Does anyone else like the "Weatherbug" that came with AIM

[LostInAnomie]

I love it... but I am kind of a dork.

[ima_sinnic]

1. be prepared for an onslaught of spam & pop-ups

I believe that is industrial-strength spyware & adware

[LostInAnomie]

2. I can handle it

I love that little thing.

[CatWoman]

7. you WILL care

once all those ads and spyware screws up your operating system.

I just installed spysweeper and ad-aware, because all those popups and adware kept screwing up my computer. It got to the point where I couldn't log off properly. And WeatherBug was the chief culprit.

Listen to these guys..................

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Look for WeatherPulse...

weather anywhere, warnings, weathermap screensavers, but with no nagware or popups.

on edit:

http://www.tropicdesigns.net/

[Wilber_Stool]

5. Saw your post.

Downloaded Weather Pulse. Very cool.

[oxymoron]

12. I downloaded it also

Thanks for the link.

[rhino47]

4. Im on my sisters computer that had weatherbug

bad bad bad bad.The concept is really cool.But all the malware,spyware etc sucks.

[Zomby Woof]

6. the Weather Channel's monitor is MUCH better

WeatherBug is terrible. I tried the AIM version, and it consistently predicted highs nearly 20 degrees higher than actual. :wtf:

Maybe when they say "bug" they mean it literally, because it was horribly flawed.

Weather.com has a cool freebie, and no spam or pop-ups without your consent.

[CatWoman]

8. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh

Big Brother always comes thru!!!!

Just uninstalled WeatherBug, and installed weather.com program

:hi:

[Zomby Woof]

9. weeeeeeeee!

My favorite is the radar map!! I can track the monsoons this time of year, and snow in the winter. :hi:

[never cry wolf]

10. Weather underground

www.wunderground.com has much better radar and is more up to date than weather.com (under 5 mins current compared to 30.)

[TreasonousBastard]

14. Best site I know of...

recommended to me by the weather obsessed of my acquaintance. Really good around hurricane season.

Actually, although I found WeatherPulse to be the best of the desktop stuff, I rarely run it and usually just look out the window.

[newyawker99]

11. I had WeatherBug at one time too. I uninstalled it

for the same reasons already stated in this thread.

[mvd]

13. The stand-alone Weatherbug is supposedly spyware free

But at one time they bundled it with the dreaded Gator spyware, and ever since then I'm not sure I can trust it. I've heard that Minibug, which seems related to Weatherbug, is minor-level spyware. And I've seen references to Minibug on my system. Also, in these times, I'm not sure I want anything connected to a government agency.

The only reasons I still have it installed are the local temperature, the updated seven day forecast, and the weather quiz.

[Snoggera]

15. Why not just use NOAA and forget about

having to endure unpleasantness?

http://www.weather.gov/radar_tab.html