do you know any other products that ship with it?

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 7:06 AM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold@obnosis.com> wrote:
It can be used for malicious reasons.

It is currently being used by NSA and government surveillance of citizens of interest, or it can be used for technical support purposes.

It is currently being delivered for Linux Chrome.


On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 7:02 AM, Stephen <cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote:
so is it a weakness in the client that someone can break into, or is
it a heathy paranoia of such clients exiting with a managed company
that you may or may not trust?

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 6:59 AM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold@obnosis.com> wrote:
> This agent allows a remote party to completely control or watch everything
> done on the desktop on various systems using a Firefox or script plugin.
> It's similar to LivePerson cookies but much more powerful.
>
> On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 6:57 AM, Stephen <cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> here is a question from me, you have a weath of information on how to
>> remove it, but no links as to why?
>>
>> this is the first time i have seen this product so i have heard very
>> little one way or another.
>>
>> if you have links as to why its a bad application to have then i would
>> like to hear it/see it.
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold@obnosis.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Kaseya:
>> >
>> > Sometimes a Free Tool, Sometimes a convenient Hack,  Sometimes a
>> > Government
>> > Surveillance Tool?
>> >
>> > How to Remove a Kaseya Agent:
>> >
>> > 1) Windows Hidden Type:
>> > "%programfiles%\InstallShield Installation
>> > Information\{48C76121-4F90-11D5-9884-0050BA85A903}\Setup.exe" UNINSTALL
>> >
>> >
>> > 2) OS X:
>> >
>> > 1. Download the file KaseyaUninstall.pkg.zip file from here, and copy it
>> > onto the Mac.
>> >
>> > 2. Expand the ZIP archive.
>> >
>> > 3. Run KaseyaUninstall.pkg installer and choose to Install to the
>> > Macintosh
>> > Harddrive. Although this appears to be installing a product, it is
>> > actually
>> > running the uninstallation script for the Kaseya agent.
>> >
>> > 4. Log in with the user that installed the agent initially and delete
>> > the
>> > /var/tmp/kpid file. To do this launch Terminal and run the "rm -rf
>> > /var/tmp/kpid" command.
>> >
>> > 5. Remove the agent with root rights, i.e. in Terminal run the "sudo rm
>> > -rf
>> > /var/tmp/kpid" command and then provide the root password
>> >
>> > 6.  The Kaseya agent and associated files will be removed.
>> >
>> > WorkArounds:
>> >
>> > Chrome does not currently have an active Kaseya Agent plugin for OS X or
>> > Linux Chrome:
>> > http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=chrome+kaseya+osx&aq=f
>> >
>> > References:
>> >
>> > http://www.kaseya.com/free/features.aspx
>> > http://www.kaseya.com/solutions/government.aspx
>> >
>> > http://community.kaseya.com/ittoolkit/b/weblog/archive/2010/06/09/creative-ways-to-get-it-toolkit-installed-on-a-computer.aspx
>> >
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