE YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY
THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT
AGREE WITH THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, UNINSTALL, AND DO
NOT USE THE SOFTWARE.
WEBHANCER grants to you a non-exclusive, non-transferable and restricted
license to use the Software on a single computer for your internal use,
subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. You may make and distribute
unlimited copies of the Software, excluding copies for commercial distributi
on,
as long as each copy that you distribute is distributed subject to this
Agreement, and you reproduce in full all copyright and other proprietary
notices pertaining to the Software that appear in the Software.
This Agreement shall remain in effect for as long as you are in compliance
with
its terms and conditions. This Agreement shall immediately terminate if you
fail
to comply with any of its provisions.  The limitations of liabilities and
warranties will survive any termination of this Agreement and will remain in
full force and effect even after termination. Should WEBHANCER release any
updates, upgrades or new versions of the Software or supplemental code or
supporting materials for the Software ("Additional Software Releases"), all
such
Additional Software Releases shall be considered part of the Software and
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and any additional
terms
and conditions that accompany the Additional Software Releases.   In
consideration of the foregoing license from WEBHANCER to you, you grant to
WEBHANCER the perpetual, unrestricted right to record and use your web
surfing
performance metrics, in whole or in part, in any form or format.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED TO YOU "AS IS". YOU ARE SOLELY
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADEQUATE PROTECTION AND BACKUP OF THE
DATA AND EQUIPMENT USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE.
WEBHANCER MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR
CONDITIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WRITTEN OR ORAL, INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABLE QUALITY,
SATISFACTORY QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR THOSE ARISING
BY LAW, STATUTE, USAGE OF TRADE, COURSE OF DEALING OR
OTHERWISE.  WEBHANCER DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE OPERATION
OF THE SOFTWARE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE.
YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE RESULTS AND
PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE.
NEITHER WE NOR OUR DEALERS OR SUPPLIERS SHALL HAVE ANY
LIABILITY TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR ANY
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR ANY DAMAGES
WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF REVENUE
OR PROFIT, LOST OR DAMAGED DATA OR OTHER COMMERCIAL OR
ECONOMIC LOSS, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR THEY ARE FORESEEABLE.
WE ARE ALSO NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR CLAIMS BY A THIRD PARTY.
OUR MAXIMUM AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU AND THAT OF OUR
DEALERS AND SUPPLIERS SHALL NOT EXCEED FORTY DOLLARS
CANADIAN ($40.00 CDN).  THE LIMITATIONS IN THIS SECTION
SHALL APPLY WHETHER OR NOT THE ALLEGED BREACH OR DEFAULT
IS A BREACH OF A FUNDAMENTAL CONDITION OR TERM OR A
FUNDAMENTAL BREACH.
The limited warranty, exclusive remedies and limited liability set out
herein
are fundamental elements of the basis of the bargain between you and
WEBHANCER.
You acknowledge and agree that WEBHANCER would not be able to provide the
Software free of charge without such limitations.  In jurisdictions which do
not allow the exclusion or limitation of consequential, incidental or
special
damages, WEBHANCER's liability for such damages shall be limited to the
maximum
extent permitted by applicable law.
The Software, including all copies, and all copyrights and all other rights,
title and interest subsisting in or related to the Software, and all data
collected there from, shall at all times remain the property of WEBHANCER or
its licensors.  You must reproduce any copyright or other proprietary
notices
on the Software in their entirety in all copies of the Software. WEBHANCER
and
its licensors reserve all rights not expressly granted to you. You shall not
translate, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the Software or any
part
of the Software, except to the extent this restriction is not permitted by
the
laws of your jurisdiction; or modify or adapt or create derivative works
based
on the Software or any part of the Software or merge the Software or any
part
of the Software with any other software program.
Notice to U.S. Government end users. If this product is acquired under the
terms of a: GSA contract-Use, reproduction or disclosure is subject to the
restrictions set forth in the applicable ADP Schedule contract; U.S. DoD
contract- Use, duplication or disclosure by the Government is subject to
restrictions as set forth in subparagraph (c) (1) (ii) of 
252.227-7013
;
Civilian agency contract- Use, reproduction, or disclosure is subject to
52.227-19 (a) through (d) and restrictions set forth in the accompanying end
user agreement. Unpublished-rights reserved under the copyright laws of the
United States. WebHancer Corp. 2255 Carling Avenue, 3rd Floor Ottawa,
Ontario Canada K2B 7E9.
This Agreement is the entire agreement between WEBHANCER and you and
supercedes
all other agreements, discussions and negotiations, whether oral or written.
This Agreement cannot be modified or amended except by a written agreement
signed by an authorized officer of WEBHANCER.  This shall be governed by the
laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada, excluding conflicts of law and
choice
of law principles and the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the
International Sale of Goods, and any legislation implementing such
Convention.
You consent and attorn to the exclusive jurisdiction of Ontario courts and
waive trial by jury, except to the extent a waiver of a jury trial is not
permitted by applicable law. If any provision of this Agreement is found to
be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be deemed severed
and the remainder of the Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.
You agree to comply with all applicable laws including export restrictions
as
they relate to this Agreement and your use of the Software.  The parties
have
requested that this Agreement and all documents contemplated hereby be drawn
up in English. Les parties aux présentes ont exigé que cette entente et tous
autres documents envisagés par les présentes soient rédigés en anglais.
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Non ho molta voglia di leggere e pensando ad un volgare spyware provvedo a
disinstallare il tutto e faccio anche pulizia nel registro.Non lo avessi mai
fatto.Non mi si apre più explorer né qualsivoglia programma, Windows mi dà
un errore nel registro che non riesco a capire, che permette l'accesso ad
Internet( Bigfun Netscape Outlook etc...).In più mi da l'errore all'avvio
del comando Poproxy che non sarebbe altro che la protezione del Norton per
le e-mail.
Non riuscendo a trovare soluzioni disinstallo il Norton.
Ma la situazione non cambia.Alla fine reinstallo sopra tutto Windows 98
faccio lo scandisk,controllo il registro e alla fine per caso con il Dr
Watson riesco a capire l'errore.Rilancio i file.exe dei quelle 2 animazioni
del piffero e voilà mi si riapre explorer e tutto il resto ( la connessione
ad internet funzionava anche prima però non si poteva andare da nessuna
parte), ricomparendo però il Webhancer.Ora disinstallo dal pannello di
controllo Webhancer ma il sistema mi dice che alcuni file non possono essere
rimossi perché in uso.Cosa posso fare per far tornare tutto come prima e
lasciando la situazione com'è mi devo preoccupare secondo voi.
Scusate per la prolissità e per il tempo che vi ho fatto perdere leggendo
questo enorme fardello.
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It's only R&R but i Like it

