apps5.oingo ? spyware ?
 

://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

Re: apps5.oingo ? spyware ?
 

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=e...com%26rnum%3D1

Re: apps5.oingo ? spyware ?
 

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, 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

Re: apps5.oingo ? spyware ?
 

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?

Re: apps5.oingo ? spyware ?
 

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

Re: apps5.oingo ? spyware ?
 

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

Re: apps5.oingo ? spyware ?
 

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 ?

Re: apps5.oingo ? spyware ?
 

Spyware???

Re: apps5.oingo ? spyware ?
 

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

Re: apps5.oingo ? spyware ?
 

http://forums.spywareinfo.com/lofive...hp/t26730.html

the last post maybe of help to you.

Re: apps5.oingo ? spyware ?
 

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.

Re: apps5.oingo ? spyware ?
 

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