Comet Cursor

When something is given away for free to millions upon millions of people, and is allowed to be used on a global scale as much as you like, and you have permission to give it away all over again, just to add a bit of glamour to a web site. Something's not quite right? Well that's what i think anyway, perhaps i read too much into things, BUT! An internet experience I had that some may relate to. ~~~~~"Boy, this page is taking age's to load".~~~~~ ~~~~~"Ah, at last, somethings happening".~~~~~ ~~~~~"Ooer', what's this".~~~~~~ Staring you in the face is a pop up box. "Would you like to download ... more

Some time in 1999 a piece of software from a company called Comet Systems found it's way onto millions of computers across the world...people had no idea where it came from and no idea what it was doing or whether it was safe to remove it. You either ignored it or you investigated it further, one person who did the latter used a packet sniffer to see just what the software program was doing and found it transmitting data from his computer to a remote location. The cry went up - "the Comet Cursor is evil spyware"! The computer press jumped on it, respected sources everywhere agreed the program ... more

The comet cursor may look like a funky little dooberry so enhance your website and give it a bit of originality, but in actual fact the cursèd cursor (fine archaic orthography!) contains a nasty payload. Whilst you obliviously let the comet cursor guide people across your websites, you are actually giving a spyware application free rein to reveal your surfing habits to third parties, and pry on your internet habits. Aside from being an example of spyware, what does the comet cursor do? Well simply put, it should help improve the browsing experience of the site (its claim - Yeah right!) with ... more

Here is a snappy little site that will give you a real giggle and enhance your dull old mouse pointer, throw that dull dreary arrow in the bin and get yourself a comet cursor. www.cometcursor is a site that allows you to acquire as many different cursors as you so wish. An extensive library offers you 2, 500 to choose from in a variety of categories, these include: Animals – including cats, dogs, butterflies Bands, Celebrities, Every cartoon character possible, Sports, People, Teddy bears, And tons more. A small download taking around 2 minutes is all that’s needed to get you ... more

Comet Cursor... Where did it come from? How did it get here? And what does it want? In 1999, Comet Cursor, Developed by Comet Systems, suddenly started appearing on computers around the world. This software allows you to change your standard cursor and trun it into some great images, like animals, technology images, photos of famous people etc. This is the part where hundreds, if not millions of people suddenly hate me... I admit to liking Comet Cursor. If you have read the other revews on Ciao, you may have a negative outlook on this particular piece of software, but acutally I think its a ... more