ITBrew published an article that will bring back memories for many people (the CEO of the company I work for in particular), but especially some that are active here.
Bonzi BUddy was one of the adware infections that were going to change the anti-virus industry into the anti-malware industry, because it was so hard to remove for users.
You can read the full story here: https://www.itbrew.com/stories/2025/05/14/how-a-purple-talking-gorilla-took-spyware-mainstream
Good stuff mate