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Kazaa Spyware |
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People have
been telling me that Kazaa has programs that will run in the background and
may be a threat to my security.
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Since the boom of
the peer-to-peer sharing, Kazaa seems to stand in the front-centre of this
discussion. There have many names for these invisible programs that
get installed on your computer, but let's get to the point, is this a threat
to your security? The answer is YES. Kazaa installs a program
that will allow a company to turn your computer on and add you to a network
that you are not even aware of.
"It plans to use the
machines--with their owners' permission--to host and distribute other
companies' content, such as advertising or music. Alternatively, it might
borrow people's unused processing power to help with other companies'
complicated computing tasks"
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