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Re: Not a perl question but help is needed.

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on Nov 01, 2003 at 13:45 UTC ( [id://303825]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

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Kazaa is notorious for including adware, spyware, slimeware and doing bad stuff to PCs. I would not trust any machine that has it installed.

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Re: Re: Not a perl question but help is needed.
by tretin (Friar) on Nov 01, 2003 at 14:07 UTC
    i would uninstall kazaa, and do a general sweep of the machine to clean out all of those little goodies left behind. there are utils that will do this for you, or if you wish, you can remove most of it fairly easily (check your startup / registry for programs that look suspicious).

    kazaa is a dirty little program, it's like leaving your front door open when you're not home. but then file sharing is evil and wrong anyway.

    -regards

    t r e t i n

      Kazza should make connection to other hosts only if i upload or download stuff. The peroblem with me is that i see connections even though kazaa is idle!!!
      but then file sharing is evil and wrong anyway.
      Yeah obviously, and so is burning CDs. sigh

      Makeshifts last the longest.

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