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bopdude

19-10-2004, 05:31

://apps5.oingo.com/apps/domainpark/domainpark.cgi?client=netw8744&s=ftp2.trappfamily.net

Hi all, a bit of a story, followed by some questions, so please bear with me, I'll try and keep it as short as poss ..... TIA

The addy above, ( i've removed the http at the start oof the link ) is one i'm being directed to when looking up a download for megamame. I did a bit of searching on google for apps5 and it came up with a few things,

1 ) It seems to be some sort of spy / malware, is this so ???
2 ) Another thing that was thrown up is that it was linked to Google's " I feel lucky " button...... again, is this right ?
3 ) I tried to find a specific removal tool, found one, installed it and, :erm: what do you know, I cant access the internet, kept on getting, page cannot be displayed etc etc. I have done a system restore and am back to normal, I think :shrug:

Sooooooooo, can anyone shed any light on this " apps5 " thingy and if so, a removal technique ???

TIA

Paul K

19-10-2004, 07:50

bopdude

19-10-2004, 12:37

It seems to be reprted as a bug in the lookup code for when a specified address cannot be found by the browser.
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&threadm=3D182EA3.9040009%40yahoo.com&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dapps5.oingo.com%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26s afe%3Doff%26selm%3D3D182EA3.9040009%2540yahoo.com% 26rnum%3D1
Thanks Paul, so is there a work around ? The link i'm trying to follow is for the d/l site for megamamece3 binary on this page (http://www.mameworld.net/mamece3/), can anyone get to it, if so maybe they could upload to their web-space and provide me with a link ( much appreciated )
Its all part of me trying to get a decent working copy of mame on my xda, i've got one but this other is meant to be better

TIA

Paul K

19-10-2004, 16:03

I don't think that it's a mozilla problem, I tried accessing the link on that page and got bounced too. Strange since I am at work on a Mac running Internet Expletive ;) Wonder if google can find another location for that file name?

Paul K

19-10-2004, 16:08

Is the file here
http://www.mameworld.net/mamece3/pocket/
the same one? I just hit it and it started downloading.

bopdude

19-10-2004, 18:34

Hi Paul, will check it out when i get home, looking at the url i would say that its the one i have already as the file i'm looking for is the megamame, i'll post back in
a while ...... thanks

bopdude

19-10-2004, 22:13

Is the file here
http://www.mameworld.net/mamece3/pocket/
the same one? I just hit it and it started downloading.
Sorry for the late reply Paul, yes it seems to be what i've been after and not being able to get :tu:
Thanks, will let you know after I install and play with it :)

EDIT: back on topic, what about this apps5 thing ? any ideas ?

MadGamer

19-10-2004, 22:22

EDIT: back on topic, what about this apps5 thing ? any ideas ? Spyware???

bopdude

19-10-2004, 22:25

Spyware???
:erm: Really Wayne :rolleyes: check post #1 mate....... :p: I wanna know how to get shot of it, please :)

kronas

19-10-2004, 22:32

http://forums.spywareinfo.com/lofiversion/index.php/t26730.html

the last post maybe of help to you.

Paul K

19-10-2004, 22:46

As I said in my post as well ;) it is being listed as possible spyware in some reports, a mozilla bug in others yet I hit the same error on an apple mac running internet explorer that (as far as I know) is a spyware free zone so it could be one of those possiblilties or just a redirect error that's causing the wrong page to be loaded.

bopdude

19-10-2004, 22:49

http://forums.spywareinfo.com/lofiversion/index.php/t26730.html

the last post maybe of help to you.Yeah thanks kronnie, saw that on my travels last night while searching for this mo' fo, bit worrying to think that this is a google thing :mad: or not :shrug: just annoying all the same