Is Kazaa Dangerous?

[oscargarza88]

hey,
i have kazaa and i have heard people tell me to unistall it becuase 1, there r lots of viruses and 2, and more imoortant because they r traking down people that download music and fining them.
can somoene tell me if this is tru, because ive had it for a long log time and i have never downloaded a virus, and i only have about 100 songs so i dont have alot.
thanks

[gigdy]

Virus's: There are a lot but generally they only show up if you are d/Ling a small app.

RIAA: Im pretty sure they only are catching uploaders.

[TT]

No it's not IMO.. just avoid downloading exe files as for RIAA they won't argue if you won't download 10'000 mp3 every day

[oscargarza88]

i thought so...
thanks
but anyways most of the music from kazaa has this thing so u cant hear them.
what program do u recomend me instead of using kazaa?

[crazidude]

I haven't used Kazaa in ages because I didn't install a virus scanner at the time and I had to format because of it.
What do you plan to download? If its video files or music I use IRC, but for programs and such I use ed2k, overnet or emule.

[oscargarza88]

Originally Posted by crazidude I haven't used Kazaa in ages because I didn't install a virus scanner at the time and I had to format because of it. What do you plan to download? If its video files or music I use IRC, but for programs and such I use ed2k, overnet or emule.

i dowload music most of the time, sometimes some vids and occasionally programs

[veteq]

would stay away, I friend of mine just got a message while down loading saying, "you are presently being tracked by a federal agency....and so on" this warning was sent by his service provider.

[Fleischmann]

Originally Posted by oscargarza88 i thought so... thanks but anyways most of the music from kazaa has this thing so u cant hear them. what program do u recomend me instead of using kazaa?

DC++...you can get virtually anything at high transfers. But ya must share a lot, usually over 10 or 20Gigs (anything up to 165GB!!).

[Wide]

You can have the virus with any file.. It can be attached easly to any file (like 1kb-600MB)..
I was usin kaza for 3 years I though.. I never had viruses.. First thing when u download something scan it with a updated antivirus program.. And the other thing I was 2 lucky because of havin no viruses..

[Wide]

Can anyone give me some nice servers about DC.. I can share upto 30 gb or somethin like that..

[oscargarza88]

Originally Posted by Fleischmann Originally Posted by oscargarza88 i thought so... thanks but anyways most of the music from kazaa has this thing so u cant hear them. what program do u recomend me instead of using kazaa? DC++...you can get virtually anything at high transfers. But ya must share a lot, usually over 10 or 20Gigs (anything up to 165GB!!).

well, first of all i dont know what dc is, and 2nd i dont have lots of thinig to share on my comp becaus ei erase eveything do it runs faster

[TT]

Ugh! To erase is BAD always burn for future reference

[bmwfreak]

I'd actually recommend Kazaa Lite K++. Stay away from Imesh, if you;ve heard of it, and i cant comment on DC since i've never heard of it.

KLK++ isnt too bad, and its similar enough to Kazaa to make the transition easier. It has no pop-ups, adware or spyware, and the downloads are pretty fast. I dont have a URL as to wher eyou can d/l it (it was free), since the makers of Kazaa want to sue the makers of KLK++.

I do have the installer though. Mesg me on MSN or YM if you want it. (=

[oscargarza88]

Originally Posted by TT Ugh! To erase is BAD always burn for future reference

i want to but i have a problem...
my comp had a virus (not thru kazaa) so had to formatt it but ididnt have the recovery cd so a friemd put the windowx xp pro and downloaded some drivers but alot of drivers r missing, and we look hard 4 them, and in the recovery cd there was tyhe doftware to burn cds and i dont hae it so i want to get that cd so i can ae my comp normal again but i dont know if i should call sony or the place wher ei bought it, and ive tried calling but its almost always busy, does someon eknow where 2 find such cds?

thanks

[DeMoN]

well if you are dloading illegal stuff, why not get norton anyways?