Beware! Windows Messenger Remover

redskydawning · Sep 19, 2004

After downloading the new program listed on MG called "Windows Messenger Remover" I noticed a new folder in my windows xp program folder named "give4free". It contained 3 files and had the hidden file attribute. Spybot S&D recognized it as a BHO and deleted it when asked to. After removing all traces, I rebooted and found no further trace of the "nasty". Then just for fun I reinstalled the new "Windows Messenger Remover" and sure enough...there it was again. Please note that using the uninstaller does not remove the nasty folder or the registered BHO. Beware!

Major Attitude · Sep 19, 2004

I wil ldouble check it, it came up clean here when I ran spyware tools. If your correct, it will be removed immediately.

Major Attitude · Sep 19, 2004

I pulled it for now to be safe. Heres the 2 odd things.

Give4free turns up no results in Google.
Ad-Aware finds nothing....

Odd one.

redskydawning · Sep 19, 2004

Spybot did not recognize it when I scanned but it did list it as a BHO in the tools section.

Major Attitude · Sep 19, 2004

I just dont know that it is spyware, beyond I dont recall a warning about it installing. I cant figure out what it does, but not sweating it, there are other free removal tools for that, so not worth leaving it up. Thanks.

redskydawning · Sep 19, 2004

Here is what Zone Alarm said about it:

Component property Component property value Technical explanation:
Program Name Give4Free Plugin A component that has at some time been used by a program that attempted to send or receive an IP packet over the Internet.

Filename IBHO.DLL The filename of the component that ZoneAlarm Pro found on your computer.

Program Version 1, 0, 0, 1 The version of Give4Free Plugin found on your computer.

Program Size 29696 The size of the component file in bytes.

Program MD5 2ed6a5226d26d37de2c61bd1794fcc5f The MD5 hash, or number, that uniquely identifies the component.

Date Modified Sep-19-2004 05:41:40 PM The date when IBHO.DLL was most recently modified.

augiedoggie · Sep 20, 2004

Did you read the agrreement? Spells it out right upfront.

By using Give4Free software, Give4Free will donate 10% of actual revenues received by Give4Free. The charities we use can be found on this page: http://www.give4free.net/charities.php . The charities may be changed at any time, so please visit the list frequently. The actual donations given by Give4Free will be determined by taking the revenues as determined by Give4Free based on net sales, defined below, during the calendar quarter in which such products or services are purchased in qualifying transactions and as actually received each quarter by Give4Free.

Purchases that Qualify

Only the products or services purchased from our Partners utilizing Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 5.01 and higher (IE or Browser will count as a qualified purchase, subject to our partner’s agreement with Give4Free. Our partners my change from time to time without notice, a list of can be found at this page: http://www.give4free.net/shopping . Only products or services that are sold or purchased using IE, shipped or provided to a customer, and that Give4Free has received full payment from our partner or affiliate will qualify for a charitable donation, excluding amounts collected by us, if applicable for shipping, duties, sales taxes, handling, and similar charges or exclusions, amounts due to credit card fraud or bad debt, and credits for returned goods as determined by our affiliates or partners from time to time.

We will not make a donation to a Give4Free charity if (1) Give4Free has not received actual payment from our affiliate or partner and such payment is subject to any type of chargeback and (ii) if any qualifying purchase was made with any other browser other than Internet Explorer Version 5.01 and higher.

You understand that Give4Free is a for profit entity.

Privacy

Give4Free does not know the identity of each Give4Free software user. We do not send to our server’s personally identifiable information like e-mail addresses, last names, street addresses, or phone numbers. We also do not have any other sensitive or personal financial information such as credit card numbers, passwords, logins or bank account numbers. Any such information entered into any Give4Free software does not remain on the personal computer upon which it was entered, and will not be sent to our servers.

Information we do collect

Give4Free does anonymously collect and use the information of the following kinds:

At times we may ask you to participate in a voluntary survey. A survey may ask you that you provide information such as your email address. At that time we will tell you what we intend to do with it. Many of the people who fill out surveys will be entered into a sweepstakes, in order to contact them if they win, we may ask them for their email address.

Give4Free, LLC may use your IP address to help diagnose problems.

Our newsletter is opt. in only; you will always have the chance to unsubscribe to our newsletter. Give4Free, LLC will never sell your email address to a third party, or share your email address with any other third party, unless required to by law.

To receive technical support by email or to correspond with Give4Free, LLC, you may voluntarily choose to provide to Give4Free, LLC personally identifiable information like your email address, or other potentially sensitive information. This information will only be used to respond to you and troubleshoot your problem. It will not be used for any other purposes.

We assign your computer with a randomly generated anonymous ID number that we use for the following:

To enable and assure quality in our Give4Free software
To enable functionality such as updating the software

Information provided to any Give4Free employees or contractors, such as our technical support department, may be stored on our servers of our support and customer service communications. This information will not be associated with the information we may store and use listed above.

If we are legally required to do so, we will disclose to a third party any information we have.

We do share anonymous aggregate information about what web pages users view on the internet. This would allow us to tell a merchant that we have 10,000 users who buy clothing online. We do not disclose any information associated with any individual user to that merchant.

Give4Free sometimes uses third party contactors who may be given access to any information we have so they perform tasks that might otherwise be one by our employees. These third party contractors have no rights to use such information for purposes other than described herein. They are subject to the same restrictions as our employees. In the event that Give4Free merges with any other company, transfers, or sells substantially all of its assets or capitol stock, to a third party, all collected information would be included in the merger (Merger), transfer or sale and that company would be bound by these Terms and Conditions, just as we are bound today. In addition, upon such a Merger, we may replace the Give4Free software with a comparable software owned by the company acquiring Give4Free, in such a case you here by agree to be bound by the Terms and Conditions of such software provided that the Terms and Conditions of such new software restricts the use of your personal information as set forth in these Terms and Conditions.

How Give4Free software communicates with our servers

When running on a computer, Give4Free software regularly communicates with Give4Free servers and in some third party servers, among other reasons to:

Update the Give4Free software.
Providing installation or uninstalling support.
Retrieve content.
Use other features.
Collect computer user usage information in an anonymous manner.
Update partner and charity information.
Update user information
Distribute advertisements and internet search results to the user or other users using the Give4Free software as part of Give4Free’s network.

To provide you with new software applications and services, we may occasionally download and run an installation file to install enhancement technologies. To improve the features that Give4Free’s software has, we may occasionally install technologies, such as browser plug-ins, search functions and distribution of search results From the Give4Free network.

Changes to our Privacy Statement, End User License or Charity Statement

If we change the Terms and Conditions in the future, we will not collect or use any personally identifiable information without obtaining permission first. When we do issue subsequent revisions to the Terms and Conditions that do not involve personally
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redskydawning · Sep 20, 2004

Nope...never saw that agreement. Where did you find it? It was not included in the referred software program I downloaded.

I can't even find it via Google

It is no big deal. I am free from it. I just wanted to alert others.

augiedoggie · Sep 20, 2004

redskydawning said:

Nope...never saw that agreement. Where did you find it? It was not included in the referred software program I downloaded.

I can't even find it via Google

It is no big deal. I am free from it. I just wanted to alert others.
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When you first start to install, the EULA pops up first, scroll down and you'll see the text. You have to agree to it before you can continue. Most people don't read them.

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