-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Backweb program

  • From: "Don" <dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 10:10:06 -0500

That is correct, but backweb is also used by less honorable software. 
Before allowing backweb you should check what is requesting it to access the 
internet.

Don


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Colleen Gayle Lane" <colleen.lane@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 3:20 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Backweb program


> I'm not sure about you, but when I look up backweb in my firewall settings
> I can see that it is used with by my logitech mouse and keyboard software
> and I have allowed it because that is how the new updates are downloaded
> and installed occasionally.
>
> At 03:16 PM 2/9/2005, you wrote:
>
>>When I had zone alarm and it wanted to block something that I was not 
>>trying
>>to download, I did not insist.  I told it to block it.  If you are wanting
>>to download what ever it's blocking, then I guess I'd let it continue.
>>
>>Bob
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxx>
>>To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 2:02 PM
>>Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Backweb program
>>
>>
>> > Is backweb a bad critter?  It keeps trying to access my uncles computer
>> > through the zone alarm, or is it something he needs, I tell him to deny
>> > it,
>> > and things seem okay after that.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > christy
>> >
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