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~( __ _"o Was another beautiful day, Wed, 28 Jun 2006,
@ @ at 21:59:59 -0400, when Joe wrote:
J>> The details on the culprit (found in the Registry) read:
>>
>> J>
>> HKU\S-1-5-21-3126995848-1559877500-2177672217-1005-SOFTWARE\RIT\THEBAT!\
>>
>> Perfect. The registry key TB uses for its own private GUID. Why on
>> earth should Trend take any notice? The only spying going on here is
>> by Trend. Having and using a registry key for configuration and setup
>> data is certainly no indication of malware. Yes, some malware uses the
>> registry. So does a lot of other (probably most) software. Some joker
>> has told trend that this registry key is an indication of malware
>> infection. Tosh.
> I'll contact Trend tomorrow and see what they have to say.
Actually you should rather consult some "third party" source(s) then,
since the both Trend and TheBat are by definition biased. This way you
could get much less mere emotional reactions instead of clear and
precise reasonable definition what a particular reg. key exactly does
and serves for.
Until then I only could confirm that the branch/path
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RIT\The Bat! is indeed used for storing
configuration data, and that just any application ("bad" or "good" one)
can make/remove just any registry key anywhere.
Whether TB is "phoning home" should be easiest to determine by a
firewall, for instance, and/or any other gadget monitoring activity of
programs.
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