Sir Travis D
banned
Here is a review and summary of bonzibuddy.
Bonzi buddy. Here is a summary from wikipedia. Only this paragraph.
"BonziBUDDY, sometimes spelled Bonzi Buddy, BonziBuddy, or BONZIBuddy, (misspelled Bonzai Buddy) was an on-screen "intelligent software agent" from BONZI Software, released in 1999 and discontinued in 2005. The official website stated it would help a person explore the Internet through various functions along with their own sidekick. It first surfaced as a green talking parrot, before taking the form of an animated purple gorilla that resided on a user's desktop and communicated through the employment of Microsoft Agent technology.
BonziBuddy received wide recognition as malware, predominantly as a piece of adware, though claims of spyware capabilities have been made against it." ------
BonziBUDDY was originally, around 1999, a green parrot shown here, based on microsoft agent "peedy".
Around 2000 or 2001, BonziBUDDY had a major change in interface. Bonzi was changed into a purple gorilla, with the same name. He is shown here.
BonziBUDDY has been labeled as spyware by many, and was discontinued in 2004 for asking people their ages. Some people got upset because people under 13 were telling the program their ages.
Well, about a month ago, I was a member of notebookreview's forum. I posted a huge article on how bonzi buddy was SAFE after 2004. I will try to summarize it here, and how I have a working BonziBUDDY.
Now, as some of you know, you cannot download a working bonzibuddy, because bonzi's servers have "deleted" him. In 2003, about a year before bonzi was discontinued, I downloaded him on my laptop with windows 95, and it took forever, but I got him to work on my new computer. Here's How.
I went to a Japanese website from 1999, and downloaded peedy's installation files. This version, the parrot, did not require bonzi to access BonziBUDDY's servers. After installing peedy on my laptop, I had a working version from 1999. But, I wanted the ape version from 2001. However, it was obviously "impossible" because the servers were down forever. What I did was transfer the bonzibuddy .acf (agent character file) file to my new computer. I named it peedy like the parrot was named, and I had what looked like the gorilla, but was still the shell and voice of peedy the parrot. Now, this part took me weeks to find. What I did was downloaded MASS or microsoft agent scripting software. Each time I want to start the gorilla bonzi, I open MASS, open the character file of the gorilla, and set the TTS voice to the 2nd male voice. After I get the voice, I open the actual bonzi buddy program separately. As long as I have MASS open, I have it working.
How is BonziBUDDY a good program? He can still check my pop email, read me jokes and facts, speak what I type, and read web pages aloud.
Here is the most important part of this review. Why do I think BonziBUDDY is no longer harmful?
I opened peedy's character file in microsoft notepad, and got several links. These links told peedy what to send to what website. All of these links were relating to bonzi.com in some way. Some told bonzi what to update, and some told bonzi where to send it's data. I will list some links here.
http://www.bonzi.com/bonzibuddy/yesno.asp
http://www.bonzi.com/bonzibuddy/bbregisteruser.asp
http://www.bonzi.com/bonzibuddy/productoffer.asp (outdated pricing from 1999!)
http://webserver1.bonzi.com/scripts
http://www.bonzi.com/support/bdymenu.htm
http://www.bonzi.com/bonzibuddy/b17goldtap.asp
All of those links are outdated, or do not work. They were found in bonziBUDDY's files.
Here's something interesting... if you open this file (bonzi buddy uses it)
http://buddy.bonzi.com/bonzibuddy/products.nbd - open with notepad to read it
here is what that nbd file says "<prcode=B17GOLD><prreg=B17><prtap=LSCCSSEI><prname=Fully Loaded Add-On><prplay=Explain><prdesc=Fully Loaded Add-On><prurl=http://www.bonzi.com/bonzibuddy/b17goldtap.asp><prwallet=><prdownload=><prsize=0><aintrop2=[pl=Wave][sp=Hey there {username}! Did you realize that you can load me up with all of my cool new features by simply going to my Add-Ons page and clicking on the 'Become a BonziBUDDY Gold Member' button!][pl=Explain3][sp=Plus, I think I can even save us some very nice pennies if we do it this way!][pl=Greet][sp=I like to pride myself on being a great deal maker for you {username}!][sp=If this is something your interested in having me show you, just let me know!]><apromptp2=Hey there {username}! Did you realize that you can load me up with all of my cool new features by simply going to my Add-Ons page and clicking on the 'Become a BonziBUDDY Gold Member' button! Plus, I think I can even save us some very nice pennies if we do it this way! I like to pride myself on being a great deal maker for you {username}! If this is something your interested in having me show you, just let me know!><aexityesp2=[pl=Acknowledge]><aexitnop2=[pl=Sad]>" -
The only things bonzi buddy can do on the internet involving it's site is this kind of thing - you ask it a joke, it goes to this webpage and gets the code - this code is what bonzi tells you - it tells you about becoming a "gold club" member for a little price. If you press no, bonzi would play the "sad" emotion. The only thing bonzi does is get information from the web's nbd files which tell it how to act.
The only thing bonziBUDDY can do is create registry files, and set IE's homepage to bonzi.com. He can no longer successfully send private information, or contact it's server.
