new version of Morpheus .... aaarrrghh!!!

[Squawk7777]

Being rather forced to upgrade to the new Morpheus software, I haven't seen one advantage. The new version can't connect half of the time, and then downloads time out or are unavailable. I suspected that the new Morpheus version did not like phone line connections so I tried the same with cable. Same thing. I don't understand why the upgrade was necessary, the old version worked great!

Has anyone else had the same problem? Are there alternatives to Morpheus other than Audiogalaxy?

[wysiwyg]

I have a program called Morpheus which allows me to morph one picture into another. Are we talking about the same thing?

[cossack]

I too got fed up with Morpheus (file sharing not morphing ) and changed to winmx. No complaints so far. Its a small download, give it a try here

[FL310]

a lot of these sharing programs share actually more than the user expects..so watch out for this...upgrades are introduced at a very regular rate just to enable the spy to extract more and more details from your machine while you happily open the firewall to have the gadget act as a server.

Ever heard about eDonkey...there is certainly no spy in there...

[goldballs]

Agree Cossack, WinMx is very good, and no spyware either. imesh used to be pretty good too, but not used that for a while as I can get all the music I need from winmx.

[timmcat]

Yep, totally agree, Morpheus used to be great, now the 'Preview Edition' is absolutly c**p. I've given up and uninstalled it. Audiogalaxy has more spy's in it than a Bond film.

[okeydokey]

timmcat,
audiogalaxy was (is) a touch notorious because it gave the option of downloading 'gator'. Spyware indeed, in fact probably one of the cruddiest around. However audiogalaxy is a good app and if anyone wishes to use it go right ahead, just don't check the 'download gator' box when you install.
I downloaded 'adaware' some time ago (not sure on the link, run a yahoo search) and have been very pleased. It's freeware and it checks and deletes all spyware from any HD.

[bagpuss lives]

Kazaa

This month I have been mostly using Kazaa Lite

Don't get the nasty full version by the way - full of spyware and adware The Lite version is a revelation and especially of interest to people that used to use Morpheous as it's based on the same "servers".

Morpheous is now on a different "network" of peers and is thus different and, I find, infuriatingly sloooooooow even on HSI