Be Careful With Belarc Advisor Google is NOT Your Friend in Security http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r15599682 en Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:58:15 EDT Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:58:15 EDT Re: Be Careful With Belarc Advisor Google is NOT Your Friend http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15628268 Linoobux : Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't a Web Page, a.k.a. the html document stored on your hard drive basically just a text file?
The google desktop searches for these type files if I'm not mistaken, so it's not neccesarily Belarc Adv. that is sending them.
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Q: Will the Belarc Advisor send my PC profile information up to a web server?

A: No. The Belarc Advisor creates a local Web page and does not send up your PC profile to a Web server or anywhere else. For more info on Privacy, please click here.


Also see: »www.belarc.com/privacy.html
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The Belarc Advisor keeps your PC profile on your PC and does not send it to a web server, including Belarc's server.

Belarc is able to personalize a web page based on your profile using our patented (U.S. patent number 5665951) and patent pending technologies included in the Belarc Advisor.

Please let us know if you have any questions or how you feel about this issue by sending mail to info@belarc.com

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»search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22Win···ei=UTF-8
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belarc advisor creates what amounts to a text file with a bunch of useful (to the owner) info about the computer it's run on. user can delete it, archive it, whatever.

then, somehow this info shows up on WAN google searches.

how exactly is this working? do each and every one of these google hits run a web server that's been configured to have absolutely no security? how is this tied into google desktop?

google hacking, as far as i know, requires the victim to run a web server, correct?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15606990 Fri, 03 Mar 2006 20:28:48 EDT Re: Be Careful With Belarc Advisor Google is NOT Your Friend http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15606862 Kiwi : Strangely it's easy to confirm Warez, notice the replicated keys on some of the profiles? Rather interesting that the IP is listed for those that used the service and it also seems the prodigal Sons of theft have been left open to exploitation, it's even more interesting is that these 'Open systems' have been around since 2002-2005, on the web.

Google is certainly extending it's bots, right down to -No privacy. I could almost bet there are other on line checks that will produce the same results via the google cache, from other companies. A spammers, spyware and adware delight, not to mention cracks. Listing the most critical data, aside keys.

On a side note, I also suspect a trap for those attempting to gain keys illegally and believe some will be left open to lure in those who attempt illegal use. What a cool trap, as an after affect!

Cheers]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15606862 Fri, 03 Mar 2006 20:13:48 EDT Re: Be Careful With Belarc Advisor Google is NOT Your Friend http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15605815 BosstonesOwn : Im really laughing at this.

I didn't find media edition keys though ;)

I wonder what else this software left open to the public
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said by Heterman See Profile :

Some of these are definitely pirated versions. Especially the FCKGW key. That is a long known pirated key and no longer MS supported.
LMAO...
I was saying the same thing to my self, Alot of these people are using pirated software not just Windows either

I wonder if lawsuits can come behind this?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15605392 Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:33:00 EDT Re: Be Careful With Belarc Advisor Google is NOT Your Friend http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15605231 Corehhi : This is the funniest thing I've seen in a while. To bad there's not a lot of gamers in there. LOL.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15605231 Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:10:00 EDT Re: Be Careful With Belarc Advisor Google is NOT Your Friend http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15604807 ZOverLord :
said by jig See Profile :

it's not belarc's fault.

is anyone getting any real benefit from google desktop search? i must be out of the loop, but how does this info propagate out to google (website) searches?
Well, in some ways it is, there are many ways to make sure sensitive data from your company is not being mined, some can be found here:

»searchsecurity.techtarget.com/ti···d=545099
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is anyone getting any real benefit from google desktop search? i must be out of the loop, but how does this info propagate out to google (website) searches?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15604059 Fri, 03 Mar 2006 13:26:18 EDT Re: Be Careful With Belarc Advisor Google is NOT Your Friend http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15604012 Heterman : Some of these are definitely pirated versions. Especially the FCKGW key. That is a long known pirated key and no longer MS supported.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15604012 Fri, 03 Mar 2006 13:17:07 EDT Re: Be Careful With Belarc Advisor Google is NOT Your Friend http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15601758 norwegian : I can hear "central database" computing here. With Google desktop out now, and Belarc using the browser to display the results of the analysis of your computer, and people generally not cleaning up the browser history, it won't be hard to make that list bigger if needed.

An IT mate asked me how secure was system info displayed in a browser a while back, i just shrugged it off at the time, and didn't think much about it.

Although if Google Desktop does half of what it suggests, will it need Belarc to collect info ?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15601758 Fri, 03 Mar 2006 04:57:41 EDT Re: Be Careful With Belarc Advisor Google is NOT Your Friend http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15601464 Brat75 : Ya know what's worse?

It even lists the accounts on the machine. If there's no password.....

geez.