Bonzi buddy. Here is a summary from wikipedia. Only this paragraph.
"BonziBUDDY, sometimes spelled Bonzi Buddy, BonziBuddy, or BONZIBuddy, (misspelled Bonzai Buddy) was an on-screen "intelligent software agent" from BONZI Software, released in 1999 and discontinued in 2005. The official website stated it would help a person explore the Internet through various functions along with their own sidekick. It first surfaced as a green talking parrot, before taking the form of an animated purple gorilla that resided on a user's desktop and communicated through the employment of Microsoft Agent technology.
BonziBuddy received wide recognition as malware, predominantly as a piece of adware, though claims of spyware capabilities have been made against it." ------
BonziBUDDY was originally, around 1999, a green parrot shown here, based on microsoft agent "peedy".
Around 2000 or 2001, BonziBUDDY had a major change in interface. Bonzi was changed into a purple gorilla, with the same name. He is shown here.
BonziBUDDY has been labeled as spyware by many, and was discontinued in 2004 for asking people their ages. Some people got upset because people under 13 were telling the program their ages.
Well, about a month ago, I was a member of notebookreview's forum. I posted a huge article on how bonzi buddy was SAFE after 2004. I will try to summarize it here, and how I have a working BonziBUDDY.
Now, as some of you know, you cannot download a working bonzibuddy, because bonzi's servers have "deleted" him. In 2003, about a year before bonzi was discontinued, I downloaded him on my laptop with windows 95, and it took forever, but I got him to work on my new computer. Here's How.
I went to a Japanese website from 1999, and downloaded peedy's installation files. This version, the parrot, did not require bonzi to access BonziBUDDY's servers. After installing peedy on my laptop, I had a working version from 1999. But, I wanted the ape version from 2001. However, it was obviously "impossible" because the servers were down forever. What I did was transfer the bonzibuddy .acf (agent character file) file to my new computer. I named it peedy like the parrot was named, and I had what looked like the gorilla, but was still the shell and voice of peedy the parrot. Now, this part took me weeks to find. What I did was downloaded MASS or microsoft agent scripting software. Each time I want to start the gorilla bonzi, I open MASS, open the character file of the gorilla, and set the TTS voice to the 2nd male voice. After I get the voice, I open the actual bonzi buddy program separately. As long as I have MASS open, I have it working.
How is BonziBUDDY a good program? He can still check my pop email, read me jokes and facts, speak what I type, and read web pages aloud.
Here is the most important part of this review. Why do I think BonziBUDDY is no longer harmful?
I opened peedy's character file in microsoft notepad, and got several links. These links told peedy what to send to what website. All of these links were relating to bonzi.com in some way. Some told bonzi what to update, and some told bonzi where to send it's data. I will list some links here.
http://www.bonzi.com/bonzibuddy/yesno.asp
http://www.bonzi.com/bonzibuddy/bbregisteruser.asp
http://www.bonzi.com/bonzibuddy/productoffer.asp (outdated pricing from 1999!)
http://webserver1.bonzi.com/scripts
http://www.bonzi.com/support/bdymenu.htm
http://www.bonzi.com/bonzibuddy/b17goldtap.asp
All of those links are outdated, or do not work. They were found in bonziBUDDY's files.
Here's something interesting... if you open this file (bonzi buddy uses it)
http://buddy.bonzi.com/bonzibuddy/products.nbd - open with notepad to read it
here is what that nbd file says "<prcode=B17GOLD><prreg=B17><prtap=LSCCSSEI><prname=Fully Loaded Add-On><prplay=Explain><prdesc=Fully Loaded Add-On><prurl=http://www.bonzi.com/bonzibuddy/b17goldtap.asp><prwallet=><prdownload=><prsize=0><aintrop2=[pl=Wave][sp=Hey there {username}! Did you realize that you can load me up with all of my cool new features by simply going to my Add-Ons page and clicking on the 'Become a BonziBUDDY Gold Member' button!][pl=Explain3][sp=Plus, I think I can even save us some very nice pennies if we do it this way!][pl=Greet][sp=I like to pride myself on being a great deal maker for you {username}!][sp=If this is something your interested in having me show you, just let me know!]><apromptp2=Hey there {username}! Did you realize that you can load me up with all of my cool new features by simply going to my Add-Ons page and clicking on the 'Become a BonziBUDDY Gold Member' button! Plus, I think I can even save us some very nice pennies if we do it this way! I like to pride myself on being a great deal maker for you {username}! If this is something your interested in having me show you, just let me know!><aexityesp2=[pl=Acknowledge]><aexitnop2=[pl=Sad]>" -
The only things bonzi buddy can do on the internet involving it's site is this kind of thing - you ask it a joke, it goes to this webpage and gets the code - this code is what bonzi tells you - it tells you about becoming a "gold club" member for a little price. If you press no, bonzi would play the "sad" emotion. The only thing bonzi does is get information from the web's nbd files which tell it how to act.
The only thing bonziBUDDY can do is create registry files, and set IE's homepage to bonzi.com. He can no longer successfully send private information, or contact it's server.
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