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BWMeter - Spyware?

JPA · 2006-12-01 01:28:42

I've been running BWMeter for a while to monitor my downloads. I then ran Ad-aware today and it picked it up as spyware with a process called Win32.Generic.PWS running with a TAC rating of 10. Is this just heuristics gone wrong or is this actually a dangerous program? :confused:

01-12-2006 02:28AM

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I've been running BWMeter for a while to monitor my downloads.
I then ran Ad-aware today and it picked it up as spyware with a process called Win32.Generic.PWS running with a TAC rating of 10.

Is this just heuristics gone wrong or is this actually a dangerous program?

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#2 01-12-2006 02:32AM

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Google brings up some information on it, sez its a keylogger. Did Ad-aware remove it?

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#3 01-12-2006 02:51AM

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It did indeed. Can spyware masquerade inside other programs because there is no mention of BWMeter having any spyware anywhere else?

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#4 01-12-2006 10:56PM

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JPA wrote:

Can spyware masquerade inside other programs

yes!

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#5 02-12-2006 02:04AM

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JPA wrote:

It did indeed. Can spyware masquerade inside other programs because there is no mention of BWMeter having any spyware anywhere else?

Yep it can, also as certain files.

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