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Summary: BullsEye Network is adware, and should be removed with a spyware removal tool.
It's apparently part of something called BargainBuddy, which is adware. I'd grab a spyware removal tool and run it, or you can get more information on BargainBuddy, including removal instructions. • Related:
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I'm contacting you cyber people from Australia. For the past 3 months now i have been "harrassed" by this site called Bullseye. Now i was under the impression that the United States Gov had created laws regarding spam! My only question is, why are companies like 'addidas' allowing this bullseye to promote their products? Is this legal in the United States?
Posted by: Mikey JJ at June 26, 2005 11:07 PMIt should be against the law to cause a person to reboot their computer because of a pop up ad. I was trying to sell a stock when it happened to me and by the time I got back the ad had cost me over $2,400. To stop this we will probably need to collectively initiate a muti-million dollar class action law suit. restraint of trade? Civil right interference? Let the attorneys decide.
Posted by: popeye at July 29, 2005 6:56 AMSame stuff happened to me. Thought I had some virus, couldn't end the processes that were doing it, more adware apearing outta nowhere. Well now I'm gonna download the software needed to stop this! Thanks for the info guys!
Posted by: Jon at August 5, 2005 6:06 PMI wanted to post an update, Ad-aware SE Personal was unable to get rid of the problem, bullseye network is multiplying in my hardrive and its eating at my settings and memory! gosh i don't know what to do, it's only a matter of time before I'll have to run a system recovery AGAIN!
Posted by: Jon at August 13, 2005 10:20 PMOK, I think we have enough support to finally go after this company that makes BargainBuddy.
Our only hope is to take down the companies that produce these programs -- in court. Microsoft could sue them for every dime they made off of "BullsEye Network"...
This specific spyware problem can be cleaned pretty easily, however. There are worse.
Posted by: Benjamin Lindelof at August 22, 2005 9:25 AMjust out of curiosity i googled "bullseye" after i cleaned my machine, and found your forum.
not finding bullseye in the add/remove, i went to my old standby, and this will do it. at least it did for me.
all credit goes to that great free remover BAZOOKA. sorry if recomendations are inappropriate. i have been going to his site for problems for several years.
if it works send him a couple bucks. keep him going.
i have absolutely no connection with him, his site, or anything else, just trying to help.
good luck to all, hope this helps
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/library/bullseye/index.phtml
Posted by: leonard at September 3, 2005 11:42 AM[replaced much copyrighted material with link -Leo]
Spy bot completly removes the bullseye network files and removes it from add/remove program files. How i done it was using another pc and my flash drive pen, i downloaded spy bot on the pc and opened it into the flash drive, once installed on the flash drive i ran the updates directly into the program on the flash drive.
Posted by: Bob Hoskin at October 2, 2005 2:13 AMthen plugged it into the infected pc and ran it from windows, and of course it cant stop the program running because its in a envirement it cant alter.
If you get virtual memory problems and cant run anything , use task manager alt/ctrl/del,and find the bargain buddy running process and stop it , giving you back your virtual memory , to run the program.
good luck & hope this helps
Forgot to mention spy bot is free and no registration needed.
Posted by: Bob Hoskin at October 2, 2005 2:22 AMHope you dont mind me posting how i got over this problem Leo, but it may be of help to others.
hello, im part of an investigation about computer spyware, adware, hijackers, exc. and trying to dig up as much info about the major companies producing them to pursue legal action. It would help incredibly much if anyone has information on the subject that they would view helpful to me. I, with the help of the local government am trying to rid computers of this cyber-vandalism! Ive seen them before, if you have found a text file on your computer that says it grants the rights of a certain spyware company the rights to downloading their software onto your computer, please let me see a copy. thankyou.
Posted by: Mark Chauvin at April 12, 2006 2:41 PMWell, I am sorry for all of your losses, but next time, choose mac! Mac has almost NO viruses to date and it is a great Operating System, especially with leopard out now. This would never happen on a mac and to be honest, I also have a dell, and that has had a few viruses... GET MAC!
Posted by: Matthew at November 7, 2007 2:08 PM