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Fri, Apr 5th 2002 3:44pm — Mike Masnick
It seems that these days if you want to offer a software product for download, you put it on CNET's download.com. So, if they kick you off, it has to hurt your distribution. Today, CNET took Kazaa off the site for violating their policies by bundling a secret program within the Kazaa download.
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  1. identicon
    Mango, 5 Apr 2002 @ 11:15pm

    and rightfully so

    yeah, and I tried to uninstall the bloodsucker from within KaZaA
    as explained in the ZDNET article but to no avail .
    http://zdnet.com.com/2251-1110-875169.html

    after uninstalling, when I tried to restart KaZaA
    " cannot start due to missing components "
    ughhh ..

    [ link to this | view in thread ]

  2. identicon
    Al, 6 Apr 2002 @ 3:31am

    No Subject Given

    Does anyone know yet what this program does?

    [ link to this | view in thread ]

  3. identicon
    Zak McKracken, 7 Apr 2002 @ 8:27pm

    Re: No Subject Given

    IIRC, the 'hidden client' is one of a distributed network/seti type, but with a twist. The client not only allows for distributed computing, but also allows for distributed file transfers - eg: it can stick part or all of a file on your pc, and your PC sends it to a host on demand. Great for those paying per meg :/

    [ link to this | view in thread ]

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    Mark Fox, 8 Apr 2002 @ 9:04am

    Re: and rightfully so

    I don't think the uninstall program actually does anything other then delete some files. After doing ZDNET states you should still check the Windows registery for keys that name BDEviewer and other BDE related stuff. There is alot of keys left over including one in your start commands.

    [ link to this | view in thread ]

  5. identicon
    Marcus S., 14 May 2002 @ 5:56pm

    Re: and rightfully so

    I HAVE SAME PROBLEMS WITH MISING COMPONENTS. I HAVNT EVEN ABLE TO USE KAZAA ONCE BECAUSE OF IT. I DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT COMPONENTS ITS TALKING ABOUT.

    [ link to this | view in thread ]


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