Stealth P2P network hides inside Kazaa

[Angrymarshmello]

It probably set itself as a system file. Go into DOS again, type:

attrib -h -r -s (file) to get rid of all protections on the file and you should be able to delete it

 

[Martin]

<< It probably set itself as a system file. Go into DOS again, type:

attrib -h -r -s (file) to get rid of all protections on the file and you should be able to delete it >>



thanks, I'll try that .

 

[Chris A]

Another checker. site

 

[nullshark]

Check your msconfig startup tab for anything referencing BDE, aswell. I it's mentioned in there it means that some BDE thing is running and that's prob why you can't uninstall it. uncheck it (or delete mention of it in the RUN keys in the registry) and reboot, should be able to delete then.

Worked for me

 

[hudster]

I have KazaaLite, and running WinXP, and I can't seem to find a trace of it on my system (thankfully)

 

[Nefrodite]

what the, i just cut and paseted the bde folder without any trouble at all. am i a super user or something? hehe. wasn't that hard. i don't have kazaa loaded right now ofcourse

 

[DanFungus]

<< I was wondering what that b3s was in my add/remove programs...but it wont let me uninstall it!!??

I am going to download the latest AD-Aware and see if that hoses it. We need to find a solution for this folks... >>


try closing Kazaa...
Im serious...I tried Add removing it, and no go, then I closed Kazaa, and it removed itself. Those bastages :|

 

[DanFungus]

ALSO:

goto start>run>type in regedit

click the plusses on all of these:

My Computer
HKEY Local Machine
SOFTWARE
Microsoft
Windows
Current Version
Run

and delete the b3d Update--everytime you bootup, it does this:

C:\WINNT\BDE\Update\Zupdate.EXE -silent -p "C:\WINNT\BDE\Update" -s setup.cab

I hate this company!

 

[Linux23]

WTF, i have this sh!t on my XP desktop and my laptop. weird thing is, i didn't install Kazaa on my desktop!:Q

 

[Qacer]

news

Tis' true!

 

[GTaudiophile]

Who has dumped Kazaa as a result of BDE?

Going to START>SEARCH>FIND FILES OR FOLDERS...

I searched for "bde" on my C:\ drive and came up with the following files in the C:\WINNT\system32 folder:

(All are from BDE Corp.)

bdeverify.exe
bdeverify.dll
bdesecureinstall (x2)
bdeinstall
bdeinsta2.dll
bdefdi.dll
bdedownloader.dll
bdedata2.dll

Anyone know if it's safe to delete these files?

 

[peterparker]

I'm running Kazaa Lite on Win XP and I have no sign of this at all...

 

[db]

There must be some way of ramming this situation up Brilliant's ass.

 

[GTaudiophile]

<< There must be some way of ramming this situation up Brilliant's ass. >>



hax0r?

 

[GTaudiophile]

<< Going to START>SEARCH>FIND FILES OR FOLDERS...

I searched for "bde" on my C:\ drive and came up with the following files in the C:\WINNT\system32 folder:

(All are from BDE Corp.)

bdeverify.exe
bdeverify.dll
bdesecureinstall (x2)
bdeinstall
bdeinsta2.dll
bdefdi.dll
bdedownloader.dll
bdedata2.dll >>



Anyone know if it's safe to delete these files?

 

[gplanet]

whoever said that they risk "losing all their users" is very wrong.

the average kazaa user is a dumb college girl who just found out about the program and decided to use it instead of Napster! the average kazaa user also believes that kazaa is the only way to download anything on the internet

 

[GTaudiophile]

<< the average kazaa user is a dumb college girl who just found out about the program and decided to use it instead of Napster! the average kazaa user also believes that kazaa is the only way to download anything on the internet >>



Buwhahaha! So true! The week before last, a girl at Tech was "busted" for setting a new campus record for most bandwidth used on one connection in one day: 56GBs!

 

[Russ]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Russ, NCNE

 

[GTaudiophile]

Urgghh! Has anyone deleted those BDE files successfully???

 

[HappyPuppy]

Why do I find this to be hilariously amusing?

 

[Angrymarshmello]

<< Urgghh! Has anyone deleted those BDE files successfully??? >>



YES they are safe to delete (if you right click and go to Properties -> Version tab, they all say Brilliant Digital on them. If you don't have their BDE crap on your system anymore you don't need those files anymore)

 

[PowerEngineer]

<< I'm running Kazaa Lite on Win XP and I have no sign of this at all... >>



I've also installed Kazaa Lite (on W2K Pro) and can't find any of the bde* files on my system.

 

[minus1972]

If you read the rest of the article there was a link to directions on how to remove the stuff.....

 

[Nefrodite]

norton windoctor found all the reg entries just told it to delete em all. no bad effects so far

 

[Ultima]

Um, I never had a problem uninstalling it. Just close all IE windows and any other program that might be using IE (Like kazaa, duh ). and wait a little bit.