Process name: Logitech Desktop Messenger
Product: Mouse/Keyboard/Webcam software
Company: Logitech
File: backweb-8876480.exe
Security Rating: 1
"backweb-8876480.exe" is installed with the software for Logitech products. It checks for software upgrades from Logitech.
It's present under Software => Logitech Desktop Manager, where it can be uninstalled.
See also http://www.backweb.com/news/html/rellogitech.html.
Backweb, suggest they only monitor keyboard / mouse activity, so they know when the computer is inactive, they claim they don't record key strokes. (source)
From the backweb developer: Compaq, HP, McAffee, F-Secure, Western Digital, Logitech, Kodak and IBM are some of BackWeb´s customers. Each of these vendors bundles a customized BackWeb client into their products that are then shipped to their end users. These companies use the BackWeb client to distribute drivers, software updates, patches and critical information from a secure server at their site directly to their users' hard-drives. Read more.
From usatoday.com: One of the adware programs swept up by Spy Sweeper on my system was BackWeb from BackWeb Technologies, a company that works with IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Siemens and others. Talk about mixed messages: Spy Sweeper assessed BackWeb as a "medium" threat to my system but nonetheless indicated that the program "is generally used for legitimate purposes" and "should only be removed by advanced users after careful research and consideration." In my case, it arrived with a download of free Kodak picture software. Kodak says the program is used legitimately to make sure users have the latest version of Kodak's software. A BackWeb executive also said the software isn't spyware. And BackWeb has successfully lobbied some anti-spyware software companies to have BackWeb removed from their lists.
The files IAdHide.dll, IAdHide3.dll, dlgli.exe and tempiadhide3.dll are also part of BackWeb.
Get more detailed information about backweb-8876480.exe and all other running background processes with Security Task Manager.
Note: Any malware can be named anything - so you should check where the files of the running processes are located on your disk. If a "non-Microsoft" .exe file is located in the C:\Windows or C:\Windows\System32 folder, then there is a high risk for a virus, spyware, trojan or worm infection!
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