Hi Silly Girl 04,
I have also purchased it and I was concerned about various programs detecting it too. My h has quite a few programs on his computer that he uses regularly to check for viruses/spyware/etc.
I've written to their support a couple of times, asking how detectable it is. They replied quickly. I'm copying/pasting those emails for you:
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"From:
Posted At: Friday, September 10, 2004 1:29 PM
Posted To: Shawn
Conversation: eBlaster 5.0 Upgrade Question
Subject: eBlaster 5.0 Upgrade Question
Hello,
I just purchased the eBlaster 5.0 upgrade, to upgrade my 3.0 version. My main reason for doing so, is this:
"The new eBlaster 5.0 has employed new super-stealth anti-detection technology that NO PRODUCT ON THE MARKET DETECTS. If you are concerned about eBlaster being detected or disabled, it is suggested that you upgrade to eBlaster 5.0 as soon as possible."
I've searched for further details on "detection" & "disabling", but couldn't find anything.
VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION:
I would like to know, while using eBlaster version 3.0, should the user discover that eBlaster is on the machine, can the user, with "other programs", disable eBlaster 3.0? Or somehow get around it?
Now with eBlaster version 5.0, is the above possible? What makes version 5.0 better, in regards to "detection" & "disabling"?
Thank you so much,
Isleepwithacat
Subject: RE: eBlaster 5.0 Upgrade Question
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:36:54 -0400
From: shawn@spectorsoft.com
To:
Hello,
If eBlaster is detected by a third party software then it can be disabled.
eBlaster 5 at this time is not detected by any third party software.
From:
Posted At: Monday, September 20, 2004 5:16 PM
Posted To: Incoming
Conversation: eBlaster 5.0 Upgrade Question
Subject: eBlaster 5.0 Upgrade Question
Hello,
Below is an email that I had sent on September 10th, with Shawn quickly replying. He was most helpful.
Now, I have a couple of other questions.
I downloaded eBlaster 5.0 to my desktop, and then I installed it. After installation, I deleted it from my desktop and my recycle bin.
VERY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS:
Please...
1) Are there other places on my drive that I need to go to, to delete any/all traces of eBlaster? I need to be thorough.
2) Does defragging effect eBlaster?
3) Is there any computer/drive maintenance that effects eBlaster?
Again, thank you so much.
Isleepwithacat
Subject: RE: eBlaster 5.0 Upgrade Question
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 17:26:05 -0400
From: sam@spectorsoft.com
To:
Hello,
eBlaster installation is named differently on each install. eBlaster 5.0 is currently undetected. Defrag doesn’t affect eBlaster.
In order to receive a timely response Please respond to support@spectorsoft.com if you need further assistance
Just a reminder we have on-line help for any existing customer via our support page!
http://www.spectorsoft.com/support/ Click on the Online User Manual link next to your product and enter your serial number.
Support is also Available M-F 9AM – 10PM and S-S 10am – 6PM all Est. at 1-772-770-5670
Thank You,
Sam
SpectorSoft"
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I think at one point, my h was suspicious, because he started reformating his computer ALL THE TIME! - every week, for weekS!
There was a very short period of time when I caught a couple of inappropriate conversations between h & another woman. Then came all the reformating and I haven't seen anything since. I *KNOW* there's stuff too!
So I also started keeping a record of h's habits & times. Definate patterns developed, with some strange behavior too.
I mean, one night h was upstairs online, then he came down and asked me if I wanted to watch a movie. I said sure. We were watching the movie, when right in the MIDDLE of the movie, he just gets up & says he's going to get online for awhile. HUH?! I noticed the time he did that, and it was the exact time in his pattern. Oh, and he loves to watch movies and it was a movie that we both had wanted to see.
I was shocked & hurt, but I didn't stop him or anything like that because I have eb installed on his computer. I thought for sure I'd get something. Guess what? Not a thing! I *SO* believe he knows how to get around it. But I don't know how.
When I first read your post, I just wanted to be helpful. Well, I still do, but now it's happened AGAIN!, and I am truly devestated and having an especially hard time with it.
When h came home from work tonight, he was acting way weird. Not long after, we had an argument. He coldly said things to me from out of the blue that just were not true, and they sounded more like things a woman would say.
Then he went upstairs and got on his computer. I was ok with this, knowing I'd check the reports after he went to bed, and possibly get something.
Well, I just now checked those reports, and guess what? There are NO reports at all! And what's worse, the last reports that came in were on 2/25/05!! I am just sick...
One of the things that he'd said to me that is not true, is that I don't listen to him, and since I don't listen to him, then he'll talk to someone who does care, or he'll find someone to talk to that does care. I can't remember his exact wording, but it was one of those. And now there are NO reports!!!!
He knows SO much about computers, and I know SO little. HOW IS HE DISABLING IT??????? And now, I wonder if somehow he un-installed it on his computer? Or maybe he reformated again?
You know, just having it on his computer helped me just a wee bit, even if he was disabling it at times. I think it helped because although I think he was disabling it, I still didn't know for a fact that he was disabling it. That tiny glimmer of hope. But now, nothing since 2/25/05?! Not much hope there...
I'm so sorry, I sure didn't mean to threadjack. Let me add a few more things for you...
shattered dreams is correct. There's more to it than just accepting an email from someone. Could you imagine how out of control it'd be if all they had to do was accept an email?
You have to send it as an .exe file, but you can name that ".exe file" whatever you want.
In my case, that would not get it. My h is way too computer savvy, while I am not. Is your h very computer savvy?
I originally purchased it because of the remote installation option, and to have emails sent to another email address.
As it turned out, after sending an ".exe file" to his email, I went & retrieved his email so that it would download with me, and not him. I did that because I think he would've been suspicious with the ".exe file" thingy, no matter what I named it. So it was pointless for me to use the remote installation.
I did use the option of sending reports to another email address. Somewhere I read where it would be non-detectable except for the fact that it sends the email reports to another address. It's when those emails get sent that it can possibly be detected. I don't know how true this is though, and I can't remember my source of info.
I've had to reinstall it so many times, due to his constant reformating. It's easy to install.
You purchase a license with it that is good for one computer. If you want to do more than one computer, you have to purchase a license for each one.
They say if you buy one license, and install it on more than one computer, they will de-activate it on all of them. I'm guessing they'd know it because you have to type in your license number?
Well, the very first time I installed it, I did use the remote installation. Now I have no idea how I did this, but, I ended up installing it on 3 different computers - mine, h's, and my parents - all at the same time! LOL It stayed that way for quite some time and they never de-activated it.
At the moment, it's installed on 2 computers, h & my parents. I truly do NOT know how I did that, and I don't know how to get it off my parents computer. And again, it hasn't been de-activated.
I also wonder if I'm being monitored. A while back I posted a thread on how I can't post freely because I don't know if I'm being monitored. Well, if I am, he's going to read this. And not only that, he'd know what I'm doing, and how to access it. Maybe that's why the last reports were on 2/25/05?
I just do NOT know how to detect if I am being monitored!! I've spent LOTS of hours trying to find out, to no avail. I even considered having a friend pose as a man and send me sexy emails. I thought that might lead him to confront me, thus, I would know if I were being monitored. I haven't done it though.
I don't know if I've helped or confused, but I hope I've helped.
Isleepwithacat
Isleepwithacat@yahoo.com