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Tue, 21 Mar 2006
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The latter looks more promising, but HI! seemed too nice to pass up.
I tried to install some old (circa 1999) children's software today and couldn't. The first problem was that my anti-virus program choked at a file called DSSAGENT.EXE. Just for yucks I disabled the a/v scanner, and tried again. No go, same file, although it just didn't want to install. According to this, it's spyware, and really stupid spyware.
I was first alerted to this suspicious-looking program by Mike of Voice Of The Public, which details the DSSAGENT app and several others on its Spyware page. DSSAGENT is a tool that lets software developers push a new splash screen into a program at any time, e.g. for bug reports and product updates--but I think it's probably more centered around advertising :( This program has been seen most often bundled with children's software titles from Mattel Interactive/Broderbund. I have also had a report of the module being installed by AOL 6.0 and hammering the DNS server with "MILLIONS" of requests for www.brodcast.net.
"The idea behind Brodcast was that the splash screen didn't have to be static and stay the same for the life of the program. It could be changed when there was some information that the company wanted to pass along to its customers. The availability of new versions or related products or services could be made known on the splash screen."
So it's mostly on children's software and it doesn't do much of anything of any use whatsoever. Nice.