BhoScanner

This product helps scan a remote computer and find all the browser help objects that are loaded into it.

Browser helper objects help do additional things in browser context. These are loaded up when the browser in started. These objects operate in the same memory space and can perform actions on available Windows and modules. You could, for example, have a helper object install hooks into messages and actions so that they could be monitored. Not all browser helpers are helpful. Good helpers include such examples as a PDF reader or the Google toolbar helper object. However, like viruses and other malware, there can be a malicious helper objects that has been installed into your computer by some malware. These malicious helpers can create problems for you. Thus, it is essential for the network administrator to keep a watch on such modules getting installed on any of the machines in your network.

BhoScanner will let you scan for and find out all the helper objects installed in a given machine. You’ll then be able to identify all the trouble makers and remove them to keep your environment safe. The report you get is color coded. Green ones are safe, red for problematic ones and yellow for an undetermined variety. As the information is gathered from the registry of the computer being scanned, you need to have authorization for accessing the machine. IP address, user id, password needs to be specified. It is possible to use current credentials if they provide access to the registry or use a null session. The interface is absolutely simple, and you could assign the scanning task to the newest IT guy to get the job done. This is a good tool.

It is known that the browser helper objects are loaded each time the browser is started up. Such objects run in the same memory context as the browser and can perform any action on the available windows and modules. For ex., a browser helper object can install hooks to monitor messages and actions, etc .Some BHOs are helpful, like the Adobe Acrobat or Google Toolbar Browser Helper Objects, but there could be malicious ones among them that will harm your computer, especially those planted by viruses or spyware. BhoScanner allows you to discover browser helper objects of your computer including parasites and trojans. BhoScanner gives you a quick look at the BHOs installed on Local or Remote PC, tells you by coloured icons ( green icon - safe, yellow icon - unknown, red icon - harmful ) whether specific BHO is known to be safe or harmful. The program determines browser helper objects accessing remote computer registry information, so you need to have remote computer registry access rights and provide appropriate administrator ( or user ) username and password, or use your current credentials or null session if it allows you to access local or remote computer registry information.