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Whagent what is that? Is it Good or Bad ?

Whagent first appeared in 2001 and it has ensconced itself ever since on millions of computers. Whagent is a product of a company called WebHancer, and it is used to gather up information about computer users while they surf the Internet.

This is spyware that monitors your Web activities, which obviously is never a good thing.

Whagent is generally loaded onto computers as a TSR program (Terminate and stay resident). Which means it stays in your system's memory until it is needed.

A good example of that is a virus scanner, because it's there for whenever you need to check for virus risks. The difference however with Whagent is that you'll never really need to use it on your own.

Whagent is usually installed as an extra install when various utility programs are placed on your computer. Some of these programs include Audio Galaxy, iMesh and BeFaster Internet Speed Up Toolkit, among many others.

I have no hesitation in recommending that the Whagent program be uninstalled as early as possible, because I consider it to be an invasion of our privacy.

Uninstalling it will also hopefully keep other companies from placing it back on your system.

If you find traces of Whagent on your PC, use the following steps to remove it for good.

Go to Start, Control Panel and double click on the Add/Remove Programs icon.

Once there, look through the list of programs and see if you can find anything under the name of "Whagent." If so, remove the program.

Now, it is possible that you cannot see it in your Add/Remove programs list. So open Taskmanger, and Click the heading name on the left-hand side to arrange them alphabetically.

Follow these steps to remove it from your computer:

First you need to empty out your C:/Windows/Temp directory. Double click on the My Computer icon on your desktop and then double click on your C: drive. Double click the Windows folder and then double click the Temp folder.

Once in there, scroll to the Temporary Internet Files folder, then the Content.IE5 folder and just empty everything out of there.

Next, restart your computer so it can work on a fresh reboot.

Next open up your Task Manager. Make sure the Whagent program is off and that it is not running anywhere in the background. If it's still there, highlight it and hit the End Task button before moving on. Next, click Cancel and continue with the steps.

You now need to delete the directory of C:/Program Files/WebHancer/ if it is still in your system.

Double click on the My Computer icon to get to your C: drive and look for that file. If you find it, just ensure the following entries are no longer present in your computer:

- webhdll.dll - Whagent.inf - whInstaller.exe - whInstaller.ini

Now at last you should not be troubled with Whagent 