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Is Backweb spyware?

April 26, 2017backweb spyware

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Is Backweb spyware?

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No. Backweb is a tool. It is a client-server content distribution and management application, which allows vendors to pro-actively distribute content to their users. Companies like Compaq, HP, McAffee, F-Secure, Western Digital, Logitech, Kodak and IBM are some of BackWeb´s customers. Each of these vendors bundles a customized BackWeb client into their products, which are shipped to their end users. These companies use the BackWeb client to distribute drivers, software updates, patches and critical information from a secure server at their site directly to their users’ hard-drives. One of the DLLs that are launched by the BackWeb process is the ‘IadHide3.dll’. This DLL is critical for the proper functionality of the BackWeb client. The DLL is registered as a Windows system-wide hook (using the standard Win32 API) and traps the following events: • Keyboard activity • Mouse activity • Applications – opening and closing of processes All the above events are not logged to any device (disk,