Overview
"webHancer
collects Internet performance information using a small, transparent program
known as the Customer Companion. Users typically download and install the
Customer Companion via the Internet. The Customer Companion measures web
transaction performance experienced by users. The data collected is used by
website operators and network service providers to analyze and improve the level
of service that they provide to their users.
Examples of information that we collect are: web page address, web page
size, web page load time, web page completion state and network delay time."
WebHancer is bundled with file sharing programs, such as Grokster and will
modify critical system settings. It has been confirmed that uninstalling the
software the wrong way can make you loose the Internet Connection.
"If you've lost your Internet connectivity after removing Customer Companion,
the software was not uninstalled properly To resolve the problem, you'll need to
reinstall the software and remove it properly."
Symantec,
Lavasoft,
Pest Patrol,
Cexx.org and
SpySweeper classify WebHancer Customer
Companion as spyware.
DoxDesk.com reports that WebHancer Customer Companion can download and
execute arbitrary code silently from the controlling servers.
Microsoft offers two articles,
Microsoft Knowledge Base
Article - 297682 and
Microsoft
Knowledge Base Article - 302591, about WebHancer Customer Companion.
Classification
Spyware
Silent updates
Vendor
www.webhancer.com
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