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paulyoung666
04-08-2003, 19:14
www.getweathercast.com

and let me know what you get from it :confused:
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 :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, 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 :spin: :spin: :spin:
danielf
04-08-2003, 19:42
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, 19:11
problem sorted , i formatted anyway :rolleyes:
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
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: