Is KAZAA & P2P SAFE?

[matrixlu]

So which program is safer? Kazza Lite, Imesh, or Imesh Lite? Where Can I find all 3 downloads at? Will it be possible to buy one of those USB Jumpdrive items and just directly download the song to that or onto a CD-RW?

[MemorY]

i wpuldnt recommend any p2p since you can get a trojan or virus from any game or program ...but since you ask ....

www.kazaalite.tk
http://www.imesh.com/

http://www.neo-modus.com/ (best one ... for me personally )
http://www.winmx.com/
http://www.grokster.com/
http://www.bearshare.com/
http://www.edonkey2000.com/
http://www.emule-project.net/
http://www.blubster.com/
http://gnutella.wego.com/
http://www.musiccity.com/
http://opennap.sourceforge.net/

Scour Exchange back in legal revival

http://shareware.about.com/library/f...mp3_search.htm

IMORTANT : YOUR SYSTEM MAY GET INFECTED WITH VIRUSES,WORMS,TROJANS AND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT MIGHT HARM YOUR COMPUTER USING A P2P APPLICATION ! I DO NOT RECOMMEND ANY USE OF ANY P2P APPLICATION !

IF YOU ARE GOING TO USE A P2P APP ...AT LEAT HAVE AN UPDATED ANTI VIRUS AND FIREWALL

[doc crontab]

"I am paranoid. I am afraid of using Kazaa. Is it possible to get hacked if I download MP3 or MPEG files from someone's PC by using Kazaa? I have firewall installed."

Hi

Yes.......

When you open a door to your system anything can happen I wouldn't recommend
using peer to peer software buy your music it isn't worth the risk the record police
constantly patrol for people downloading copyrighted tunes. I'd recommend using
encryption if do to protect the rest of your drive from anyone seeing whats in there.

[theuser]

Personally, I feel that p2p networks would be a strong host for the next superworm. Sure, there are those on p2p networks that use a firewall and AV, but in reality I would say that 90% of everyone using these services either have no protection or completely outdated protection. It scares me that there are so many people out there that are directly connected together by a program that actually requires spyware to function at all. Just my $0.02.

[manicchester]

In terms of effectiveness of a p2p prorgram, I've heard that eMule can be more effective for downloading larger files and a label system that allows the user to confirm that the title for the file is actually correct. Has anyone been able to try that program out lately?

[lumpyporridge]

It is well thought of (emule) ,I plan on giving it a try eventually
edit- www.pctechtalk.com (forums) is a good site for p2p info

[doc crontab]

Hi

I got negged to death for the last post about the music thing
sorry all if my post offended you I didn't realize people would
take it so personally judging by the extreme comments I got
back wow. Anyway I won't post messages on this sight.

Take care all,

Doc

[Alphaflux]

yes kazaa itself has many loopholes, and makes it more likely that you will be spotted, and made vulnerable for an attack, my advice: use kazaa lite (has less if not no spyware), don't leave kazaa running all night, good anti virus software and firewall never hurt, dont believe anything anyone that private messages you says, especially when it regards to running commands on your computer ect, if the person doesn't like your download speed, download from someone else, there are plenty of other people on kazaa that have the same file or song they do.

[Watarigarasu]

Kazaa can contain files that have viruses or trojains. The best way to avoid downloading these files is use common sense if the file size dose not seem right than it is probably a virus or something like that. Then next best step would be to have a updated antivirus.

[keezel]

I believe that Jo-W's comment: "KaZaA is not dangerous if you use it wisely... " is wrong. Not to be an ass, but the instant you load Kazaa on your system it punches a hole in your firewall and installs tons of spyware........all before you even download your first file. On top of it all, P2P is a breeding ground for virii and trojans so that part is dangerous too but you can at least bypass the spyware aspect of it by using kazaalite instead. Also I'd like to add that I totally agree with Alphaflux's post. Thanks for putting it all in *one* paragraph (sometimes it can't be done bc of the subject, but it takes some intelligence anyhow). Good job. If I weren't a helpless newbie I'd give you some points......
-keezel