is K++ safe?

[Ryon]

I really dont have the money to deal with a law suit, but i miss my kazaa. Is it safe?

[Jason425]

be smart.. and it is..

[Grinnin Reaper]

so far I've had no trouble with it.

[Keefe]

To Make Kazaa safe:

1. Use the default kazaalite username that 1,000s of people use

2. Ban the RIAA -> http://www.techwarelabs.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=4513

3. Change your MAC address on your NIC, if you can.

4. Disable sharing

Note: File sharing only works if people still share.

[Jason425]

yea.. i share one file.. just dont let people see your list *some option in there*

[Keefe]

good idea

[MIK3]

3. Change your MAC address on your NIC, if you can.



What do you mean?

[Jason425]

i know what a mac address is.. but i see no way to change it..

[Ryon]

Alot of routers, if your using one will allow you to clone a mac address

[gnogtr]

Mine does. I have a Linksys 2.4 Ghz router. Just type in the Ip and the password and just change the Mac address ever so often.

[Omega]

Yes; I, too, am interested in your point about changing the MAC address. What are you planning to accomplish by doing this? I don't think it'd actually help anything...

[vee_ess]

They can't prove that it was you distributing files as easily as they could if they had your MAC address and you had the modem/router/NIC with the same address.

[vee_ess]

Here's two ways of increasing your security:
Use KaZaA Black Cat MP3 Protector (http://www.techwarelabs.com/downloads/?action=file&id=140) to prevent sniffs from known RIAA usernames/IP's.
Set your client so to return a low number of files per query (like 10 or 15) so that when the RIAA scans you they won't see that you're sharin thousands of files.

[gnogtr]

Just to let you know, that file is a trojan dropper. I don't know what kind of trojans it drops, but Norton picked it up.