| 词条 | BonziBuddy |
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| name = BonziBuddy | screenshot = Bonzi Buddy.png | caption = BonziBuddy promotional image | developer = Bonzi Software, Inc. | released = {{start date and age|1999}} | latest release version = 4.1.2 | latest release date = {{end date|2004}} | operating system = Microsoft Windows | license = Freeware | discontinued = yes | status = Discontinued | genre = Adware, spyware }}BonziBuddy, stylized as BonziBUDDY, was a freeware desktop assistant made by Joe and Jay Bonzi. Upon a user's choice the on-screen agent would share jokes and facts, manage downloading using its download manager, sing songs, talk and other functions.[1] The software used Microsoft Agent technology similar to Office Assistant,[2] and originally sported Peedy, a green parrot and one of the characters available with Microsoft Agent. Later versions of BonziBuddy in May 2000, featured its own character: Bonzi, the purple gorilla.[3] The program also used a text to speech voice to interact with the user. The voice was called Sydney and taken from an old Lernout & Hauspie Microsoft Speech API 4.0 package. It is often referred to in some software as Adult Male #2. Some versions of the software were described as spyware[4] and adware.[5] BonziBuddy was discontinued in 2004 after the company behind it faced lawsuits regarding the software and was ordered to pay fines.[6] Bonzi's website remained open after the discontinuation of BonziBuddy, but was later shut down at the end of 2008.[7] CriticismIn April 2007, PC World readers voted BonziBuddy the 6th on a list named: "The 20 Most Annoying Tech Products". One reader was quoted as criticizing the program because it "kept popping up and obscuring things you needed to see".[8] One of the last newspapers to write about BonziBuddy while it was still in distribution described it as spyware and a "scourge of the Internet".[9] Another article found in 2006 on the BusinessWeek website described BonziBuddy as "the unbelievably annoying spyware trojan horse".[10] Adware or spywareA number of sources identify BonziBuddy as spyware, a claim the company disputes.[11] In 2002 an article in Consumer Reports Web Watch labelled BonziBuddy as spyware, stating that it contains a backdoor trojan that collects information from users. The activities the program is said to engage in include constantly resetting the user's web browser homepage to bonzi.com without the user's permission, prompting and tracking various information about the user, and serving advertisements.[12] The Spyware Removal Database at Safer Networking (makers of Spybot – Search & Destroy) states "BonziBuddy is an Internet Explorer toolbar that may change your web browser settings, change your home page, and launch pop-up advertisements while tracking your web browsing habits."{{citation needed|date=May 2018}} Trend Micro and Symantec have both classified the software as adware.[13][14][15] Spyware Guide{{'}}s entry on the program also states that it is adware.[16]. LegalInternetnews.com reported the settlement of a class action suit on 27 May 2003. Originally brought against Bonzi Software on 4 December 2002, the suit accused Bonzi of using its banner advertisements to deceptively imitate Windows computer alerts, alerting the user that their IP address is being broadcast. In the settlement, Bonzi agreed to modify their ads so that they looked less like Windows dialog boxes and more like advertisements.[17][18]On 18 February 2004, the Federal Trade Commission released a statement indicating that Bonzi Software, Inc. was ordered to pay $75,000 in fees, among other aspects, for violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act by collecting personal information from children under the age of 13 with BonziBuddy.[19] See also
References1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.bonzi.com/bonzibuddy/bonzibuddyfree.asp|title=BonziBUDDY!|last=|first=|date=|website=bonzi.com|publisher=Bonzi Software, Inc.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000621105109/http://www.bonzi.com/bonzibuddy/bonzibuddyfree.asp|archive-date=21 June 2000|dead-url=yes|access-date=|df=}} 2. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,1111245,00.asp |title="Bonzi Buddy" Creator Settles Suit |last=Hachman |first=Mark |date=28 May 2003 |website=ExtremeTech |publisher=Ziff Davis |access-date=7 September 2006}} 3. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.sunbeltsecurity.com/ThreatDisplay.aspx?tid=3271&cs=DDC5975EB3DF633062FB55CC2DB78140 |title=Counter Spy's entry on BonziBuddy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716163243/http://www.sunbeltsecurity.com/ThreatDisplay.aspx?tid=3271&cs=DDC5975EB3DF633062FB55CC2DB78140 |archive-date=16 July 2011 |dead-url=yes |access-date=7 September 2006}} 4. