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Kazaa Lite: spyware-free version

Posted by Hemos on from the making-it-clean dept.

Pig Hogger writes "According to this VNUNET article, KAZAA-Lite, a new hacked version of spyware-ridden KAZAA file-sharing software is being circulated, sans spyware. The new, improved version has apparently been hacked by a russian programmer, as a matter of course."

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  1. Oh the irony! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    A program used primarily for copyright infringement has been reverse-engineered and redistributed. Does this mean that the DMCA has officially cancelled itself out? :)

  2. yeah thats what I want... by notsoanonymouscoward · · Score: 5, Funny

    software thats been hacked by a friendly neighborhood russian hacker. its new kazaa light, with new and improved spyware, and a few extra trojans as an added bonus!

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    1. Re:yeah thats what I want... by glwtta · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, we damn russian hackers just can't knock it off, I mean I even hack into my development server every time, instead of just logging in. It's a good thing I'm a lousy admin, though, so it's usually pretty easy.

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  3. can you repeat that? by zephc · · Score: 1, Funny

    "a new hacked version of spyware-ridden KAZAA file-sharing software is being circulated, sans spyware"

    soooo... you're trying to tell us that its spyware-free?

    </sarcasm>

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  4. What the hell is the exe extension? by PD · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is this some sort of CPM joke? This thing doesn't run on my computer. I tried doing chmod +x and downloading it multiple times, but it still doesn't work.

    Besides that, the files are 10 days old. That's old software. How do I know that there hasn't been any bitrot?

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  5. Re:Russians and computers by Z4rd0Z · · Score: 3, Funny
    Now that communism has fallen, Gorbachev is finally allowing computers to be sold at the Russian chain Fryovitch's.

    Wait a minute...that was a while ago.

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  6. Re:kazaa-lite by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    so we can safely assume that this person cannot read. if microsofts EULA has text like "bill g. is allowed to rip your still beating heart out of your chest if you refuse to burn your linux box" he wouldn't even notice...

    I'm pretty sure that was on the EULA for Visual .NET, but I just clicked-through as usual.

  7. Pot v. Kettle, CIV-02-93283 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    So what happens when people start distributing K-Lite over Morpheus? Will Sharman sue StreamCast for copyright infringement?

    (ring ring)
    "Hello? Pot? This is Kettle. Yo' black!"