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paulyoung666 04-08-2003 18:14

can someone check this link out for me please
 
www.getweathercast.com

and let me know what you get from it :confused:

TheBig1 04-08-2003 18:18

Looks dodgy with the enforced setup and its for the US only

kronas 04-08-2003 18:19

weathercast program 5 day forecast blah blah

danielf 04-08-2003 18:23

It is ad/spyware. It is bundled with some p2p programs. I think it is supposed to give you a wheather forecast, as an excuse for showing you ads.

paulyoung666 04-08-2003 18:25

very weird , if i open the link with kazaalite running i get a list of my downloads :eek: , i hasten to add that i have no illegal material ;) , if i close kazzalite then the page can not be found , why dont i like this at all , if i remove the items from my shared folder then they disappear from the link if i refresh it :spin: :spin: :spin: :spin: , i guess it is spyware but i have run adaware and it said nothing about it :confused:

danielf 04-08-2003 18:31

But you haven't actually installed wheathercast have you?

It does sound very weird...

btw: I was not referring to kazaalite when I mentioned it being bundled with some p2p applications.

paulyoung666 04-08-2003 18:36

no mate , well anyway i dont like it one bit , im going to format the hard drive and see what happens , it wont take long to see :spin: :spin: :spin:

danielf 04-08-2003 18:42

Quote:

Originally posted by paulyoung666
no mate , well anyway i dont like it one bit , im going to format the hard drive and see what happens , it wont take long to see :spin: :spin: :spin:
I don't think that is necessary. Try rebooting first. I've had to install it a couple of time as it was bundled, and it comes with an uninstall option that works (and was is tied down by zonealarm anyway).

paulyoung666 05-08-2003 18:11

problem sorted , i formatted anyway :rolleyes:

The_real_dj 05-08-2003 18:43

never had any problem with weather cast i actually like it!!

The spyware comes with weathercast and is called save.exe

I simply dont allow save.exe past my norton firewall. Easy 5 day weather forcast no spying!! :) :)

paulyoung666 05-08-2003 18:51

Quote:

Originally posted by The_real_dj
never had any problem with weather cast i actually like it!!

The spyware comes with weathercast and is called save.exe

I simply dont allow save.exe past my norton firewall. Easy 5 day weather forcast no spying!! :) :)

now theres a point mate :cool:


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