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Originally posted by MikeHunt
Buzz...thanks for the imput..I hope you are right..
..To my understanding there are 5 files that comprise Webhancer..sproder.dll is one of them.
It is a reporting file.
Why is it being bundled with a firewall program?
I would like to see the dust settle fully on this one.
This explanation raises more questions than it answers...
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Damn, I had a large post all written and somehow, while double-checking one of the sites I was on, closed the browser without posting it...
I got my original info from Ad-aware while checking out the Norton CleanSweep cscore.dll > Comet Cursor issue.
(See my post above)
I have been reading several pages and excerpts from manuals that I found with google.com (sporder.dll)
The first site was cexx.org >
Foistware/Spyware: WebHancer
About halfway down the page are instructions from WebHancer for uninstalling their program. On the list is the sporder.dll with an indication of a footnote below:
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* Note: This file (Service Provider Ordering DLL) may be installed by other applications as well. If in doubt as to what installed it, leave it alone or rename instead of deleting.
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After more reading I have found that the file is used to help set the default Winsock 2 tcp\ip stack...
This function can be used by a firewall\proxy\adblocker program to redirect the URL request correctly...
(Also would help spyware\foistware\adware programs intercept your requests as well)
But yes, the file does have legitimate uses...
