IP: Intuit & Privacy

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Reply-To: "John A. Simkiss III" <jas3 () netreach net>
> From: "John A. Simkiss III" <jas3 () netreach net>
> To: "Farber, Dave" <farber () cis upenn edu>
> Subject: Intuit & Privacy
> Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 23:10:40 -0400
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> Hi Dave:
>
> Saw the following while looking for some (yawn) accounting software 
> research.  Thought you might forward it to some of the privacy types on 
> the IP list.  Looks like Intuit is sending packets back to HQ w/o letting 
> their customers know.  The likely use is to detect pirated copies...?
>
>
> jas3
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> qbdagent.exe is the module which call home to perform "automatic 
> registration and updates". If you are connected to the internet when you 
> start up QB it will automatically call home without asking your 
> permission. A firewall such as Zone Alarm will intercept this 
> communication and give you the option of refusing the connection. Looks 
> like a way to detect multiple installs from the same CD.
>
> Cheers, Mort
>
> In article <_CSw5.264898$1h3.5415292 () news20 bellglobal com>,
>   "Sanjay Luthra" <luthras () sjrsys com> wrote:
> > Has anyone who's tried running QB 2000 under Windows 2000 found this...
> >
> > I just installed changed from W98 to W2K, and installed 
> <http://www.deja.com/[ST_CAM=INLINE_P]/products/at_a_glance/glance.xp?CPID=1003235007>Quickbooks<http://www.deja.com/[ST_CAM=INLINE_P]/products/at_a_glance/glance.xp?CPID=1003235007>
>  
> 2000 (was
> > using version 6 under 98).  I'm getting a popup error message that 
> "QBDAgent
> > failed to initialize" when I start up windows.  Does anyone know what this
> > little beast is all about?  I think it is the quickbooks delivery 
> agent, but
> > can't find anything in the books about what its problem is.  I've tried
> > removing it from the startup menu, but then the message is jus delayed 
> until
> > I actually start Quickbooks.
> >
> > Hope someone can help.
> >
> > Regards,
> > SL