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Posted: 7/24/2002 10:59:38 AM EDT
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Your question confuses me.......Neo
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Posted: 7/24/2002 11:02:56 AM EDT
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Quoted: Your question confuses me.......Neo Ditto that! I used Morpheus and switched to Kazaa---seems to be faster for me. No viruses yet...Don't you have anti-virus software??? |
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Posted: 7/24/2002 11:03:08 AM EDT
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Ok let me re phrase can I get a virus from downloading on morpheus??
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Posted: 7/24/2002 11:05:12 AM EDT
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never had a virus problem but they have a LOT of spyware that self installs. its also a major resource hog.
mike |
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Posted: 7/24/2002 11:06:34 AM EDT
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whats spyware???
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Posted: 7/24/2002 11:10:55 AM EDT
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Go here and download AdAware. It will find and remove the spyware on your computer. You'll be amazed at how much it finds
[url]http://www.lavasoftusa.com/[/url] |
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Posted: 7/24/2002 11:12:18 AM EDT
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Quoted: never had a virus problem but they have a LOT of spyware that self installs. its also a major resource hog. mike Morpheus must be the most poorly written piece of multithreaded software I have ever used. Those guys must think everyone has 2 gigs. of memory. Anyway, I have not noticed any spyware problems with Morpheus (at least, checking with ad-aware), however the newest versions are extremely slow. And the reason is obvious. It's not because the peer connections are slow, it's because the POS pushes so much spam through the pipe that there isn't any bandwidth left for your download! What a joke. That being said, I know Kazaa has a reputation for installing spyware, so I don't use it. |
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Posted: 7/24/2002 11:14:19 AM EDT
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Morpheus sucks now.
I use Kazaa [url]http://kazaa.com/en/index.php[/url] Works and looks like the old Morpheus did. |
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Posted: 7/24/2002 11:15:26 AM EDT
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It's very easy to get a virus downloading from the internet, there is a simple rule to keep you safe.
"DONT DOWNLOAD EXECUTABLES OR SCRIPTS!!!" [=D] That means anything you have to RUN may contain a virus. Once you're infected, you are in deep poopies. That includes lesser recognizable extensions such as .bat, .scr, .vbs, .exe, and so forth... |
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Posted: 7/24/2002 11:21:51 AM EDT
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I suppose you could download a virus but you would have to download a file with an extension of bat, exe, or com and then run it. You can't get a virus by downloading MP3s or pics. Also beware of microsoft office documents with macros.
I don't use virus protection at all and I've never had a problem. I don't use Outlook either. I recently downloaded Morpheus 1.9 and it works good for me. I have 256MB of ram. Ad Aware by Lavasoft didn't find any new spyware either. I keep the ref file updated too. Good luck, Shok |
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Posted: 7/24/2002 12:00:23 PM EDT
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Used to like Morpheus and then they changed to the newer version. To me it seemed like they wanted people to stop using it. Win MX and Kazaa Lite (no spyware version) are better, although I never used Kazaa thats what I've been told many times...
You won't (or shouldn't would be a better word) get a virus from downloading MP3's and MPEG, MOV, or AVI but there may be a possibility with the streaming type of extentions. I downloaded something and my virus checker flashed me saying its bad. It wasn't but my guess is the streaming type of extentions can possibly be a red flag at times. |
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Posted: 7/24/2002 12:03:06 PM EDT
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Quoted: Ok let me re phrase can I get a virus from downloading on morpheus?? Yes |
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Posted: 7/24/2002 12:12:23 PM EDT
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[url]www.kazaalite.com[/url]
It's the real Kazaa, but without the lag inducing spyware. Been using it for many months now, has worked better than everything else I've tried since Aimster went to being a pay site. |
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Posted: 7/24/2002 12:12:53 PM EDT
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I use Kazaa
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Posted: 7/24/2002 12:14:33 PM EDT
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my friend said he got a few viruses from morphues. one killed his PC
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Posted: 7/24/2002 4:40:55 PM EDT
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I got a bad one from IMESH. If you are downloading something that should be previewable but wont show the preview......BEWARE! There are virii out there that people are putting up that are the same size and have the same title as the stuff that you are downloading. It cost me MANY hours of restoring!
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Posted: 7/24/2002 4:52:34 PM EDT
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Those of you that don't run AV software... tsk tsk. IM me and we can work out a way for you to grab norton systemworks pro off my FTP - err, uh, I mean... from your closest retailer i mean, err - um - something like that.
BTW, Look for Kazaa lite. No spyware. (If kazaa is your thing, that is... [b]nothing like USENET baby.[/b]) |
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