Re: What is this IE Add-On?
- From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:42:16 -0800
that would be impossible for me to paraphrase in a quick email. You want me
to privately send you an email with the person's explanation? I will remove
all identifying information so the person won't be exposed, but you'll see
this information it's a little complicated, though. Just warning you.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Devona Abel" <djasister@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: What is this IE Add-On?
Okay then what does it mean?
Devona
----- Original Message -----
From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: What is this IE Add-On?
> Hi Albert,
>
> Thank you very much for responding. If you follow the message you haven't
> read yet, you'll see that I needed a lot more than just to know the words
> the initial stand for. I needed to know what it meant. And someone wrote
> to
> me privately and explained it in a very helpful and educational way.
> Thanks again.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <cutolo.albert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 1:02 PM
> Subject: Re: What is this IE Add-On?
>
>
> Hello Yardbird:
>
> I believe that dll stands for dynamic link library.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 2:45 PM
> Subject: Re: What is this IE Add-On?
>
>
>> You're saying you don't know, or don't care to tell me, what DLL stands
>> for?
>> Or you think I'll get a history of how the word "object" came to be used
>> in
>> computerese by googling the word "object?" Not sure where you're coming
>> from.
>> Thanks very much.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Robert S. Batchelor" <leehigh73@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 11:24 AM
>> Subject: RE: What is this IE Add-On?
>>
>>
>> Bird,
>> for lingo terms you are interested in learning what they mean a Google
>> search is usually uour best reference point to start;
>>
>> A Browser Helper Object (BHO) is a DLL module designed as a plugin for
>> Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser to provide added functionality.
>> BHOs were introduced in October 1997 with the release of version 4 of
>> Internet Explorer. Most BHOs are loaded once by each new instance of
>> Internet Explorer. However, in the case of the Windows File Explorer, a
>> new
>> instance is launched for each window.
>>
>> Some modules enable the display of different file formats not ordinarily
>> interpretable by the browser. The Adobe Acrobat plugin that allows
>> Internet
>> Explorer users to read PDF files within their browser is a BHO.
>>
>> Other modules add toolbars to Internet Explorer, such as the Alexa
>> Toolbar
>> that provides a list of web sites related to the one you are currently
>> browsing, or the Google Toolbar that adds a toolbar with a Google search
>> box
>> to the browser user interface.
>>
>> Contents [hide]
>> 1 Concerns
>> 2 See also
>> 3 External links
>> 3.1 Microsoft sites
>> 3.2 Listings and examples
>> 3.3 Removal tools
>>
>>
>>
>> [edit] Concerns
>> The BHO API exposes hooks that allow the BHO to access the Document
>> Object
>> Model (DOM) of the current page and to control navigation. Because BHOs
>> have
>> unrestricted access to the Internet Explorer event model, some forms of
>> malware have also been created as BHOs. For example, the Download.ject
>> exploit installed a BHO that would activate upon detecting a secure HTTP
>> connection to a financial institution, record the user's keystrokes
>> (intending to capture passwords) and transmit the information to a
>> website
>> used by Russian computer criminals. Other BHOs such as the MyWay
>> Searchbar
>> track users' browsing patterns and pass the information they record to
>> third
>> parties.
>>
>> In response to the problems associated with BHOs and similar extensions
>> to
>> Internet Explorer, Microsoft added an Add-on Manager to Internet Explorer
>> with the release of Service Pack 2 for Windows XP. This displays a list
>> of
>> all installed BHOs, browser extensions and ActiveX controls, and allows
>> the
>> user to enable or disable them at will.
>>
>> For users that are not using Windows XP, there are free tools (such as
>> BHODemon) that list installed BHOs and allow the user to disable
>> malicious
>> extensions.
>>
>> Many BHOs actually install toolbars in Internet Explorer. It is therefore
>> possible that a PC contains BHOs that the owner doesn't know about. The
>> security risk here is that the BHO doesn't need any kind of permission to
>> install malicious components and thus spyware may be spread without the
>> user's knowledge.
>>
>> Since it's relatively easy to write BHOs, many badly written BHOs will
>> harm
>> the computer and compromise its security, and even sometimes destroy
>> valuable data or corrupt system files.
>> *********
>>
>> And. . . .
