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Subject: Bonzi Buddy Scare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Written By: Ripp on 04/30/05 at 5:27 am

I installed Bonzi Buddy, then after i got annoyed and uninstalled him using "automatic" thing on the uninstall wizard. But it said something like "If you are a Bonzi Gold Member, uninstall will not stop your BILLING thing" and im scared now; I dont know if i'm a gold member or if my parents are going to get bills or stuff im scared and i cant find where to stop anything like it

HELP MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

:\'(  :\'(  :\'(  :\'(  :\'(  :\'(  :\'(  :\'(  :\'(  :\'(  :\'(  :\'(  :\'(  :\'(

Subject: Re: Bonzi Buddy Scare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Written By: Dagwood on 04/30/05 at 8:47 am

You probably would have had to give a credit card number to be a gold member.

Bonzai Buddy is evil.  It installs spyware.  Do you have a spyware program?  I would check into it.

Subject: Re: Bonzi Buddy Scare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Written By: FussBudgetVanPelt on 04/30/05 at 9:13 am


You probably would have had to give a credit card number to be a gold member.

Bonzai Buddy is evil.  It installs spyware.  Do you have a spyware program?  I would check into it.

I agree with with Dagwood, on all counts.  And Bonzai is NOBODY'S buddy when it comes to the PC - it is to be eliminated  >:( >:( >:(

Subject: Re: Bonzi Buddy Scare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Written By: gemini61 on 04/30/05 at 10:36 am

Ripp, It might be a good idea to get your parents permission before installing anything again, just to avoid this kind of thing in the future.  :) 

Subject: Re: Bonzi Buddy Scare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/30/05 at 11:47 am

What is Bonzi Buddy?




Cat

Subject: Re: Bonzi Buddy Scare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Written By: Satish on 04/30/05 at 1:11 pm


And Bonzai is NOBODY'S buddy when it comes to the PC - it is to be eliminated  >:( >:( >:(


Yeah, but he's so darn cute, it makes you feel guilty when you go to close him.

Subject: Re: Bonzi Buddy Scare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Written By: Ripp on 04/30/05 at 3:06 pm

What is Bonzai Buddy?

he's a cute little purple monkey

but whom deserves to DIE for scaring me!

My friend's mum has him...i think she still does...

thats when i fell in luv wid him...

he is SO cute but SO annoying too!

If I can find a pic I'll show you...

And anyway, I had installed Bonzai Buddy before.

I unistalled him too, but I never saw anything about gold members and credit cards then!

And I think my big brother who's 25 came to check too.

That was ages ago. Maybe it's changed...

...but it's real annoying.

Subject: Re: Bonzi Buddy Scare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Written By: Bobby on 04/30/05 at 3:09 pm

First, Ripp, download 'Adaware'. It should take out most of the spyware you have on your computer.  :)

http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5

Just click on the 'download' link.

Good luck.  :)

Subject: Re: Bonzi Buddy Scare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Written By: Jennifer028 on 04/30/05 at 4:54 pm

oh yes you must get ad aware, and maybe this one too..spybot search and destroy

http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10122137.html?part=104443&subj=dlpage&tag=button

Subject: Re: Bonzi Buddy Scare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Written By: Bobby on 04/30/05 at 4:56 pm

And Spybot is the second, thanks for the link Jennifer.  :)

These two programs should help you out, Ripp.  :)

Subject: Re: Bonzi Buddy Scare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Written By: Jennifer028 on 04/30/05 at 5:00 pm

I found this too..instructions on how to get rid of all of it...


Terminating Bonzi Buddy:

Removing Bonzi Buddy isn't as simple as it might first sound. Since Bonzi Buddy is installed with 'optional components' removing your little buddy with the Uninstall feature of the program won't get rid of everything.

First you need to close the Bonzi Buddy program. Click on Bonzi and say "Goodbye" to end the program. Next, right click on the dollar sign icon next to your clock to close the SaveNow program and choose "Exit".
Click on START > SETTINGS > CONTROL PANEL > ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS. Click "OK" to start the removal process. Select Bonzi Buddy and click "Remove". While you are removing Bonzi Buddy, you will also have to remove the 'companion' features that were installed with him. Find and remove ClockSync, SaveNow and WeatherCast. Note that both ClockSync and WeatherCast issue popup's to confirm that you 'really' want to remove them.
Exit the Remove/Install Programs feature in Windows and restart your computer.

Finish the uninstall by running a program such as AdAware. To detect remnant files, registry keys and cookies.

Subject: Re: Bonzi Buddy Scare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Written By: memory on 06/27/05 at 1:31 pm

yeah

Subject: Re: Bonzi Buddy Scare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Written By: Howard on 06/27/05 at 4:48 pm

How did you get Bonzai Buddy in the first place? ???

Subject: Re: Bonzi Buddy Scare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Written By: Ripp on 07/10/05 at 10:38 am

downloaded it

Subject: Re: Bonzi Buddy Scare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Written By: NullandVoid on 07/10/05 at 1:25 pm

Two words I never want to see on my desktop again

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