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So what else is new?[ Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#1)
by Anonymous User on Tue Mar 23, 2004 at 12:41:41 PM PDT

It's called "advertiser-supported software". HP installed the stuff at the factory, and that is why it's on the recovery discs. If you restore the computer back to factory specs, then the spyware comes back with it.

Whenever I buy a new commercial PC (Compaq, eMachines, Gateway, HP, IBM, etc.), the first things that I do is to "delouse" it of all the spyware and unwanted apps. One of the benefits of building your own PCs is that you don't have to deal with this crud.

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So what else is new? HP installs SPyware[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#2)
by Anonymous User on Thu Apr 08, 2004 at 09:00:46 AM PDT

I had set up a friends Compaq Presario Desktop and spent of couple of hours cleaning these pests out. On my new Compaq Presario Laptop I did not find this garbarge. It would appear this done to the Desktop units only as these are more likely to be hooked up to broadband internet.

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HP Spyware[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#8)
by Anonymous User on Sat May 28, 2005 at 07:35:35 AM PDT

By Hazmeister:

I did a spyware scan with Spybot Search & Destroy (and both downloadable updates) the other day and found 57 entries of Backweb supposededly put their by HP.  It was ridiculous!  I suspect it probably added some of the other bits there as well.  What's even annoying is that the information doesn't even seem to go to HP.  It goes to some company called Cameocast.  It doesn't seem to be on all PCs (my nan's PC is clean), perhaps other people could check their own PCs and get back to me.  I wonder if they added it when I sent it into repair (They definitly used a different recovery image).  This is kind of ironic as HP have this new course on protecting your PC from spyware.  By the way Microsoft Anti Spyware is useless at finding this stuff.   See links Below:

HP AntiSpware Course
HP.http://hplearningcenter.com/courses/overview.jsp?courseId=3193&hplcpsession=55f8770e221cf4eedf52 ea90cdc3

About Back web
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/threats/177.html


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by Anonymous User on Wed Jun 08, 2005 at 12:24:45 AM PDT

By Hazmeister:

Cameocast has been bought and turned into one of those annoying pages that poses as a search engine and attempts to install a ton of crap on your computer

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What is new?[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#19)
by Anonymous User on Tue May 06, 2008 at 07:45:43 AM PDT

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Possible slight over statement[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#11)
by Hazmeister on Thu Jun 16, 2005 at 03:59:38 AM PDT

Spybot seems to be designed for Windows 2000 and isn't always consistant, but is still a valuable tool.  You can use it to block bad ports on your PC to stop more rubbish getting on.

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HP is clever in their Spyware[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#13)
by Anonymous User on Thu Feb 21, 2008 at 05:47:00 PM PDT

It is not an easy thing to go against a giant. HP & the big MS .Net Framework. I was unable to install the HP software until I edited my registries keys to give them access. HP claimed it was a .Net error, just remove .Net frameworks and then reinstall using their .Net included on the CD! When this did not resolve the error, I was able to do a search on google and found that if I open up some keys and give HP access to them, then everything was fine... So now next time I need ink, will I be directed to office depot or staples. I guess who ever paid them for the privileged of being allowed access to my computer via HP! Thanks HP for your continued effort to subvert the dollar to sweeten your pocket!

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Spybot[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#18)
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