About
Bonzi Buddy is a malware designed to look like an aiding and organizing program with the ability to tell jokes, organize events, etc. Bonzi Buddy has became famous for it’s annoying voice (utilizing the Microsoft text-to-speech capabilities), random and interrupting conversations with the viewer, etc.
Origin
Bonzi Buddy was made by an organization known as Bonzi Software in the early 2000s. The program was originally meant as an ad ware, but summarily became a spyware/malware tool. The software existed until 2004, when Bonzi Software went out of business. However, Bonzi Buddy can still be downloaded from a fan site (link unavaliable for virus protection).
Vinesauce
In February of 2014, Joel from the internet streaming site Vinesauce featured a video in which the streamer destroyed an emulated Windows XP computer utilizing multiple viruses and malwares, including Bonzi Buddy. The program was the reason for the destruction of said computer by deletion of system 32, after the program told a joke.
Childs Protection lawsuit
On February 18th, 2008, the Federal Trade commission instructed the company of Bonzi Software to pay over 75,000$ for violating the terms of the Childrens Online Privacy Protection act by collecting information from children under the legal age described in the act.