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/appnote/3590.html |title=AppNote: Automating the installation and execution of Spybot Search & Destroy with ZENworks |last=Geschwind |first=Bill |date=11 August 2004 |website=Novell Cool Solutions |publisher=Novell |access-date=14 July 2007 |quote="Hotbar, Bonzi Buddy, Gator eWallet and Comet Cursors ... are all spyware-laden programs that I have encountered far too often in the field on my users' machine"}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.spywareguide.com/spydet_512_bonzibuddy.html|title=BonziBuddy|website=www.spywareguide.com|access-date=2019-02-26}} 6. ^{{cite web|last1=Ravenscraft|first1=Eric|title=A Brief History of BonziBuddy, the Internet’s Most Friendly Malware|url=https://www.howtogeek.com/321720/a-brief-history-of-bonzibuddy-the-internets-most-friendly-malware/|website=How-To Geek|accessdate=23 December 2017|date=18 August 2017}} 7. ^{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724080530/http://bonzi.com/|title=Welcome to BONZI.COM!|date=2008-07-24|access-date=2018-09-13}} 8. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/130638/article.html |title=The 20 Most Annoying Tech Products |publisher=PCWorld |access-date=29 September 2012}} 9. ^{{Cite news |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-118622446/prying-eyes-lurk-inside.html |title=Prying Eyes Lurk Inside Your PC; Spyware Spawns Efforts at Control. |last=Kladko |first=Brian |date=21 March 2004 |access-date=16 November 2007 |publisher=The Gale Group, Inc.}} 10. ^{{Cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2006-09-14/breaking-myspace-backlash-sighted-in-mainstream-media |title=Breaking: MySpace Backlash Sighted In Mainstream Media! |website=Businessweek |publisher=Bloomberg L.P. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603232334/http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/FineOnMedia/archives/2006/09/breaking_myspace_backlash_sighted_in_mainstream_media.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_fineonmedia |archive-date=3 June 2011 |dead-url=yes |access-date=16 November 2007}} 11. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.spywareloop.com/news/bonzibuddy |title=BonziBuddy |date=16 July 2013 |website=Spyware Loop |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428054141/http://www.spywareloop.com/news/bonzibuddy |archive-date=28 April 2014 |dead-url=yes |access-date=27 July 2013}} 12. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.consumerwebwatch.org/dynamic/privacy-investigations-categories-spy.cfm |title=Five Major Categories of Spyware |last=Barrett |first=Robertson |date=21 November 2002 |website=Consumer Reports |publisher=Consumers Union of U.S. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060109153357/http://www.consumerwebwatch.org/dynamic/privacy-investigations-categories-spy.cfm |archive-date=9 January 2006 |dead-url=yes |access-date=7 September 2006}} 13. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/grayware/printerfriendly.asp?GNAME=ADW_BONJING.A |title=ADW_BONJING.A |date=8 July 2004 |website=trendmicro.com |publisher=Trend Micro |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181430/http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/grayware/printerfriendly.asp?GNAME=ADW_BONJING.A |archive-date=30 September 2007}} 14. ^{{Cite web |url=http://about-threats.trendmicro.com/ArchiveGrayware.aspx?language=us&name=ADW_BONZIBUDDY.C |title=ADW_BONZIBUDDY.C |date=8 June 2004 |website=Threat Encyclopedia |publisher=Trend Micro |access-date=14 July 2007}} 15. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2003-080114-0710-99&tabid=2 |title=Adware.Bonzi |date=13 February 2007 |website=symantec.com |publisher=Symantec |access-date=5 April 2009}} 16. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.spywareguide.com/product_show.php?id=512 |title=BonziBuddy |website=Spyware Guide |publisher=Actiance |access-date=12 September 2017}} 17. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.internetnews.com/IAR/article.php/2212851 |title=Bonzi Settles Deceptive Ad Suit |last=Morrissey |first=Brian |date=27 May 2003 |website=internetnews.com |publisher=QuinStreet |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030606143945/http://internetnews.com/IAR/article.php/2212851 |archive-date=6 June 2003 |dead-url=no |access-date=12 September 2017}} 18. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.internetnews.com/IAR/article.php/1551941 |title=Bonzi Hit With Deceptive-Ad Complaint |last=Morrissey |first=Brian |date=4 December 2002 |website=internetnews.com |publisher=QuinStreet |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030618110224/http://www.internetnews.com/IAR/article.php/1551941 |archive-date=18 June 2003 |dead-url=no |access-date=12 September 2017}} 19. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/02/bonziumg.htm |title=UMG Recordings, Inc. to Pay $400,000, Bonzi Software, Inc. To Pay $75,000 to Settle COPPA Civil Penalty Charges |last=Schwartzman |first=Jen |date=18 February 2004 |website=ftc.gov |publisher=Federal Trade Commission |access-date=12 September 2017}} 7 : Computer-related introductions in 1999|Adware|Freeware|Spyware|Fictional gorillas|Internet memes|Products and services discontinued in 2004 |
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