Kazaa - Come back with my files!

[Summo]

Having used Kazaa for a while now I thought I really ought to start sharing some stuff. I carefully configured which folders I wanted shared and made sure that others containing personal stuff were not shared.

In my uploaded list I noticed several files which people had taken which were not in the specified shared folders. They were pictures of my last play. I double-checked everything and made sure that there weren't copies of these files in a specified shared folder (does that make sense) but no. These files came from folders which I had expressly asked Kazaa not to share.

I've filled in a bug report on the Kazaa webbeh but I was wondering if anyone else had experienced this? Needless to say my file sharing days are over.

 

[old.Jas]

Dodgy, very dodgy

 

[Ono]

How'd you look at your traffic log?


I wanna check mine.

 

[Embattle]

Nope, never had it although I've heard of it before.

 

[L_Plates]

i cannot even connect to kazza anymore why i dunno
So i dumbed the kazza exe... in a beer fueled recycle bin rampage

 

[Summo]

Originally posted by Ono
How'd you look at your traffic log?

I don't think there's a log. I just looked at the list of uploaded files in the lower pane of the traffic screen.

I'm glad you've heard of this as well, Emb. Maybe they'll fix it.

 

[Scouse]

Hmmmm - perhaps it's time to kill the app. I do reckon it's dodgy as hell - but I never reckoned that dodgy.

/me sets firewall to tell Kazaa to "fuck" and "off"

 

[Embattle]

I use kazaalite atm and it seems all right, I use the extra FastTrack acclerator that comes with it too.

 

[Summo]

Looked on some webbehs about this and checked the 'My Kazaa' page. Every single file on my hard drive has been marked as shared. Every one. They all have the little 'shared' icon and they all allow me to change their properties to 'not shared'.

It could be that Kazaa marks them all as shared by default but only allows users to upload from the folders you specify. If that's the case then it clearly doesn't work.

 

[FatBusinessman]

One way around it is to tell Kazaa not to share any of your files. That's what I do, cos I don't entirely trust Kazaa.

 

[old.s-p]

Originally posted by fatbusinessman
One way around it is to tell Kazaa not to share any of your files. That's what I do, cos I don't entirely trust Kazaa.

Doesn't that kinda defeat the object of a program such as Kazaa?

 

[FatBusinessman]

Oh yeah.

Oops.

*looks embarrassed*

*leaves*

 

[mank!]

i'm sharing about 40 mp3s (no way am i sharing my main collection) and my bandwidth gets cained as soon as i connect, thus leaving web surfing, and even chatting on irc nearly impossible :|

 

[Embattle]

Sharing about 400 atm.

 

[s-p*]

Originally posted by mank!
i'm sharing about 40 mp3s (no way am i sharing my main collection) and my bandwidth gets cained as soon as i connect, thus leaving web surfing, and even chatting on irc nearly impossible :|

You can limit the amount of uploads from your computer, plus the amount of bandwidth allocated to Kazaa.

Tools -> Options -> Advanced (For Bandwidth Allocation)

 

[bodhi]

I'm not sharing anything on Kazaa. Not a dicky bird. Even when I'm on JANET. I'm a cunt like that

 

[Embattle]

Originally posted by bodhi
I'm a cunt like that

Stating the Obvious to us again

 

[PR.]

I don't share anything either, I'm doing potential downloaders a favour, cos I usually conect d/l one mp3 then disconnect again...

I use KazaaLite as well

 

[Ono]

I share some songs from "The Best of Des O'Connor album.

No ones uploaded any yet.

 

[S-Gray]

i also dont share any Files on Filesharing like Kazaa, i dont trust it enough, ive heard of these "holes" where people can view the entire contents of your hard Drive (Like Summo), so i stick to downloading, not uploading

 

[Embattle]

Originally posted by Ono
I share some songs from "The Best of Des O'Connor album.

No ones uploaded any yet.

Even more amazing is you own the album

 

[Summo]

A while ago I was curious to see how many people just share everything. I did a search for documents called 'budget'. A fair few hits. :/

 

[xane]

Originally posted by Embattle
Even more amazing is you own the album

Probably a signed one too !

 

[Trem]

Walk away from Kazaa, walk towards Direct Connect++, it takes some figuring out but when you get used to it DC++ is fantastic.

 

[sno]

kazaalite for downloading , ftp server for sharing files with people

 

[old.Jas]

Direct Connect is the daddy of file sharing apps

 

[Ono]

Originally posted by Embattle


Even more amazing is you own the album

I don't.

I leeched it off Summo's hidden folders along with those photos.

 

[.cage]

Originally posted by Tremor{KEA}
Walk away from Kazaa, walk towards Direct Connect++, it takes some figuring out but when you get used to it DC++ is fantastic.

!!!READ AND UNDERSTAND THE RULES!!!
Private message from Hub-Security: <Hub-Security> You have DC++ and are now banned from this hub. Install neo-modus DC and you are welcome back

nice.

Something a little better

I used to use directconnect when I first got cable last year, and it was never really impressive. Poor UI, and a lack of content even with 30gb ish shared.

 

[caLLous]

I use WinMX for getting old/rare/good mp3s. If you use a decent server list you can connect to something like 1.2tb and above in minutes.

 

[b-man]

Why dont you just use mIRC to down load music and files.

It works for me.