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Zone Alarm Vs 180 Solutions: Zango hooks?

Posted by Hemos on from the deconstructing-postmodern-spyware dept.

Sub-Seven writes "Found at Vitalsecurity.org, they detail how a Microsoft MVP pulled the Zango file to pieces, and discovered some interesting facts about exactly what a "simple" fun and games application does to a machine that its running on. Hooking into Windows OneCare and Microsoft Antispyware? What's that all about? "

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  1. What's the hook being used for? by kawika · · Score: 5, Informative

    180 is suing ZoneLabs for a very specific and narrow statement as far as I can tell. ZoneLabs says 180 is monitoring key and mouse info, 180 says it is not.
    The analysis linked from TFA explains that he found evidence of setting a windows hook. The question is, does Zango use that hook to collect mouse and key info, even for a short time, or are they using the hook for other purposes? What would those purposes be?

  2. Re:First Time I've ever seen that... by Bob_Villa · · Score: 5, Informative

    On the blog, just click the link that says "Very thorough runthrough", which links to the following url: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/temp/zango.htm

    I think this link is actually pretty good. I agree, the blog wasn't the most clear.