Brat75
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try 98
se\
there is no Windows "me"

there is windows 2000 and windows 2000 Server ed

i found with the Jackpot of key's

KEY's Removed do to there not Alowed here

Adobe - Illustrator
Adobe - Photoshop
Adobe Systems, Inc. - Adobe Illustrator 10
Adobe Systems, Inc. - Adobe Photoshop 7.0
Ahead - Nero Fast CD-Burning Plug-in
Belarc - Advisor
Macromedia - Contribute
Macromedia - Dreamweaver
Macromedia - Fireworks
Macromedia - Flash
Macromedia - FreeHand
Microsoft - Internet Explorer
Microsoft - MediaPlayer
Microsoft - Office FrontPage 2003 )
Microsoft - Office Professional Edition 2003
Microsoft - WebFldrs XP
Microsoft - Windows XP Professional ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15601299 Fri, 03 Mar 2006 01:34:55 EDT Re: Be Careful With Belarc Advisor Google is NOT Your Friend http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15601235 meister_sd : Here is another fun part.....

Change "Windows XP Professional" to "Windows 2003 Server"

or

Add "640" to the search and it will come up with corp keys!

Let your imagination FLY!!!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15601235 Fri, 03 Mar 2006 01:15:27 EDT Re: Be Careful With Belarc Advisor Google is NOT Your Friend http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15601197 user4275 : What about the Google cache though? :huh:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15601197 Fri, 03 Mar 2006 01:01:21 EDT Re: Be Careful With Belarc Advisor Google is NOT Your Friend http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15601079 ZOverLord : Well it could get sticky if you call the 1-800 # and claim you are having problems, they could issue you another product id number over the phone based on the key, and it could be the first man wins.

Would not want to be the person owning the real key in that case.
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Now I may be ignorant for asking but, once a key is in use isn't it hard for someone else to use the same key? Does it not get get registered to that machine? Or could theoretically 10 people use the same key with no problems? If me asking this is breaking protocol then I understand and I apologize. I acquired my key the proper way, I paid for it, and will continue to do so. I am still curious.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15600495 Thu, 02 Mar 2006 22:54:15 EDT Re: Be Careful With Belarc Advisor Google is NOT Your Friend http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15600352 ZOverLord : Yes, they are cleaning it up as we speak, lol]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15600352 Thu, 02 Mar 2006 22:35:24 EDT Re: Be Careful With Belarc Advisor Google is NOT Your Friend http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15600345 justin : It isn't just the XP key..

Adobe - Photoshop  1045120967384xxxx783
Adobe Systems, Inc. - Adobe Photoshop 7.0 1045120967xxx87696XXXX
Microsoft - Internet Explorer 55274-6xxx785-23419
Microsoft - MediaPlayer 69808-xxxx16-04453
Microsoft - Office XP Professional with FrontPage 541xxx0025-17696
Microsoft - WebFldrs XP 12345-11xxx1-89813
Microsoft - Windows XP Professional 552xxxx785-23419
Symantec Corporation - Norton SystemWorks 2002 NSW2002.05

Although with only 80 hits so far, it is a vanishingly tiny problem (unless you are one of the 80)
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had the product keys XXX'd out, while on the other there
was plainly visible a product key for Windows XP Pro.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15600332 Thu, 02 Mar 2006 22:32:35 EDT Re: Be Careful With Belarc Advisor Google is NOT Your Friend http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15600328 Sith HMP : holy cow! I must have typed something in wrong because I did not get that many results.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15600328 Thu, 02 Mar 2006 22:32:12 EDT Re: Be Careful With Belarc Advisor Google is NOT Your Friend http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15600280 ZOverLord :
said by Sith HMP See Profile :

From the link: "Google will find all the Belarc Advisor Current Profile pages that organizations and people have posted on the internet"

People post them, that is just crazy. Although, either they are taking them down or this article isn't entirely true. I went through most of the results(there aren't many now) and found only four xp keys.
4?

»www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%2···e+Search
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Hello Genuine Windows!
Anyway, this is all their faults, it's on their private webservers.
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»www.eff.org/news/archives/2006_02.php#004400

Wonder if any of those people had the Google Desktop installed?
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People post them, that is just crazy. Although, either they are taking them down or this article isn't entirely true. I went through most of the results(there aren't many now) and found only four xp keys. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15599902 Thu, 02 Mar 2006 21:40:47 EDT Re: Be Careful With Belarc Advisor Google is NOT Your Friend http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15599849 dave : Oops.

How does something like the output from a utility application end up getting catalogued on Google? Is this just stupid deployment of a webserver serving up way too much of a filesystem, or is it more subtle than that?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15599849 Thu, 02 Mar 2006 21:33:24 EDT Be Careful With Belarc Advisor Google is NOT Your Friend http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15599682 ZOverLord : Doing a Google search using the following criteria:

"Windows XP Professional" "Belarc Advisor Current Profile" key:

Exposes thousands of XP product keys!

from:
»digg.com/technology/Google_and_B···_XP_Keys
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