KaZaa and Morpheus | file sharing progs

yeah, and sometimes people overstep their boundaries, and break the rules.

it's called "pile-worthy".

well, then get robb to move it.

well, part of being a responsible member of this society, in my opinion, is conducting yourself in a manner where you don't have to have other people mod you - having the restraint, and enough respect for others that you moderate yourself, in other words.

i mean, someone tell me if i'm wrong...

The Pile
That's right. A great, steaming mound made by your friend, the Holy Buffalo. Actually, this is where you can post your flames, rants, spam, or off-topic, chat-like posts without retribution. Do us a favor and keep those posts out of the other forums so we don't have to make you suffer the consequences.

maybe my understanding of that paragraph is out of whack...

Don't have a baby dude, it won't happen again.

I'm sure it will.  its part of normal conversation, you start talking about somehting and it slowly morphs.

Kazaa is a good way to get a virus, I have heard...

I use it to get mp3z

I just downloaded KaZaa.... I'm loving it so far... works much better than Napster.
Damn you grinspoonz. You got me all scared now.

Taken from The Register:

KaZaA the Virus Desktop
By John Thornton, Hacker's Digest
Posted: 09/10/2001 at 12:02 GMT

KaZaA the media desktop has been one of the most successful replacements for file sharing after U.S. courts ordered Napster to shut down. KaZaA offers its users a way of sharing music, video, documents, images, and software.

But six per cent of all music downloaded from KaZaA is not music at all, but a virus. Currently, there is no way to infect mp3s with a virus; however KaZaA's poor filtering allows someone to rename a virus to - say - cant_touch_this.mp3.vbs. When you do a search for the song named "Can't Touch This" KazaA will display this as "cant_touch_this.mp3", without displaying the .vbs extension.

This problem affects more than music: Hacker's Digest Labs has found the Love Letter Virus disguise as videos, images and executables.

What does KaZaA say about this? This is what the FAQ has to say:

"Q: Can I get viruses using KaZaA?

A: As always when you are downloading or receiving files from the Internet, you must exercise caution. Certain file types may contain viruses or so-called Trojan horses. You should protect yourself by using regularly updated anti-virus software, for example Norton Antivirus (www.norton.com) or McAfee(www.mcafee.com). Both Norton and McAfee offer free 30-day trial versions that you can download directly from their web sites. Not all file types can contain viruses or Trojans. Music, video, and picture files are generally safe - that includes files with the extensions .mp3, .vaw, .mpg, .avi, .mov, .bmp and .jpg. PDF documents (.pdf) and text files (.txt) are also in general safe. You should be cautious of executable files (.exe) and Microsoft Word and Excel documents (.doc and .xls). These files are specified with a icon in the search results on KaZaA.com."

This is true, however with the poor filtering in the KaZaA media desktop, it is extremely easy for anyone to be tricked into running a virus thinking it is his or her favorite song. ®

it might not show the .vbs in the title.

but if you scroll all the way over to where it says "filename" it has to show it in there.

and if youre scared of a virus, do a scan on it before opening it.  

I usually just do a scan on the .exe's before opening.

Like I've said before, it's the spyware that I don't want on my machine. The virii don't worry me, NAV 2002 makes short work of most of those little suckers.

Most Trojans and virii are pretty easy to detect. Use your best judgement. Most mp3's are around 3-5 MBs. If you find an mp3 that's 100k or less, you know it's probably not an mp3...