 scrivimi =))
Niente mi sa che ci vuole il formattone generale
Ho cmq avuto la conferma con ad-aware 4 che Webhancer altro non è che un
volgarissimo spyware, solo che se si prova a disinstallarlo si può dire
addio ad aprire Explorer Netscape e qualsivoglia programma per connettersi
ad Internet, mentre la connessione di accesso remoto va, ma tanto non se ne
può far nulla.
Ora mi chiedo se ci sia qualche programma in grado di rilevare questi
bastardissimi file e di prevenirne l'installazione.
Pensate che non capendoci un cazzo ho perfino disinstallato il Norton, ma
porca....
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ICQ:82605180 Nickname:1atarumoroboshi
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 bastardissimi file e di prevenirne l'installazione.
  Il punto e' che dovresti leggere *attentamente* tutte le licenze e i
  termini d'uso dei programmi (soprattutto freeware) che installi:
  WebHancer viene infatti installato insieme a questi programmi come e' 
  scritto in questa pagina:
 
http://www.webhancer.com/site/support/cc-faq.asp
 
  Ciao.
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                    dubium sapientiae initium

  scritto in questa pagina:
Mi sa da poco, perche' nell'ultimo database di Ad Search, un
programmino associato ad AD-Aware (vedi il sito 
www.lavasoft.de
) non
c'e'.
Un saluto.
Cicero®