BHODemon 2.0 calls home.

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Larry said:
So, the next version of BHODemon - which will be the 21st since May,
by the way - will handle this differently, and I'm hoping to do it in
a way that makes everyone happy. If the OP, and anyone else, would
give me some feedback on my plans, I'd appreciate it:
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Most people want to feel *they* are in control - they do *not* like
taking orders.

IMO the way to "make everyone happy" is to give *everyone* the ability
to decide if they want to upload or not. . . and allow them to use your
program *without* uploading if that is their preference.

IOW - no strings attached. . .

JMHO :)

Susan
 
Build said:
ToolbarCop is a browser extensions manager which can disable or
eliminate the following browser add-ons selectively from Internet
Explorer:
* Unwanted Browser Helper Objects (BHO)
* Toolbars (Tool Band)
* Standard Toolbar buttons
* Context menu Extensions
* Third-party download managers &
* Third-party Protocol Handlers and their residual entries remaining in
the registry.

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/toolbarcop.htm
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Thought you might want to know that I settled on this one. Both you
and Aaron mentioned it and it DOES provides information about the BHOs
it detects if you highlight the listing and then press the little icon
with the "i" in a speech baloon.

Thanks!

--
Regards from John Corliss
No adware, cdware, commercial software, crippleware, demoware,
nagware, shareware, spyware, time-limited software, trialware, viruses
or warez please.

Because Andy Mabbett is stalking me in this group, I have him killfiled.
 
Aaron, I forgot to thank you for mentioning this program. It's a good
one and even provides information about the BHOs it detects if you
highlight the listing and then press the little icon with the "i" in a
speech baloon.

Many thanks!

--
Regards from John Corliss
No adware, cdware, commercial software, crippleware, demoware,
nagware, shareware, spyware, time-limited software, trialware, viruses
or warez please.

Because Andy Mabbett is stalking me in this group, I have him killfiled.
 
Thanks for the responses.

"Show the user the exact file that is sent." I think that's a good
idea. Of course, it's no guarantee that I'm not *showing* one file,
but *sending* another. But I guess there's no way to guarantee that
without using a packet sniffer, which most users aren't prepared to
do, and this would at least demonstrate good faith, I suppose.

"We need be informed in advance, in order to let us then decide
whether to proceed with downloading, installing, and so on." I
totally agree. As far as the website goes, yes, it is woefully out of
date. As is the Help file. As a one-man, part-time operation, there
just hasn't been time to get to it. I'll try to move it to the top of
the list. Part of the problem is that BHODemon has evolved rapidly:
it didn't start out being ‘webware', but I suppose now it is. I'm a
GUI developer, not a web developer, and am not proficient (obviously)
is the privacy nuances of webware – that's why I'm soliciting your
feedback.

"IMO the way to ‘make everyone happy' is to give *everyone* the
ability to decide if they want to upload or not. . . and allow them
to use your program *without* uploading if that is their preference."
After thinking about for a few days, I've decided you're right, so
that's what I'll do.

So, here's another proposal (this replaces entirely the first proposal
I made):

1). The web page will be changed to inform the user that BHODemon
will OPTIONALLY upload plaintext, anonymous reports to our website.
If you don't want to, you don't have to – you can still download
updates.

2). The installation kit will be changed to say the same thing.

I would like to clarify one thing, though: "Not have to learn these
things, via chance reading, from a user's report in a newsgroup."
That makes it sound like BHODemon was doing something you wouldn't
have known about if you hadn't read this thread, which is absolutely
not the case. I want to make it clear to everyone reading that
BHODemon does not transmit anything with informing you: the program
itself *tells* you what it is transmitting, and why.

These changes will take at least a couple of weeks to code and test.
Thanks again for your input.
 
(e-mail address removed) (Larry Leonard):
So, here's another proposal (this replaces entirely the first proposal
I made):

1). The web page will be changed to inform the user that BHODemon
will OPTIONALLY upload plaintext, anonymous reports to our website.
If you don't want to, you don't have to – you can still download
updates.

2). The installation kit will be changed to say the same thing.
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Sure sounds good to me. Thank you for your responsiveness. And your work.
 
"Show the user the exact file that is sent." I think that's a good
idea. Of course, it's no guarantee that I'm not *showing* one file,
but *sending* another. But I guess there's no way to guarantee that
without using a packet sniffer, which most users aren't prepared to
do, and this would at least demonstrate good faith, I suppose.
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*Some* users *will* check the data sent. So you would be caught sooner
or later if sending other information. It would be your 'death' ;-) as a
well reputed software author. That's why a declaration about what you're
sending *does help* the average users, too.

BeAr
 
Larry said:
So, here's another proposal (this replaces entirely the first proposal
I made):

1). The web page will be changed to inform the user that BHODemon
will OPTIONALLY upload plaintext, anonymous reports to our website.
If you don't want to, you don't have to – you can still download
updates.

2). The installation kit will be changed to say the same thing.
These changes will take at least a couple of weeks to code and test.
Thanks again for your input.
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Thank you very much for responding in such a positive way to our comments.

Susan
 
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