My 5-year-old nephew's Mac (OS 9.2) is now getting a warning that Cyber
Patrol is not working and hence he cannot access the internet. He must
have installed this from some game's disk, none of us adults put it on
there. His computer is not permanently attached to the internet, and in
seaching for an answer to this problem I read that Cyber Patrol
software doesn't work if you install it while not on the internet, so
this is probably part of the problem. I cannot find the parts of this
thing to disable it - I've looked in start-up items, control panels,
and extensions, and done a search for "cyber" and "patrol" with no
results. I want to get it off - it puts up annoying pop-ups, and now he
can't get on the internet if we hook him up (with supervision of
course).

Any help would be appreciated! Thanks.

On 7/11/04 2:45 AM, in article 110720040247561957%LPatsco@aol.communge,
"Lorraine" <LPatsco@aol.communge> wrote:

> My 5-year-old nephew's Mac (OS 9.2) is now getting a warning that Cyber
> Patrol is not working and hence he cannot access the internet. He must
> have installed this from some game's disk, none of us adults put it on
> there. His computer is not permanently attached to the internet, and in
> seaching for an answer to this problem I read that Cyber Patrol
> software doesn't work if you install it while not on the internet, so
> this is probably part of the problem. I cannot find the parts of this
> thing to disable it - I've looked in start-up items, control panels,
> and extensions, and done a search for "cyber" and "patrol" with no
> results. I want to get it off - it puts up annoying pop-ups, and now he
> can't get on the internet if we hook him up (with supervision of
> course).
>
> Any help would be appreciated! Thanks.

http://www.peacefire.org/bypass/Cyber_Patrol/

Maybe this'll help?

Srb

> http://www.peacefire.org/bypass/Cyber_Patrol/
>
> Maybe this'll help?
>
> Srb

Thank you. That file location on their server gives a corrupt archive
file, but I wormed around somehow and found a good one. I didn't try it
yet. I finally got a response about how to remove this thing and I'm
going to my nephew's house this weekend to try everything.

Here's what I got:


CyberPatrol MAC version is discontinued and no longer supported.
CyberPatrol does not install/activate itself, it requires manual
installation including acceptance of the license agreement and clicking
Next several times. As well as being sold individually, CyberPatrol
version 4 was included on many learning and games CD's e.g. Reader
Rabbit, Maths and Learning Company. It was also preinstalled on Gateway
PC's built in the late 1990's.

Go into the mac HD and open the Cyber Patrol folder and click on the
badge symbol.

Then click on "File" and select "Uninstall". At the password screen
type in "omed" and click "OK". Say yes to restarting the Mac.

If you need the file please visit:
ftp://ftp.cyberpatrol.com/download/o...4/cyberpat.hqx

You will need to delete the file called sys$pref to reinstall Cyber
Patrol.
Then follow the instructions above to uninstall.

If someone has attempted to remove CyberPatrol by putting the
CyberPatrol file into the trash to delete then to restore MAC TCP after
trashing of CP

Install a fresh version of TCP/IP from the system CD that came with the
Mac.
This is the procedure:

*** Before you begin go to the MAC TCP already in place and write down
the settings.
Go to the Apple - Control Panels - and open the MacTCP. Write down the
settings and then move the old MacTCP to the trash.

1. Insert the CD containing the MacOS.
2. Double-click "MacOS Install".
3. Select the hard drive for the OS and click "Select"
4. Click "Add/Remove" button.
5. Click the MacOS $ checkbox; select "Customized Installation..."
in the popup menu to the right.
7. Click the small triangle to open "Network & Connectivity".
8. Click the "Open Transport" checkbox.
9. Click "OK".
10. Once the clean original is restored you will need to enter the
settings
that you wrote down and save the file.

I was the one who created that "bypass Cyber Patrol" page, but those
instructions are no longer maintained (and in any case do not work for
a Mac). I don't know how to permanently get rid of Cyber Patrol for
the Mac, however if all you want to do is to be able to access Web
sites that are occasionally blocked by Cyber Patrol, then go to
http://www.peacefire.org/circumvento...tructions.html

You don't actually install that program on the Mac -- you get a friend
who has Windows to install it on their computer, and then the
installation program gives you a URL for circumventing blocking
software. Then you take that URL and use it on the Mac (or any other
computer that has blocking software on it) and it will let you access
any page you want.

This won't work, however, for circumventing certain features, for
example if Cyber Patrol blocks all Internet access after a certain
time of night.

-Bennett

Lorraine <LPatsco@aol.communge> wrote in message news:<170720041714502177%LPatsco@aol.communge>...
> > http://www.peacefire.org/bypass/Cyber_Patrol/
> >
> > Maybe this'll help?
> >
> > Srb
>
> Thank you. That file location on their server gives a corrupt archive
> file, but I wormed around somehow and found a good one. I didn't try it
> yet. I finally got a response about how to remove this thing and I'm
> going to my nephew's house this weekend to try everything.
>
> Here's what I got:
>
>
> CyberPatrol MAC version is discontinued and no longer supported.
> CyberPatrol does not install/activate itself, it requires manual
> installation including acceptance of the license agreement and clicking
> Next several times. As well as being sold individually, CyberPatrol
> version 4 was included on many learning and games CD's e.g. Reader
> Rabbit, Maths and Learning Company. It was also preinstalled on Gateway
> PC's built in the late 1990's.
>
> Go into the mac HD and open the Cyber Patrol folder and click on the
> badge symbol.
>
> Then click on "File" and select "Uninstall". At the password screen
> type in "omed" and click "OK". Say yes to restarting the Mac.
>
> If you need the file please visit:
> ftp://ftp.cyberpatrol.com/download/o...4/cyberpat.hqx
>
> You will need to delete the file called sys$pref to reinstall Cyber
> Patrol.
> Then follow the instructions above to uninstall.
>
> If someone has attempted to remove CyberPatrol by putting the
> CyberPatrol file into the trash to delete then to restore MAC TCP after
> trashing of CP
>
> Install a fresh version of TCP/IP from the system CD that came with the
> Mac.
> This is the procedure:
>
> *** Before you begin go to the MAC TCP already in place and write down
> the settings.
> Go to the Apple - Control Panels - and open the MacTCP. Write down the
> settings and then move the old MacTCP to the trash.
>
> 1. Insert the CD containing the MacOS.
> 2. Double-click "MacOS Install".
> 3. Select the hard drive for the OS and click "Select"
> 4. Click "Add/Remove" button.
> 5. Click the MacOS $ checkbox; select "Customized Installation..."
> in the popup menu to the right.
> 7. Click the small triangle to open "Network & Connectivity".
> 8. Click the "Open Transport" checkbox.
> 9. Click "OK".
> 10. Once the clean original is restored you will need to enter the
> settings
> that you wrote down and save the file.

> I was the one who created that "bypass Cyber Patrol" page,

Thank you!

I tried the instructions I finally received for removing CyberPatrol
from Mac, but this part -

" Go into the mac HD and open the Cyber Patrol folder and click on the
badge symbol.
Then click on "File" and select "Uninstall". At the password screen
type in "omed" and click "OK". Say yes to restarting the Mac. "

- did not work. I tried re-installing CyberPatrol, but it gave me all
kinds of errors when trying to uninstall itself, usually along the
lines that the version I was trying to uninstall did not match the
extension (and meanwhile I cannot find a CyberPatrol extension). Then
it would throw itself into the trash ! leaving its cancer behind.

When I replaced the TCP/IP control panel as instructed, the error at
startup went away, but I still have not tried to see if the Mac can now
get on the internet.