Question about preventing children from removing approved BHO's

[webblock]

My company sells a product known as WebBlock.
www.webblock.net

It is a BHO that sits inside of IE and basically sends the
URL to the WebBlock site for verification.

I installed AntiSpyware and then installed WebBlock.
I let AntiSpyware know that this BHO is ok.

What prevents a child from removing the accepted BHO?
Does installing AntiSpyware under an admibn account prevent
other accounts with lesser privledges from accessing the
Spyware?

This is an important issue for some of my customers and I
need an answer to this.

Do you have some sort of acceptance criteria from
legitimate products such as mine where the AntiSpyware
product will recognize know "Good" applications and
automatically accept the installed BHO and not let the
BHO be removed?

Regards Al

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Here's the route to bring this feedback to Microsoft's attention in a more
direct way than posting here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892340 Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware (Beta)
identifies a program as a spyware threat (Listing criteria and Dispute
process)

The above KB article details critera for a program being listed, and, at the
end, includes a form for vendor dispute resolution.

Please use that form to bring this issue to the attention of the beta team.

I had a conversation just the other day with another beta participant about
how the "parental control" issue might play out as this beta is brought into
conformance with Microsoft's standards.

 

[al]

Thank you very much

-----Original Message-----
Here's the route to bring this feedback to Microsoft's attention in a more
direct way than posting here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892340 Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware (Beta)
identifies a program as a spyware threat (Listing criteria and Dispute
process)

The above KB article details critera for a program being listed, and, at the
end, includes a form for vendor dispute resolution.

Please use that form to bring this issue to the attention of the beta team.

I had a conversation just the other day with another beta participant about
how the "parental control" issue might play out as this beta is brought into
conformance with Microsoft's standards.

"(e-mail address removed)"

 

[Kent W. England]

My company sells a product known as WebBlock.
www.webblock.net

It is a BHO that sits inside of IE and basically sends the
URL to the WebBlock site for verification.

I installed AntiSpyware and then installed WebBlock.
I let AntiSpyware know that this BHO is ok.

What prevents a child from removing the accepted BHO?
Does installing AntiSpyware under an admibn account prevent
other accounts with lesser privledges from accessing the
Spyware?

This is an important issue for some of my customers and I
need an answer to this.

In general, running in limited mode will prevent users from modifying
system-wide parameters. Users of XP SP2 have a new tool in Internet
Options to disable, but not remove, BHOs and activex. So this problem is
not limited to MS Anti-Spyware. There are third-party tools to remove
BHOs. However, if a BHO is removed, the web site will again prompt for
its installation. If your web site is clear about the requirements to
install, you should be able to persuade users to click the Information Bar.

 

[al]

Internet Options is removed when the product is installed.
Yes, they can get to other products but it's not what
we're talking about in this subject.

There are other services installed as well to prevent the
removal, but still when Microsoft distributes a product
that removes a corporations product it needs to be
addressed as soon as possible.

What is this "limited mode" your referring to?

al