Does Kazaa contain spyware?

[Kenazo]

If so how do I locate it/erase it?

 

[jobberd]

To answer your first question, yes it does

 

[yobarman]

download.com then search for Ad-aware.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Use Morpheus instead, it uses the same network and doesn't contain spyware.

 

[Kenazo]

So once i've scanned with ad-aware and deleted the files will Kazaa run without spyware or will it re-install it? I think i'll switch over to Winmx or Morpheus but theres a few downloads I have to complete first

 

[UofI]

Spyware is suck!

 

[HappyFace]

<< Use Morpheus instead, it uses the same network and doesn't contain spyware. >>

Yea but the pop-up ads are suck!

 

[cavemanmoron]

kazaa seems to like have lots of viruses transfered with it tooooo.:|

 

[Danman]

<< Spyware is suck! >>

 

[samgau]

Just ran ad-aware on my comp... guess what... 39 things detected... mostly some auriate files... and I nuked them alll... spyware IS suck.. :|

 

[StandardCell]

<<

<< Use Morpheus instead, it uses the same network and doesn't contain spyware. >>

Yea but the pop-up ads are suck! >>



Get Pop-Up Stopper from http://www.panicware.com and you'll solve that problem fast...

 

[MajesticMoose]

I'll second (or third, whatever) the morpheus solution. It works just the same.

m00se

 

[Sachmho]

Yeah i had mass amounts of spyware from kazaa... I deleted it all, but Kazaa always keeps a list of your files in its program files in a folder marked db, and whenever you open the program the info is sent to the program, thus targeting the ads in the lower left corner. Basically, if you want to completely get rid of kazaa and its reporting files, you'd have to just delete it. Thats what i did.

 

[IgorTs]

you have to kill Kazaa process, run Ad-aware. It will remove spy ware. Kazaa will not run anymore too.