can someone check this link out for me please

paulyoung666 · 04-08-2003, 19:14

www.getweathercast.com

and let me know what you get from it

TheBig1 · 04-08-2003, 19:18

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

kronas · 04-08-2003, 19:19

weathercast program 5 day forecast blah blah

danielf · 04-08-2003, 19:23

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, 19:25

very weird , if i open the link with kazaalite running i get a list of my downloads

, 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

, i guess it is spyware but i have run adaware and it said nothing about it

danielf · 04-08-2003, 19:31

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, 19:36

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

danielf · 04-08-2003, 19:42

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

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, 19:11

problem sorted , i formatted anyway

The_real_dj · 05-08-2003, 19:43

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, 19:51

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