Differences between Kazaa and Kazaa Lite?
 

I know that one of them is that K.Lite has no spyware.

But what else is there? Can you still download content from Kazaa users if you have K.Lite, or are you just restricted to downloading from K.Lite users?

Re: Differences between Kazaa and Kazaa Lite?
 

They've just taken out the cydoor and spyware, as far as I know...

I use k.lite. Yes u can d/l from regular users. Its pretty much exact same except doesn't install the spyware etc. Me likes it...

what is it that you have against spyware? Is there anything on your computer you dont want other people seeing? Well if there is.. your ISP could get it whenever it wants so i dont see what everyones problem with it

Nah, I don't have anything dodgy on my hard drive. It's just I don't condone such software such as spyware.

When I do, I use the regular KaZaa. Its just that about once a week or so, I run Ad-Aware. It basically checks your system for spyware and gives you the option to choose which ones to delete. Just go to download.com and search for Ad-Aware. Its fun to see how much spyware you have if you have never used a spyware checker before.

I think you missed out the real problem with Spy-ware/Ad-ware it SLOWS DOWN YOUR NET SPEED!!!!! and most Spy ware programs don't even look at your harddrive theres no money in it. They tend to look at what sites you goto online and then sell the info to places like Yahoo and Lycos.

Best way around it is Ad-Aware
You can download Ad-Aware here.
Also I use Popupcop to get shot of Pop ups.
You can download a Free 30-day trial for Popupcop Here.

Oh yea as for K.Lite there is a patch around on the net that stops the Pop ups for free!

besides slowing down your net speed like a few KB per second.. i still dont see a reason to go out of your way to get a diff version... who cares if they see what websites you go to? Thats no diff than looking your hard drive :unsure:

kazaa lite will also give you the option to download the "hosts" file which not only blocks spyware but it also blocks tracker cookies and popups (It doesn't just close a popup, it completly prevents it from ever coming up) If you do get the hosts file, you're going to want to do some tinkering with it however otherwise some websites just won't work.

When you get the hosts file, open it with notepad (I dont know what file type the hosts file is, it's not a .txt file but you can open it in notpad) be sure to deleate the line

Images.com.com
)

That few KB per second matters to people who are using a dial-up connection.;)

what is it that you have against me looking in your bedroom? Is there anything in your bedroom you dont want other people seeing? Well if there is.. your mum could get it whenever she wants so i dont see what everyones problem with it

The point is it's MY computer. As in I have control over it. I have a lot of personal stuff on it, and no-one else has any business poking about in it without my express permission.

Your ISP cannot "get everything" on your computer whenever it wants. For instance, how do they get a copy of your msvcrt.dll? Oh wait, it never enters or leaves your computer so they never see it. What about that email? Oh, it was sent with 2048 bit RSA encryption. What about that server you're connecting to? Oh, you're doing it through an SSH tunnel via two anaonymous proxies, so no-one has any idea what you're up to.

The chains are only chains for as long as you hold on to them.

So you're saying you don't mind me filling your inbox with spam, getting incessant cold calls on the phone, etc etc? The spyware is there to get information about you, so it can be sold to advertisers. If you think this is a good idea, send me your email address, there's some good, uh, mailing lists I think you should belong to. If you don't care about being spied on, fine, but understand other people are quite as acquiescent as you are.

Besides, learning how to cripple spyware taught me more about computers than any book could've ever done :)

Fifteen email addresses: free
Linux: free
Email client: free
Never getting any spam ever: priceless.

You're being a little unclear here. Are you sure you're not a salesmen? ;) Anyway, to clear things up...

Now, just because it's Free, doesn't necessarily mean it's free. Think "free" as in "free speech," not "free beer," as we in the Free Software/Open Source community like to say. In a nutshell, software that is free as in speech, like Linux, is distributed along with its source code so that anyone who receives it is free to make changes and redistribute it. So, not only is it ok to make copies of Linux and give them to your friends, it's also fine to tweak a few lines of the source code while you're at it, as long as you also freely provide your modified source code to everyone else.

There, much better. :)