is zwinky a virus? or is it safe? what should i do?

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• Here is what Wikipedia says:

  Zwinky adds the MyWeb Searchbar toolbar to the following applications: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, AOL 9.0 Email and Browser, Becky!, IncrediMail, MSN Dial-up Service, AOL Instant Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, and Windows Live Messenger.[1]

  Once Zwinky is installed, the MyWeb Searchbar runs on startup. When users attempt to visit nonexistent pages, the software redirects them to search.mywebsearch.com. MyWeb Searchbar has been included on lists of known spyware.[2] A review from McAfee SiteAdvisor of the Zwinky website states, “In our tests, this site promoted downloads that some people consider adware, spyware or other potentially unwanted programs.” There are also many user review complaints about the spyware that the Zwinky website supports.[3]

  I suggest you uninstall it.

  You may need help with that. Run the unistaller after booting into safe mode.

  You should run a scan with one of the best free programs linked below.

  http://www.superantispyware.com/

  http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

  If the uninstaller does not remove Zwinky I suggest you ask for help at

  Bleeping Computer. It is free and very professional.

  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/

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  is zwinky a virus? or is it safe? what should i do?

  i just downloaded zwinky, and its a cool game and all, but what i am most concern about if it is a virus. if it is how do you take it off your computer for good, if it isn’t then should i downloaded the add Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5 to play games or is that pushing it to far?

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  Back in 2010 i had an account that was maxed out with the best things. i paid over 1,240$ into that account. It was hacked. so i made a different one and spent about half that on it. my computer then got a virus and shut down. so i got a new one. then, low and behold, i got another virus. so after 4 computers i stopped playing the game. I started emailing the company and they told me the same thing. so after i got a mac i downloaded it. thank god for steve jobs because the mac is alot stronger than windows. but it still tried to invade my computer… so i lost all of the information on my computer (including my last presentations i had to complete for high school) so i do believe zwinky is a virus. dont re download it unless youre willing to loose everything.

• Zwinky is a very popular site and has lots of fun things to do. the problem is, it is a virus. it may say norton secured the site, but truthfully it does not. i tried to download the game and it was fun until it screwed my computer up. i had to go out and get it fixed for about $150. It may be a fun game but it really is not worth losing your computer.

• Create an ANSI C program that will read a textfile containing a 25 x 25 matrix of the character ‘x’ or the blank space. Display the initial generation using the function printf. Calculate the next generation using the rules mentioned above and save it in another textfile. The filenames of the input and output textfiles should be specified as command-line parameters.

• zwinky is free because it makes its money from spyware/adware, do you want spyware/adware ?

  run free superantispyware if you’ve download it & your see what I mean.

  Source(s): Zwinky Toolbar – adware

  http://www.pchell.com/support/mywebsearch.shtml