posted on January 3, 2003 02:00:08 AM new
I use Kazza to download all my music or video files. I also have a Dell 8200 PC, It's pretty much top of the line. I got it in July of 2002 and it was running sooo fast. I mean everything just flew on it, it was great. Then around october, it started acting weird, programs were crashing alot, then it just ended up going very slow like I had an old Pentium 2 233mhz computer or something. I noticed some of these problems right after my norton antivirus expired. So i got something else thinking that maybe i had a virus or something. I did a full PC scan and found nothing. I also remember that i upgraded to the latest verson of Kazaa around that time. Is it Kazza?? or just some other program i have running on my machine. I ended up having to wipe my whole hard drive out in the beginning of Dec. which if you have had to do this, its a big pain starting all over. Now here we are in the beginning of jan and I have the same problem. It started about 2 weeks after I wiped my machine out. I took a chance hoping that kazza wasnt the problem and installed it again, but im here with the same slow garbage machine and its really pissing me off. Any tips or similar problems PLEASE let me know!!! Thank you very much. -yourelectronicstore
posted on January 3, 2003 08:47:52 AM new
Kazaa does have spyware. I believe it's Cydoor. Here is a page about spyware.
You might want to check out AdAware lavasoft.de. There is a link to a support board on that page if you need assistance or have questions. Upgrade your virus protection. Use a firewall.
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You have the right to an informed opinion -Harlan Ellison
[ edited by snowyegret on Jan 3, 2003 08:54 AM ]
posted on January 3, 2003 09:18:37 AM new
First of all, check out kazaalite, it doesn't use any spyware.
Not sure if your problem occurs when Kazaa is running or at any time. Kazaa is an absolute memory (RAM) hog. I have 512 mb of DDR RAM in a 2.0Ghz machine, and if kazaa is running, it's not unusual for cacheman (a fabulous memory utility) to show one 1 or 2 mb of RAM available. Normally closing Kazaa frees up the vast majority of my memory.
If your system lags constantly, i.e., when Kazaa is not running, I don't have an answer for you.
posted on January 3, 2003 09:51:12 AM new
Hi Deuce. Good to see you. Some are reporting spyware from Kazaa Lite 2.0.2 on alt.privacy.spyware. If you have 2.0, don't upgrade.
Here is a gem from Brilliant Digital's Annual report.
"NETWORK SERVICES - Altnet's Network Services will be marketed as money saving, enterprise solutions to companies that spend significant amounts on Internet bandwidth and infrastructure for the following applications:
File downloads from web sites or servers;
Content distribution, including "push" (where content such as music, movies, news, sports or weather, is automatically "pushed" to the user) and cached on their PC;
Ad serving;
Content backup; and
Video messaging/conferencing.
An example of Network Services is ad serving. When a user opens a new Web page, and the banner ad which appears on that page is delivered by a third party ad serving company, such as DoubleClick, the third party ad serving company incurs infrastructure, management, bandwidth and processing costs for every single banner ad which gets served. Often times, the same ad gets "served" millions of times each month. Using Altnet's proposed solutions, all of those ads could be delivered to the users via the Altnet network, thereby saving costs for third party ad serving companies."
From their end user agreement:
Brilliant Digital Entertainment, Inc
END USER AGREEMENT
"4. Upgrades and Access.
(a) [...]
(b) You hereby grant BDE the right to access and use the unused computing power and storage space on your computer/s and/or internet access or bandwidth for the aggregation of content and use in distributed computing. The user acknowledges and authorizes this use without the right of compensation. Notwithstanding the above, in the event usage of your computer is initiated by a party other than you, BDE will grant you the ability to deny access."
Not me. Screw them.
You have the right to an informed opinion -Harlan Ellison
posted on January 3, 2003 11:06:40 AM new
What about Norton System Works? Why don't you have a current copy on your PC to keep it running in top-notch condition?
You know, of the many myths surrounding computers, there is one Myth that gets dispelled rather quickly. That myth is that Windows Operating System (O/S0 runs forever cleanly without any problems, and if you have problems, it's not Windows fault.
The truth of the matter is that Windows slowly self-destructs.
Windows creates errors each and every day, each and every time that you turn your machine on. Truthfully, these are usually little errors, but they do accumulate: they do not disspell eventually. The longer that you run your computer and the more work that you do with it processing data of all sorts, the quicker the system will break down.
At first, your Windows system begins to slow down, due to the load of errors. If you bought the Home Edition of any Microsoft O/S, you can speed up the time that it takes dramatically. And as your computer slows down more and more, you eventually start to get that infamous Blue Screen of Death wherein your pc locks up and you have to do a cold-boot - further damaging your installation of Windows. Eventually, you will no longer be able to boot up into Windows normally and your machine is dead for all intents and purposes.
Sound familiar to anyone?
Your beat solution, if you keep on going with Microsoft O/S is this:
+ Always purchase the Professional/Business Edition, never the hacked-down home version.
+ Never upgrade from one version to another, no matter how many experts rant and rave about how great it works. It won't for you and then where will you be? Right back at buying the entire O/S from the get-go.
+ Go out and purchase a current copy of Symantec's Norton System Works 2003. Install it and run it often. Learn to use more than just the One-Button Check-up, learn how to defrag your hard drive and all of the rest of the tools.
+ System Works comes with Norton Anti-Virus. Keep it up to date by renewing your subscription yearly.
AFTER telling us that you've done all of that, THEN ask about Kazaa or other problematic programs.
posted on January 3, 2003 11:33:06 AM new
You might also chck to see if Kazaa is running. xing out doesn't close the application, you actually have to go to 'file', 'disconnect' to shut it off. Also check to see if you have supernode operating.
Some are reporting spyware from Kazaa Lite 2.0.2 on alt.privacy.spyware. If you have 2.0, don't upgrade. 