Re: KaZaA - Bad Zone

From: tonyat_private
Date: Tue Jan 07 2003 - 14:22:50 PST

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    Kazaa lite doesnt have ads or spyware.
    http://www.kazaalite.com/
    
    PLUS it works great with Wine (http://www.winehq.com/) :)
    
    On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 11:53:05AM -0700, David Krum wrote:
    > To follow up my mid Oct post:
    > 
    > KaZaA is still launching ads in the local zone.  KaZaA was contacted 6 Jan
    > 03 via their bug report page.
    > 
    > "Pop-up ads are being spawned from the local hard disk.  This puts them in
    > the local zone.  Scripts running in this zone can be harmful."
    > 
    > I am now awaiting their response.
    > 
    > To immunize KaZaA from this defect I have removed the permissions from the
    > directory it launches ads from.  This has a nice side effect of not showing
    > ads.  The directory to secure is:  %WinDir%\AdCache
    > 
    > David
    > 
    
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    Cannot find nsabackdoor.dll. Please reinstall Windows.
    



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