Annoying software

**Radical Dreamer** · June 20th, 2001, 12:31 PM

I have found the worst piece of crap software and it goes by the name of "bonzai buddy"

My neice installed it on her computer, her mothers and her grandmothers and I have to say that it is the hardest to get rid of, biggest load of $h!t software on the net.

Anyone else have a piece of software that is the bane of their existance?

**Wayward Clam** · June 20th, 2001, 12:44 PM

I couldn't agree with you more. The Bonzi Buddy has been the bane of my existence for the last few months.

I want a Bonzi Buddy patch for Unreal. Anybody got one?

**Skatman** · June 20th, 2001, 01:02 PM

Yes Bonzai buddy and that Gator are annoying but nothing is worse than the stupid ,.. well nm your right Bonzai Buddy is the worst.

**aabatteries** · June 20th, 2001, 01:59 PM

Gator and WebHancer!!!! I wish I could find all those files!!!!

-aa

**Johnny Blaze** · June 20th, 2001, 01:59 PM

I'd have to say that AOL is the most useless and annoying piece of S**T software out there.
PERIOD

**Damned Angel** · June 20th, 2001, 02:03 PM

Just install sub seven or BO2K on any machines you see with bonzai buddy, then have some fun with it once they leave the shop.

**ßracius** · June 20th, 2001, 02:53 PM

what is bonzai buddy?

**Wayward Clam** · June 20th, 2001, 03:05 PM

It's a piece of spyware written by Satan and disguised as a web surfing tool.

**LabRat** · June 20th, 2001, 05:05 PM

Bonzi Buddy, Gator, AOL, AND Norton utilities are on my list. Any tools that are supposed to replace a tech and get installed by a newby are tantamount to handing a three year old a loaded revolver. (Not to insult any three year olds who may be viewing this discussion.)

Bonzi Buddy is an ill conceived 'helper' for web surfers. It takes up way too much bandwidth, slows browser responce times, hogs system resources, and connects to its home page without asking. I've done support for users who would complain that their system starts dialing the internet at boot up for no reason. Disable Bonzi and most other shareware or 'privacy' utilities that they got for free and they're fine until the next download spree (about 15 minutes after hanging up)

**Auric** · June 20th, 2001, 09:11 PM

Gator and "Quickshots daily photo" is annoying as hell, not to mention comet cursor

kids at school love to load the network pc's with it,
it pisses em off when other fellow students remove em thats for sure!!! damn P166's at school are slower than my P90.. not normal huH?

**IronTech** · June 21st, 2001, 05:10 AM

Whoever wrote Gator, should DIE! Comet Cursor, Weatherbug, anything that sucks up bandwidth and get my users calling me saying they need a new system because there's is slow.

Well, I'm thinking the most annoying piece of software I've seen is Windown ME...

**SavagePenguin** · June 21st, 2001, 08:30 AM

I totally agree. Banzi Buddy is a pain in the arse. When computer's come in with it I'll usually ask the customer's if they want to remove it. They usually don't know what it is or how it got there. Some thank me for reminding them and say they couldn't get the stupid thing off themselves.

Norton Utilities is a pain too. I'll usually recommend that the customer remove everything except the antivirus.

Gator is a piece of crap, although I find it screws up systems less than the other two. I've been known to leave it on their system without saying anything. I don't have a vendetta against Gator.... yet.

**MacGyver** · June 21st, 2001, 08:34 AM

I agree that those programs are bad, especially spyware in general (go to www.lavasoftusa.com for a removal utility)

But how can anyone overlook the horror that is First-Aid? It was supposed to help your computer, but mostly just made it crash or unstable. Norton Crashguard is another waste of disk space. The Mirabilis ICQ client is getting there, too. Dishonourable mention goes to Netscape 6.