I don't know about the syware part, but Morpheus (another P2P software) has discontinued using Kazaa's P2P technology due to some security reasons. They are now using Gnutella
Mani -----Original Message----- From: amit soni [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 9:21 PM To: multiple recipients of Subject: Re: [ilugd]: April fool or real? Not a bad idea ! actually ! But spyware, doesnt work as coolly as it seems. anyway i have no idea if this is a joke or whatever. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raju Mathur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 11:43 AM Subject: [ilugd]: April fool or real? > I hope this is a joke -- can someone confirm? Full story at: > http://news.com.com/2100-1023-873181.html > > Stealth P2P network hides inside Kazaa > > By John Borland > Staff Writer, CNET News.com > April 1, 2002, 5:35 PM PT > > A California company has quietly attached its software to millions of > downloads of the popular Kazaa file-trading program and plans to > remotely "turn on" people's PCs, welding them into a new network of > its own. > > Brilliant Digital Entertainment , a California-based digital > advertising technology company, has been distributing its 3D ad > technology along with the Kazaa software since late last fall. But in > a federal securities filing Monday, the company revealed it also has > been installing more ambitious technology that could turn every > computer running Kazaa into a node in a new network controlled by > Brilliant Digital. > > The company plans to wake up the millions of computers that have > installed its software in as soon as four weeks. 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. > </excerpt> > > -- > Raju Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/ > It is the mind that moves > > ================================================ > To subscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with subscribe in subject header > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in subject header > Archives are available at http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd%40wpaa.org > ================================================= > ================================================ To subscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with subscribe in subject header To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in subject header Archives are available at http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd%40wpaa.org ================================================= NIIT Software Solutions 'eBillSpace' software Powers Electronic Bill Payment for India's Department of Posts - the World's Largest Postal Network. For details visit our website http://www.niit.com ___________________NOTICE____________________________ This electronic mail transmission contains confidential information intended only for the person(s) named. Any use, distribution, copying or disclosure by any other person is strictly prohibited. If you received this transmission in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail and then destroy the message. Opinions, conclusions, and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of NIIT shall be understood to be neither given nor endorsed by NIIT When addressed to NIIT clients, any information contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions in the governing client contract. ================================================ To subscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with subscribe in subject header To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in subject header Archives are available at http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd%40wpaa.org =================================================
