Spyware Guide’s entry on the program states that it installs automatically without user knowledge or consent via an ActiveX object in Internet Explorer.Īnti-virus company Trend Micro classified the software as spyware/grayware and adware, but not malware.īonziBUDDY ApeThere were two legal cases about the software. reported the settlement of a class action suit on May 27, 2003.
Originally brought against Bonzi Software on December 4, 2002, the suit accused Bonzi of using its banner advertisements of deceptively imitating Windows computer alerts, alerting the user that their IP Address is being broadcast.
In the settlement, Bonzi agreed to modify their ads so that they looked less like a Windows dialogue box and to make them more obviously advertisements.
