June 22, 2003
Spyware

I'm at my mother's house doing maintenance on the computers here.

I look into the Program Files and see GAIN. GAIN is Gator Advertising Information Network. Spyware.

Now I need to run the anti-spyware stuff to clean out the computers.

Spyware delenda est.

Posted by michael at June 22, 2003 06:37 PM | TrackBack

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dude... gator... that is the prominate spyware present on my system... what i tried to get rid of twice. the first time was when you helped me replace the hard drive. the second is why i dont have a pc right now. proceed with caution.

Posted by: Martin [http://www.chokersandwich.com/page2.html] on June 22, 2003 06:44 PM

I've had pretty good luck with AdAware when fooling around on Windows PCs.

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

Posted by: Dino [http://www.thompsonian.org/blog] on June 22, 2003 07:25 PM

AdAware's good. At least she didn't install Banzai Buddy...lol

Posted by: BillB [http://squidly.com] on June 23, 2003 05:11 AM

Spyware is eeeevil! Especially when your 10 year old installs Bonzai Buddy! (Ugh. He got a good lecture for that!) Thank goodness for Adaware!

Posted by: Christine [http://www.bigpinkcookie.com] on June 23, 2003 10:08 AM

where do u go to install banzai buddy

Posted by: sheila [] on August 13, 2003 10:29 PM

i dont know thats what i was going to ask

Posted by: stealth [] on September 13, 2003 07:10 PM

Well, I had Bonzai Buddy. It was fun to have. Heck, I even payed for the extra material (only once though) But now Spyware has gotten out of control. It must be stopped!

Posted by: TiN MaN [] on October 4, 2003 08:26 PM

Check out the link provided. Download Spybot: Search and Destroy. Best adware removal tool on the market. Requires some tweaking in order to get the best possible settings as the defaults, imho, were a little bit lacking but for general home use they should be fine.

Freejack13

Posted by: Freejack13 [http://spybot.kolla.de] on November 14, 2003 12:11 PM

spybot is a great spyware removal..and free..type spybot in search engine

Posted by: [] on December 8, 2003 05:32 AM

Where did u download bonzai buddy from

i had it and i cant remember where to get it from

Help!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Dan [] on December 14, 2003 08:59 AM

Dude, you dont want bonzai buddy. Its a stupid program thats just a front for spyware.

Posted by: NotAnIdiot [] on February 16, 2004 09:39 PM

Well, I will give you my advice, use it as you will... DO NOT DOWNLOAD BONZAI BUDDY!!! I had it downloaded to my pc, and it messed up the whole system, it gave me a bad virus that gave me bad photos and discusting things like that everyday. It had even downloaded evil things on my computer that were so hard to get off, I don't know how the heck he did it but he did. I know it was because of bonzai buddy, and I am glad I have it deleted from my pc forever!!!

You can ignore me, or listen but from my own experience don't download the creep.

Posted by: Jenna D [http://dont have one] on April 8, 2004 01:24 PM

That Bonzai Buddy needs to have his mother fu%*&@ a$$ kicked. If I had my way with him, I would take a sh!t down his throat!!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Corbin [http://don'thaveone] on April 9, 2004 07:55 PM

I would urge everyone who hates the spyware to do as I do....I find the support address for the offending company or better yet if you can get an internal address for the CEO....and send a hundred or so emails detailing why we hate them....maybe they would get the Idea if we flood there email system so badly it crashes....

Posted by: John Long [] on April 24, 2004 07:36 AM

Yes, down with Banzai Buddy! Very evil, crashed 2 of my friends brand new computers...evil purple bear looking bugger.....

Posted by: Adam [] on April 29, 2004 06:14 PM
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