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To: Bella_Bru
Kazaa has spyware. I like WinMX, but it ain't napster.

I SO miss Napster. Format-wise, MinMX is as close as it get (but it's incredibly SLOWWWW)

I've heard the spyware thing about Kazaa, what exactly is it and what does it do?

243 posted on 11/23/2002 10:25:52 PM PST by WarSlut
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To: WarSlut
Spyware is used by advertising companies. When you use sharewear, sometimes in addition to having pop ups and banners all over the place, it can leave spyware in your system. Basically, advertising companies also install tracking software on your system, which reports back to them.

And you're right, WinMX is dead slow, even with a high speed connection. At least with Napster, if you had DSL or cable, and you were dloading from somone with the same connection, it would move pretty fast. Not with WinMX.

251 posted on 11/23/2002 10:35:18 PM PST by Bella_Bru
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To: WarSlut; Bella_Bru
try Limewire
308 posted on 11/23/2002 11:52:05 PM PST by Axenolith
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