Renegade Posted February 3, 2004 Report Posted February 3, 2004 It only affects Kazaa if it's running right? It looks for the Kazaa folder. I wouldn't spread unless it's running if that is what you mean. So...if you have kazza running you could get it? I mean if I'm just downloading some other random crap (lets say a simpsons epidsode) as long as Kazaa is up and running it could be in my shared folder? Or would I have had to have downloaded a file?
MrRant Posted February 3, 2004 Author Report Posted February 3, 2004 You would have downloaded the file... it would have named itself like "Britney Nude" or "NCAA24Kcrack". Random crap like that.
Renegade Posted February 8, 2004 Report Posted February 8, 2004 The Sharman Networks have updated Kazaa in order to protect users from the recent MyDoom virus. The virus spreads mostly via email but can also utilize P2P-networks (Kazaa) for self distribution. "Users of latest versions of Kazaa are protected against MyDoom and other viruses, provided they have enabled the built-in BullGuard antivirus feature which is updated with the most recent virus definitions," says Phil Morle, Director of Technology, Sharman Networks. "The BullGuard software is free to Kazaa users and enabled automatically when the Kazaa software is downloaded. It provides advanced virus protection for peer-to-peer use." Prevention is always better than cure and by using this feature, Kazaa users are playing a role in stopping the spread of all viruses. This has the benefit of protecting the Fasttrack peer-to-peer network, which is also licensed by several other file sharing applications.
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