>>
>> instances
>> Published: November 01, 2004
>> Send your feedback
>> Introduction
>> Browser Helper Objects (BHOs) are in-process Component Object Model (COM)
>> components-that Internet Explorer will load each time it starts up. Such
>> objects run in the same memory context as the browser and can perform any
>> action on the available windows and modules. BHOs are triggered for each
>> Internet Explorer and Explorer processes (iexplore.exe and explorer.exe
>> processes). This means that BHOs are loaded each time when you open a
>> folder
>> window or Control Panel. Usually, there is no need to load all the BHOs
>> for
>> folder windows or while opening Control Panel. In such case, you can
>> prevent
>> a BHO from loading with Explorer.exe process.
>>
>> Though I've not benchmarked the results (Resources occupied by
>> Explorer.exe
>> with BHO loaded, and without a BHO loaded), I believe it should improve
>> the
>> performance, (theoretically speaking).
>>
>> Open Registry Editor and navigate to the following key:
>>
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \
>> Explorer \ Browser Helper Objects
>>
>> You'll see some sub-keys in GUID format, depending upon the number of
>> BHOs
>> installed in your system. Say, if you want to disable EERedirect.Handler
>> BHO
>> (which I use only for Internet Explorer) from loading with Explorer.exe
>> process, select the appropriate GUID. In the right-pane, add a new
>> REG_DWORD
>> named NoExplorer and set it's value to 1
>>
>> Example: EERedirect Handler's GUID is
>> {F02B00B3-A88C-4EF1-98FE-557F1DAF6E4D}.
>>
>> Add the NoExplorer REG_DWORD in the right-pane of this key:
>>
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \
>> Explorer \ Browser Helper Objects\ {F02B00B3-A88C-4EF1-98FE-557F1DAF6E4D}
>>
>> Now, EERedirect.Handler BHO will not load when you open a folder, or
>> Control
>> Panel window, but loads with IExplorer.exe instances.
>>
>> You can easily verify the results using a Process monitoring tool such as
>> Process Explorer (from sysinternals.com).
>>
>> Related resources
>> Browser Helper Objects:The Browser the Way You Want It
>>
>> Disable or delete a BHO using ToolbarCop
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Yardbird
>> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 11:43 AM
>> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: What is this IE Add-On?
>>
>> Thanks. Now may I ask what a browser helper object is, in plain English?
>> For
>> instance, I've never gotten the hang of how the term "object" is used in
>> computer lingo. So could you paraphrase that in a more colloquial way?
>> For
>> instance, does "B H O"mean an aftermarket accessory to improve the
>> performance of the browser in some way? And in what sense is that an
>> "object," in ordinary terms? The use of the word "object" in these
>> contexts
>> must, it seems to me, have some sort of metaphorical meaning that's been
>> adopted in computer talk, because it doesn't seem it means physical
>> objects,
>> or something to be acted upon by something else, as in "the object of my
>> affections," for instance.
>>
>> Please note: This is a sincere question about English usage, not sarcasm.
>> So
>> if no one knows, because everyone's just sort of absorbed these
>> expressions,
>> okay, I'll accept that. But please no flaming or insults. Thanks.
>>
>>
>> thanks.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Robert S. Batchelor" <leehigh73@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 7:43 AM
>> Subject: RE: What is this IE Add-On?
>>
>>
>> Browser Helper Object
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Yardbird
>> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 10:37 AM
>> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: What is this IE Add-On?
>>
>> What is the BHO?
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Cher Bosch" <Cher.Bosch@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 6:59 AM
>> Subject: Re: What is this IE Add-On?
>>
>>
>> Found the answer... It's the BHO (what shows up if you have Spybot S&D
>> installed).
>>
>> Cher
>>
>>
>>
>>>>> "Cher Bosch" <Cher.Bosch@xxxxxxxxxxx> 02/22/07 8:43 AM >>>
>>
>> Under Manage Add-ons
>> Show: Add-ons currently loaded in Internet Explorer
>> there is this entry...
>> {53707962-6F74-2D53-... Safer Networking Ltd. Enabled Browser Helper
>> Object SDHelper.
>> Does anyone know if this is this legit or malware?
>>
>> Cher
>>
>>
>>
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