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The App Blacklist


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In my web site that I use to practice my skill (www.sunnyy5.tk - no spam intended) I have a recommended programs section. With it, I would like to accompany a program blacklist -- a list of programs that should be avoided at ALL COSTS for reasons of spyware, instability, or complications. In your post, please explain why the program should not be on someone's computer... thanks!

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Originally posted by sp00nman

Bonzi Buddy - spyware

Just what I was thinking... here's my description for BonziBuddy:
BonziBuddy

BonziBuddy is a program, a $40.00 value, is available ABSOLUTELY FREE for a limited time via download... HAH! That's been there for several years if not more. Once installed, it is a very annoying, purple ape that looks cute, sits at your desktop, eats up precious resource (while slowing your system down while it's doing that), and spys on you. While it masquarades to be your assistant and toy, it calls home with your activities.

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OptimizerXP: After uninstall, it breaks your My Documents and MyPictures folder, not to mention it doesn't uninstall properly. The program itself is supposed to speed up XP automatically, but all it does it disable a bunch of things on your system (shadows, themes, etc) and perform a few tweaks. Not worth it.

EDIT: Not sure where their homepage is anymore, hopefully it was removed.

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AdBreak

AdvertBar

Alexa (6.0)

Attune

Aureate (3.15)

BackWeb lite (4)

Bargain Buddy

BDE Projector (3.1)

BonziBuddy (4.0)

BrowserToolbar

Bulla

C2.lop

CashBar

CL/PRS

ClickTheButton (1.1)

ClickTillUWin

Comet Cursors (3.71,4.1)

CommonName (3.1)

Conducent TimeSink

Cydoor (3.2.1)

Direct TV Icon

Download Accelerator Plus ads

DownloadWare

DSSAgent

EverAd

Expedioware

EzCyberSearch

eZula HotText (2.0)

FlashTrack

Flyswat (2 & 5)

Gator (3.0.6)

GoHip

Gratisware

Hotbar (3.0)

IE Plugin

INetSpeak

MarketScore

Message Mates

MiniBug

MS Media Player (7.0)

MS Works (6.0)

n-Case (2.2)

Network Essentials

New.net

NewsUpdate (3.0)

NowBox

Onflow (1.18)

Radiate

SaveNow (1.4)

SurfPlus (1.0)

TopMoxie

TopSearcher

TurboDownload

TwistedHumor

UCmore

VX2/a

VX2/b

VX2/c

VX2/d

VX2/e

Web3000

webHancer (2.4)

WildTangent (2.1.1)

WurldMedia

ZapSpot

Recommended to fight spyware: No aura, Spybot search and destroy and ad-aware.

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Speaking of ImagoWeb *shudder*, here are some others that delete file extensions after being uninstalled:

? UltimateZip [controversial]

? ZipGenious

(Once you uninstall them, compression formats like ZIP, RAR, CAB, etc are deleted. Not just the default action, but the format is deleted so you have to scrounge through registry backups and merge the right keys ag:sn :s Or just system restore. Either way, a hassle)

Note: Both of these programs would be awesome if they didn't steal extensions.

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iMESH - as a test i ran Ad-Aware and then installed this piece of crap,it added 25 pieces of spyware...bonzai buttbuddy,cydoor and a host of others,avoid it like it's your pedophile uncle

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Originally posted by hurting101

Speaking of ImagoWeb *shudder*, here are some others that delete file extensions after being uninstalled:

? UltimateZip

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What the hell are you on about?I use UltimateZip as a replacement to Winzip and when I uninstalled it it never did that to me, damn isolated cases getting apps blackliste:p:p

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Originally posted by kairon

What the hell are you on about?I use UltimateZip as a replacement to Winzip and when I uninstalled it it never did that to me, damn isolated cases getting apps blacklisted :p

The question is... where's the isolation? Anyway, I tried a year ago and a couple months ago, on two different computers, and both times it deleted my file extensions. I guess maybe they fixed it, but I'm not installing it again.

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