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SSAgent, also known as Broadcast, is a spyware product of Brøderbund Software that was discontinued on April, 2002. DSSAgent was designed to facilitate product updates, and allowed vendors to push out updates at any time. DSSAgent came bundled with Brøderbund and Learning Company titles. Once installed, DSSAgent had the ability of sending over 10,000 DNS requests in 15 minutes. As a result, DSSAgent often slowed network traffic as well as CPU processing.

DSSAgent is difficult to uninstall because it is not found in the Windows Add/Remove Programs, and the program does not provide an uninstaller.

Automated Detection for DSSAgent

DSSAgent Manual Removal Instructions

Stop DSSAgent system processes:

dssagent.exe

Remove DSSAgent files:

dssregistry.ini
dssagent.exe

Remove DSSAgent registry values:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\software\\microsoft\\windows\\currentversion\\run dss
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\software\\broderbund software\\dss storagelocation
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\software\\broderbund software\\dss serverurl
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\software\\broderbund software\\dss cobwebinterval
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\software\\broderbund software\\dss autolaunchremoved
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\software\\broderbund software\\dss active
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\software\\microsoft\\windows\\currentversion\\shareddlls c:\\windows\\bbstore\\dss\\dssagent.exe

Important Disclaimer

What is Spyware?

DSSAgent is Spyware.

Spyware, sometimes referred to tracking software, is a program that is installed secretly in someone’s computer to collect information about the user’s Internet activities, e-mail addresses, passwords and even credit card numbers. The information is then transmitted to a third party which uses it for advertising purposes. Spyware usually installs without the user’s knowledge and/or consent, as a drive-by download (sometimes by downloading a freeware or shareware program), or by clicking on a deceptive pop-up advertisement window. Spyware can be usually thought to be Adware, software designed to serve advertising, because it includes components for tracking and reporting user information. However, marketing companies refuse to have their products called “Spyware,” so as a result Internet security companies refer to such applications as “potentially unwanted programs”.

DSSAgent is related to:

  » Brodcast

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