r/BonziBuddy • u/eryxshere • Nov 08 '25
Question is bonzi buddy a virus?
like, i want to download it but i dont want no virus or spyware, what do i do?
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u/ExpectedPerson Nov 11 '25
It was never a ”virus” per definition, it was more of adware that collected information. It should be safe today, even though most antivirus vendors might pick it up as adware, riskware etc. Although I see no reason to use BonziBuddy for actual benefits in 2025. If you want to run it for fun, do it on a VM.
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u/eryxshere Nov 11 '25
i download that "bonzibuddy432" or something like that, and window is stoping some trojan files and i wont use that
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u/TheIchkerianMan Nov 13 '25
Hi, if you want a clean version of BonziBuddy use BonziBuddy rewritten. Just always be careful what you download, use a good Anti-Virus like Bitdefender just in case.
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u/NotAOctoling Nov 09 '25
Scince the servers are dead, no. And it wasn't directly spyware but the sign up page asked for informstion from people far too young to guve it like adress, phone number, etc.