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The second update was made in 2000 but after some years in 2004 it got discontinued. Registered – It was registered in 1999.

Although it is no longer in existence, nowadays adware becomes a serious threat to millions users across a globe. Some software professional has written an article stating that bonzi buddy is a spyware and a “scourge for internet”. Let’s demonstrate with an example – bonzi gives the jokes and songs to the people but to go beyond jokes and songs (about a half dozen) users need to purchase a song and a joke module.

This program was free in the initial stage when it was introduced but after, some functions were not free because they were made only for the demo that would urge/ask people to pay to extend the module for other functions. On February 18,2004 in the name of Bonzi buddy adware assistance an official of the Federation Trade Commission released a statement indicating that this malware was ordered to pay a fine of $75000 for violating the activities against the children at the age of 9 years because there is no rule in FTC to breach the data of anybody. However, due to a mixture of adware, malware, spyware and hijacking process many cybersecurity vendors included in a virus database as adware or spyware. This type of notification they give in numerous times. Most security experts say that bonzi buddy is an adware program that poses a terrible security threat, stating that the unwanted program which was installed before your concern is at high risk. This type of program had made its bad reputation for being malware, mainly as a form of adware with spyware capabilities. This application was also designed for providing search results by getting in text form or by speech format from the users. it came with a wide range of sending mail, has come with moving ability, searching the web far from the lesser part and functions as a download utility. When it was introduced it presented as a green talking parrot ultimately taking the form of a purple ape. This was designed and developed by JOE and JAY Bonzi in 1999 with functions similar to office assistant. Bonzi buddy is another bad application included in the adware family.