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05 Nov 02 - 07:02 PM (#819450) Subject: BS: Fun Cursors (Comet Cursor) From: catspaw49 Okay.....I guess I must be the last person on the planet to find these, but if I'm not, here's the info. Comet Cursor is a quick change cursor gizmo with over 4000 images you can use for a cursor instead of the theme stuff or the "boring arrow." I found out about it over at the Weimaraner site I frequent and I now have a Weimie Cursor. Wife Karen tells me her lab even uses the things for seasonal stuff....they are just kinda' cute and the download hasn't taken over anything yet, so I'm having fun! Michael loves all the Pokemon stuff and there are a couple of guitars, fiddle, and harp, along with some other musical stuff like clefs and things. If you want to give it a try it's The Comet Cursor Website. Spaw |
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05 Nov 02 - 07:17 PM (#819458) Subject: RE: BS: Fun Cursors (Comet Cursor) From: alison oh yay... I now have a little green lizard running over my screen..... the kids'll love this thanks spaw slainte alison |
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05 Nov 02 - 07:31 PM (#819470) Subject: RE: BS: Fun Cursors (Comet Cursor) From: NicoleC Bear in mind that Comet Cursor got caught collecting data without their user's permissions. While the company insists they are only collecting info on cursors and not personal info (and by all reports, that's true), it wasn't exactly nice of the company to do so without notifying users. My personal beef is that folks all over my office with win95 and Win98 have installed the program -- or rather, it installs itself if you aren't careful, particularly with the older version of RealPlayer -- and their machines tend to be plaqued by mysterious crashes and system resource lockups. I can't say for sure it's Comet Cursor, because I do a thorough cleaning when there's a problem found with a machine, but it does seem to be the common denominator. So if your computer starts mysteriously acting up after installing it... |
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05 Nov 02 - 07:35 PM (#819473) Subject: RE: BS: Fun Cursors (Comet Cursor) From: GUEST SPYWARE!! DON'T DO IT! |
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05 Nov 02 - 07:37 PM (#819476) Subject: RE: BS: Fun Cursors (Comet Cursor) From: Bill D *sigh*...yep.."Comet Cursor" has a pretty bad reputation as using a fun thing to collect data...you decide. |
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05 Nov 02 - 07:41 PM (#819479) Subject: RE: BS: Fun Cursors (Comet Cursor) From: Bill D here is a thread you can read from a newsgroup about Comet cursor |
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06 Nov 02 - 10:51 AM (#819925) Subject: RE: BS: Fun Cursors (Comet Cursor) From: mack/misophist Not just Spyware, archetypical spyware. |
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06 Nov 02 - 11:10 AM (#819939) Subject: RE: BS: Fun Cursors (Comet Cursor) From: Gypsy I bought a pommie cursor via ebay.........and got the other cutesy type ones same place.....on floppy. Would rather pay 5$ for it, than concern myself over a fabulous freebie |
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06 Nov 02 - 12:16 PM (#820022) Subject: RE: BS: Fun Cursors (Comet Cursor) From: GUEST,Kim C no cookie I had it, I took it off. Supposedly it increases pop-up ads on your computer. It is a fun little program, though. I had a violin cursor. |
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06 Nov 02 - 03:52 PM (#820214) Subject: RE: BS: Fun Cursors (Comet Cursor) From: katlaughing I had it and got rid of it, too. Had problems with pop-up and mysterious things just after I'd installed it. Once I got rid of it, problems went away. |
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06 Nov 02 - 05:15 PM (#820273) Subject: RE: BS: Fun Cursors (Comet Cursor) From: mike the knife gonna miss Jack Kerouac... |
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08 Nov 02 - 09:51 AM (#821415) Subject: RE: BS: Fun Cursors (Comet Cursor) From: GUEST How does spyware work? Comet has been fun but it has slowed down my macine. |
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08 Nov 02 - 11:23 AM (#821496) Subject: RE: BS: Fun Cursors (Comet Cursor) From: Mark Clark Check out the Spywareinfo Web site, home of the spyware weekly. They also have forums to discuss spyware—including Comet—and get help identifying and removing the stuff. WebAttack.com is another site and one where you can download the Ad-Aware program to purge your system of spyware including Comet. You can also obtain the free Ad-Aware program from it's home site at The Lavasoft Corp. Ad-Aware will let you clean your PC free of charge. They also have a commercial product that runs in the background and keeps your computer from being infected in the first place. Make no mistake, Comet is an infection. - Mark |
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05 Dec 02 - 12:03 AM (#841094) Subject: RE: BS: Fun Cursors (Comet Cursor) From: GUEST,.gargoyle Good Stuff!??????????????????
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05 Dec 02 - 09:29 PM (#841976) Subject: RE: BS: Fun Cursors (Comet Cursor) From: Stephen L. Rich Thankyou!! When I reformatted my 'puter a few months ago Comet Cursor was one of the bookmarks that got lost. I haven't had time since then to go looking for it. Cool stuff. |