Author Topic: Kazaa (Read 620 times)

Sandman · « **on:** April 18, 2002, 09:53:49 PM »

Kazaa and SpyWare

Check it out... I'm beginning to really really dislike Kazaa.

JoeDirt · « **Reply #1 on:** April 18, 2002, 10:11:42 PM »

please, i am an idiot 15 year old-flight sim pilot.....

WHAT DOes this mean??? can u sum it up or somethin?

Sandman · « **Reply #2 on:** April 18, 2002, 11:12:15 PM »

Brilliant Digital Entertainment software came with Kazaa.

Kazaa's 2,644-word "terms of service" contract stated that Brilliant might tap the "unused computing power and storage space" of your computer if you install Kazaa.

Something you might not have realized when you started downloading all of those MP3 files...

SOB · « **Reply #3 on:** April 18, 2002, 11:22:10 PM »

There's a program out there called Kazaa Lite...it's basically a version of Kazaa hacked into and stripped of it's spyware components. I've been using it for a while, and it seems to work just fine with the Kazaa network.

SOB

Tac · « **Reply #4 on:** April 19, 2002, 01:07:23 AM »

http://www.refosearch.tk/

^ kazaa lite AND spyware remover.

babek- · « **Reply #5 on:** April 19, 2002, 03:21:55 AM »

You can remove the spyware parts and keep kazaa running.

1. Go to Windows Control Panal and remove with "Add/Remove Programs" the "b3d Projector"

2. Go to your Windows-directory and delte the BDE folder

3. Go to Temp-directory (in Windows) and remove the folder "Brilliant"

4. Locate and destroy the following files:

bdedownloader.dll
bdedata2.dll
bdefdi.dll
bdeinsta2.dll
bdeinstall.exe
bdesecureinstall.cab
bdesecureinstall.exe
bdeverify.exe
bdeverify.dll

5. Locate and destroy the following files

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.b3ds
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\b3ds_auto_file
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\BDESmatInstaller.BDESmartInstaller
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\BDESmatInstaller.BDESmartInstaller.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{67925165-C4B6-11D2-B9C6-0000E84F59A6}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{82FC7881-AACC-11D2-B9C6-0000E842E40A}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Brilliant Digital Entertainment
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Zupdate

6. Search and destroy the 3dUpdate value at
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Thats it.

After this Kazaa will continue to run and Brilliant Spware has been eliminated.

mrsid2 · « **Reply #6 on:** April 19, 2002, 04:10:40 AM »

Or even easyer is to open the BDE folder and click the BDEuninstall.exe which uninstalls the program and gets rid of the registry settings automatically.

babek- · « **Reply #7 on:** April 19, 2002, 04:58:33 AM »

No - after running the uninstall programm the described components remain in the system!

So be sure that they have been eliminated.

mrsid2 · « **Reply #8 on:** April 19, 2002, 05:00:03 AM »

Babek I did a search and checked even the registry - they were all gone.

Note that I first clicked the bdecleaner.exe which deleted the files, then I went to windows uninstall and uninstalled the bde from there.. After that I couldn't find any other trace of BDE except the folder and the bdecleaner.exe itself - which I deleted after that.

One way to find out BDE is working is to check your firewall..
If there's a marking for zupdate.exe - block it's internet access if you weren't smart to block it immediately when first asked and find BDE to remove it.

But there's another problem.. And that is Cydoor ad/spyware.
Kazaa has two embedded adware progs and cydoor seems to be the tougher one to remove. Kazaa won't start without it.. So I think people are better off getting the hacked version.

babek- · « **Reply #9 on:** April 19, 2002, 06:41:22 AM »

Wow - thx for the information.

I thought my computer was safe but now I will deinstall Kazaa and follow the installation hints of Kazaa Lite and the Ad-Aware module.

Tac · « **Reply #10 on:** April 19, 2002, 12:13:24 PM »

yep, and kazaa lite dont have those annyoing popup ads or bonzi buddy reminders.

Saintaw · « **Reply #11 on:** April 19, 2002, 01:05:01 PM »

Thx for the link Tac!

<--- was always Scared to click on the Bonzo buddy

JoeDirt · « **Reply #12 on:** April 19, 2002, 05:02:54 PM »

K-lite sucks toejam. all it has done for me is make it so i dont share any files, and now, all my files say "unknown" like the artist, catigory....that really pisses me off. because i have over 200 videos...now howmi gonna find the one i want!??!?!

babek- · « **Reply #13 on:** April 19, 2002, 06:13:00 PM »

I have followed the instructions, deinstalle Kazaa and installed K-lite.
Its running perfectly and Panic Room is a very nice film;)

Thanks for the informations and the links.

funkedup · « **Reply #14 on:** April 19, 2002, 07:02:29 PM »

LOL this is ironic.

Kazaa users steal intellectual property. So Kazaa steals some of their bandwidth and CPU time. Cry me a river.

If a thief gives you something, you shouldn't expect him to not take something in return.