Re: KaZaA Spyware an urban myth - True or False?

[siljaline]

On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 00:08:07 +0100, Dave Whiteman
<Kantheus@nospam.kanthea.screaming.net> wrote:

>hmmm I guess I should have checked with Google *before* posting. This site
>(the first I looked at) has a pretty good description:
>http://www.imilly.com/kazaa.htm

http://www.geocities.com/merijn_bell...eankazaa2.html


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siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

[siljaline]

On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 03:47:01 +0100, Dave Whiteman
<Kantheus@nospam.kanthea.screaming.net> wrote:

>In the dim and distant past on Thu, 28 Aug 2003 19:55:35 -0400
>it was rumoured that siljaline spake thus:
>
>>On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 00:08:07 +0100, Dave Whiteman
>><Kantheus@nospam.kanthea.screaming.net> wrote:
>>
>>>hmmm I guess I should have checked with Google *before* posting. This site
>>>(the first I looked at) has a pretty good description:
>>>http://www.imilly.com/kazaa.htm
>>
>>http://www.geocities.com/merijn_bell...eankazaa2.html
>
>Useful site if you have KaZaA already or want to use it. I think I'll
>stick with WinMX although I haven't used it of late. P2P networks like
>KaZaA work best with broadband. As my ISP has a 2 hour disconnect with a
>random IP number and I only have a 56k modem I find usenet a much better
>place to download big files.
>
>I currently run Ad-Aware, tiny personal firewall and Avast antivirus - all
>free. The latter has a problem sending out loads of echo requests but
>their support site has details of how to cure it. (I thought I had been
>infected by a worm myself until I realised just *where* all the echo
>requests were going.)
>
>I use Agent for all news and e-mail that alone gives me pretty good
>protection (plus my suspicious nature!) since it doesn't appear to be
>targeted by the virus writers...yet!

That should read KaZaA "worms" best on broadband, Dave!

Have a look at this, what P2P *is* infected as what is not.
http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/p2p/



--
siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

[-=ô;ö=-]

"siljaline" <siljaline@invalid.com> wrote in message
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On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 03:47:01 +0100, Dave Whiteman
<Kantheus@nospam.kanthea.screaming.net> wrote:

>In the dim and distant past on Thu, 28 Aug 2003 19:55:35 -0400
>it was rumoured that siljaline spake thus:
>
>>On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 00:08:07 +0100, Dave Whiteman
>><Kantheus@nospam.kanthea.screaming.net> wrote:
>>
>>>hmmm I guess I should have checked with Google *before* posting. This site
>>>(the first I looked at) has a pretty good description:
>>>http://www.imilly.com/kazaa.htm
>>
>>http://www.geocities.com/merijn_bell...eankazaa2.html
>
>Useful site if you have KaZaA already or want to use it. I think I'll
>stick with WinMX although I haven't used it of late. P2P networks like
>KaZaA work best with broadband. As my ISP has a 2 hour disconnect with a
>random IP number and I only have a 56k modem I find usenet a much better
>place to download big files.
>
>I currently run Ad-Aware, tiny personal firewall and Avast antivirus - all
>free. The latter has a problem sending out loads of echo requests but
>their support site has details of how to cure it. (I thought I had been
>infected by a worm myself until I realised just *where* all the echo
>requests were going.)
>
>I use Agent for all news and e-mail that alone gives me pretty good
>protection (plus my suspicious nature!) since it doesn't appear to be
>targeted by the virus writers...yet!

That should read KaZaA "worms" best on broadband, Dave!

Have a look at this, what P2P *is* infected as what is not.
http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/p2p/



Seems strange that the article does not include the Direct Connect wares as
non-spyinfested..

[siljaline]

On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 07:19:03 GMT, "-=ô;ö=-" <Not.Telling@nowhere.com> wrote:

>http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/p2p/
>
>
>
>Seems strange that the article does not include the Direct Connect waresas
>non-spyinfested..

I didn't pen that article and I don't use P2P (repeating myself).



--
siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

[No Body]

siljaline <siljaline@invalid.com> scrawled in
news:mtfvkvgsqduad0hev469r0utrlttgk45sq@4ax.com:

Try KaZaA Lite (www.k-lite.tk) ... it's safer. I haven't seen a single
piece of adware with it.

> On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 07:19:03 GMT, "-=ô;ö=-"
> <Not.Telling@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
>>http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/p2p/
>>
>>
>>
>>Seems strange that the article does not include the Direct Connect
>>wares
> as
>>non-spyinfested..
>
> I didn't pen that article and I don't use P2P (repeating myself).
>
>
>
> --
> siljaline
>
> "Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's
> game because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be
> indistinguishable from -- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds
> possessing infinite amounts of free time." - Neil Stephenson,
> _Cryptonomicon_
>