Hagar Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Hi.. in connection with some messing about with virtualisation, I have found myself engaged in a fruitless search for that good ol' spyware companion BonziBuddy.. Since the world woke up to its evil, it has become very difficult to find. Has anybody got a copy of the 7.7mb (or thereabouts) installer? There are stub installers in the 350k-2.5mb region, but they all attempt to connect to now non-existent installation archives online. if anyobody has this or knows of a working link, I could stop this foolish quest & get on with my life.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42399-desperately-seeking-bonzibuddy/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 well, ill look around for ya... FOUND IT that one was corrupted, ill keep lookin http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Network...y_Download.html my os keeps blocking the download (xp x64) tehy all come out 4kb, try it yourself, and if that doesnt work ill get some more Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42399-desperately-seeking-bonzibuddy/#findComment-303089 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe75 Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 As soon as I seen the title of the thread I had flash backs of that stupid purple ape I didn't even know people still used that, I can look around. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42399-desperately-seeking-bonzibuddy/#findComment-303093 Share on other sites More sharing options...
De-Rail Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Hagar, I don't quite understand why you would want to download that nasty piece of spyware. Are you going to just play around with it for nostalgic purposes? lol At any rate, you could try searching the Wayback Machine's archived version of the Bonzi site and see if they didn't cache the file. Good Luck Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42399-desperately-seeking-bonzibuddy/#findComment-303134 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted February 14, 2007 Author Share Posted February 14, 2007 Hmm nice idea, but wayback machine appears not to have any record of bonzi.com (or none that I could find) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42399-desperately-seeking-bonzibuddy/#findComment-303149 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Hmm nice idea, but wayback machine appears not to have any record of bonzi.com (or none that I could find) did the link work? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42399-desperately-seeking-bonzibuddy/#findComment-303178 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted February 14, 2007 Author Share Posted February 14, 2007 nope, tried that one before.. it leads back to bonzi.com which...... isn't hosting it anymore... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42399-desperately-seeking-bonzibuddy/#findComment-303210 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmanfvrga Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 (edited) If this was spyware, why want it? Edited February 14, 2007 by sandmanfvrga Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42399-desperately-seeking-bonzibuddy/#findComment-303216 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac-mini Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 (edited) bonzibuddy i cant find it but i do know where to get viruses i looked it up and i cant get the ape but i found some of the included software by going to http://www.whenu.com/ and clicking download SaveNow Edited February 14, 2007 by mac-mini Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42399-desperately-seeking-bonzibuddy/#findComment-303217 Share on other sites More sharing options...
erbic Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 As soon as I seen the title of the thread I had flash backs of that stupid purple ape I didn't even know people still used that, I can look around. And then there's the guy by the same name who's been lurking around the Leopard forum, giving dire warnings that Apple is caching our IP addresses and will sue us for piracy. I hate that guy. Hagar, why do you even want it? Is it for testing or something? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42399-desperately-seeking-bonzibuddy/#findComment-303249 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted February 14, 2007 Author Share Posted February 14, 2007 And then there's the guy by the same name who's been lurking around the Leopard forum, giving dire warnings that Apple is caching our IP addresses and will sue us for piracy. I hate that guy. Hagar, why do you even want it? Is it for testing or something? Heh.. you're you're concerned about "BonziBuddy" telling you your ip is being logged? Like This? Doesn't that seem strangely ironic? In any case, I first wanted it out of curiosity, I ran some of the installers in crossover, but like I said, they're incomplete. I remember when it was everywhere and you had to make an effort to avoid it.. seeing that it is apparently eradicated from the entire internet got me searching and... well now I can't give up... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42399-desperately-seeking-bonzibuddy/#findComment-303264 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe75 Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 And then there's the guy by the same name who's been lurking around the Leopard forum, giving dire warnings that Apple is caching our IP addresses and will sue us for piracy. I hate that guy. What is that suppose to mean <_> Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42399-desperately-seeking-bonzibuddy/#findComment-303291 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Heh.. you're you're concerned about "BonziBuddy" telling you your ip is being logged? Like This? Doesn't that seem strangely ironic? In any case, I first wanted it out of curiosity, I ran some of the installers in crossover, but like I said, they're incomplete. I remember when it was everywhere and you had to make an effort to avoid it.. seeing that it is apparently eradicated from the entire internet got me searching and... well now I can't give up... http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Network...y_Download.html its 7 something megs Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42399-desperately-seeking-bonzibuddy/#findComment-303294 Share on other sites More sharing options...
De-Rail Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 And if that doesn't work, Limewire 1.9b had the option of installing bonzi buddy from what I've been reading. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42399-desperately-seeking-bonzibuddy/#findComment-303300 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted February 15, 2007 Author Share Posted February 15, 2007 http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Network...y_Download.html its 7 something megs did you actually get a download? I never get anything more than 4k off that. As I said previously, I have found some .exe's but never the full item. [Edit] I looked on oldversion.com for limewire, but none of them are large enough to contain BonziBuddy, so it must be an online install option which.... no longer works.. I may try it anyhow on the off-chance that it installs off p2p where there may still be a copy floating around.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42399-desperately-seeking-bonzibuddy/#findComment-303311 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac-mini Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 maybe you could check some file sharing networks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42399-desperately-seeking-bonzibuddy/#findComment-303359 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 maybe you could check some file sharing networks checked gnutella, nothing Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42399-desperately-seeking-bonzibuddy/#findComment-303371 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac-mini Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 anyone know any software it came with? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42399-desperately-seeking-bonzibuddy/#findComment-303378 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe75 Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 I looked all over and they're all dead You'll probably have to find someone that still has it stashed away on an old drive thrown in the back of a closet. I remember when that {censored} first came out and I had to search around for a way to get rid of it :censored2: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42399-desperately-seeking-bonzibuddy/#findComment-303383 Share on other sites More sharing options...
De-Rail Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 This is not a thread I would have expected to see ever on a computer related forum. lmao Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42399-desperately-seeking-bonzibuddy/#findComment-303434 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 well... good luck, it looks like the death of the bonzibuddy, although you couldhave got it last year :/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42399-desperately-seeking-bonzibuddy/#findComment-303713 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted February 15, 2007 Author Share Posted February 15, 2007 Stop the clock! found it! A very clever individual known only as reverett found that by skipping the ads on http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?500000032686 you eventually get a chance to download from: ftp://ftp.kddlabs.co.jp/WinSite/win95/netutil/bbsetup.exe Don't try this at home kids! etc... DISCLAIMER The above links should not be clicked under any circumstances, for any reason or purpose whatsoever, and no-one can be held responsible for the consequences if you so much as think of looking at those URL's Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42399-desperately-seeking-bonzibuddy/#findComment-303821 Share on other sites More sharing options...
De-Rail Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Nice going there let us know how it turns out, hehe Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42399-desperately-seeking-bonzibuddy/#findComment-303973 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Stop the clock! found it! A very clever individual known only as reverett found that by skipping the ads on http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?500000032686 you eventually get a chance to download from: ftp://ftp.kddlabs.co.jp/WinSite/win95/netutil/bbsetup.exe Don't try this at home kids! etc... DISCLAIMER The above links should not be clicked under any circumstances, for any reason or purpose whatsoever, and no-one can be held responsible for the consequences if you so much as think of looking at those URL's I just dlld it on my new xp x64 install, should i wory? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42399-desperately-seeking-bonzibuddy/#findComment-303999 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dice7 Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 hahaha. no everything will be fine Dice Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42399-desperately-seeking-bonzibuddy/#findComment-304006 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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