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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

BackWeb invasion

SpyBot has turned up a load of BackWeb Lite entries. Could this be in connection with using Kodak EasyShare? If so, what should I remove? John Morgan

BackWeb is a legitimate program used to update software over the net, and Kodak's EasyShare has probably installed it. Logitech and Hewlett-Packard have also used BackWeb, though some users consider it spyware. It should be possible to remove BackWeb using Windows' Add or Remove Programs utility, and this is preferable to using a spyware remover.

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