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Vulnerability AudioGalaxy Satellite - SPYware Affected AudioGalaxy Satellite - SPYware Description Derek Reynolds found following. Installing Audiogalaxy automatically installs a small tracking or "spy" program called Webhancer. This program not only tracks where you go on the Internet but also reads files on your hard drives and sends info to some company. Even after completing Audiogalaxy Satellite's rudimentary recommended uninstall method which involves manually deleting it's file folder, Webhancer was still on up and running in the background. One would never known it were there were if not for router logs showing outbound TCP connections to a1.webhancer.com to port 80 (web). Looking at download.coms download stats, AudioGalaxy Satellite was the 3rd ranked most downloaded application last week (341,129 downloads last week and 4,238,587 downloads at the time of writing). Solution Don't get me wrong, AudioGalaxy satellite is a great application. They just need to remove the spyware. And You can do it by yourself. webHancer is installed on everyone's machine - it can be uninstalled by going to control-panel add/remove programs (webHancer reports network latency about websites you visit - they throw away your IP address BTW so its anonymous). You can uninstall it with 'Add/Remove programs' in Control Panel. It has the name 'webHancer Agent'. You can also kill the process with the name whagent.exe.