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 Address Change Alert!!! Please delete dsw32952@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx from your address book. My new email addresses: Group/Maillist related: dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx Personal mail: dsw28705@xxxxxxxxx All other mail: dswabc@xxxxxxxxx Do YOU want a gmail account? Ask me for an invitation. ----- 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 >> > >> > >> > To unsub or change your email settings: >> > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk >> > >> > To access our Archives: >> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ >> > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ >> > >> > For more info: >> > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk >> > >> >>To unsub or change your email settings: >>//www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk >> >>To access our Archives: >>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ >>//www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ >> >>For more info: >>//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > For more info: > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk