New Morpheus Gives Web Surfers A Detour
 

StreamCast Networks, distributor of the popular software, is quietly counting the number of times its file swappers visit high-profile shopping sites.
The company on Tuesday said it has begun installing a Web browser add-on that sends some Morpheus users on an invisible Web detour aimed at capturing data about file swappers' surfing habits.
http://www.businessweek.com/technolo...es/9407158.htm

- js.

All I can say is:

:sus: :sus: :sus: :sus: :sus: :no:

hmm, THAT must be why i quit using morpheus. :SP:
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[morpheus]

spyware; NOT!
 

I did a bit of research on this type of DLL. They are called Browser Helper Objects or BHO's by Microsoft.

When one of these DLL connects to a Internet Exploder instance running under a Windows OS it can see everything the browser does. It can also connect to ALL instances of the browser.

This includes capturing all pages displayed, keystrokes & mouse clicks. ( read passwords, preferences, registry etc ) It most certainly lasts past Morpheus session until you shut down the last browser instance. It can also write to a file or network port which it means it can deliver data anywhere.

I think if it could also spawn a process it’s effects would last a beyond the browser session if the author was a bit creative.

So if you write one of these things and could get it installed as part of a trusted installer script you can basically deliver a Trojan horse type program that can run amok of the target system.

:doh: Spyware? Of course.

This is how these things work and are typically implemented. So the question is has Streamcast abandoned its pledge not to have Spyware? Seems likely.