RIP AudioGalaxy
 

AG is the latest song-sharing site to get the same bloodey bullet that killed Napster.

Can anyone suggest another site (that hasnt been shot yet) which is as striaghtforward as AG was? Also would removal of the AG program off the hard disk be better accomplished through MS Add/Remove program, the AG Unistall program itself, or Norton Uninstall? Heard that its removal can screw up Windows if not done carefuly.

Thanks.

PS Im runnin W98SE.

Try WinMX

Slasher - where the **** have you been????

Another good one is www.kazaa.com

I had an "event" Butts. Actual a few "events" all at once. Its my 1st time on the Net for nearley 6 weeks. Still recovering and may be away for a bit longer yet. Will tell all when I can.

Tried WinMX but its not too good. Will look at kazaa later. Thanks.

WB

watergate

Another good one is www.kazaa.com

Are you sure about that? Read on........

Several file sharing companies including Grokster, Bearshare, Limewire and Kazaa, bundled a product called ClickTillU Win, which several anti-virus manufacturers classified as a Trojan Horse. Their response? “We didn’t know!”. Neither Cydoor technologies, who distributed the Trojan to the file sharing companies, nor any of the file sharing companies, had performed even a preliminary insection of the software to see what it did”.
For Privacy activists, the worst file-sharing company is probably Kazaa. Though Audio Galaxy came with the Gator Offer companion, users had the option of not downloading it. Kazaa insists that its users download its partner programs, which in the past have included NewDotNet (which sells Domain names but also causes crashes and Net connection problems when installed.) SaveNow (Fully blown spyware) and Cydoor ( which displays ads and causes pop-ups) all worrying programs according to privacy activists.
If you downloaded Kazaa this year, you might have also installed software used to create a kind of private peer to peer network (with other Kazaa users) called Altnet, which is run by Brilliant Digital. They want to use peoples private computers to process and serve the advertisements to other people, effectively laying the bandwidth cost of providing advertisements on the users of Kazaa…………..

If you are now starting to feel worried, check out www.ad-aware.com Alternatively check the net for the hacked version of Kazaa without the offending program attachments, its called Kazaa Lite.

Slasher
Welcome back :)


Mutt.

Kazaa, & spyware etc.
Have a look at this site for an opinion on Kazaa and others.
http://www.aluminumstudios.com/spyware/
I suspect they may have a point about some of these file sharing operations. I seemed to have downloaded an advertising "something" when I looked at Audiogalaxy.
There is a thread here about it if you search back.

Yeh thanks guys. Im into my 7th week of hell. Im only around now and then when Im up to it. All my puters got burnt to ashes (long story) and Im still tryin to recover all my old URLs.

Ive alreadey d/loaded Ad aware and its a bloodey good program that. And Ive read up on Kazaa and confirm whats been said about it here. Not too many wise choices around these days for swappin music. :(

For what it's worth slasher, I use adaware and am happy with winmx.
But not as happy as i was with audiogalaxy.:mad:

Bugga me! Now I've got worries about Kazzaa, as it's what I use! Can anyone tell me, if I have ad-aware, will this fix the problems associated with Kazzaa mentioned here? Ive got it on the lappy, but not on the PC which is where I do my file sharing thingy from.

A side note to all that and far more importantly, Slash it's really great to see your words in the puter again. Must admit, with the bits and pieces of information you've been able to give us, it leaves the impression you've been through hell and back mate, and you usually don't mince your words ;)
If physically unwell, I hope you are getting better every day.

GG xo

Try this: GROKSTER

E.g. I just checked and Grokster presently has 1.47 million users online, who are sharing 252,144,000 files that total 1,799,040 Gb !

Nb. When you install it say NO to ALL the ad-ins that it'll prompt you to accept (that is unless you want them).

Nb. The application uses the same interface that the 'original' Morpheus used to use before it got involved with Gneutela and went down hill big time (imho).

Enjoy ! :D

Ill give that one a go Devils A, havin a hard time tryin to connect to that URL.

Yeh thanks GG. Your right, whenever I have events Im normaly quite blabbey but I sat on these ones as they were quite personal.

But suffice to say:

* house got burnt down. No house.

* Slasher got burnt down. Still recovering.

* Computers got burnt down. Bought new ones.

* Mum died :(

Never rains but it sure as sh!t pours.

Will explain in detail once Im up to it.

So very sad to read that. You need help with recovering one or two URLs we shared, get in touch.

I'm really sorry to hear that you've been through such a difficult time Slash.

I hope you'll be feeling better soon, both physically and psychologically. If you want to have a shoulder to cry on or whatever, you have my e-mail.

Birdy

Commisserations on the death of your mum Slash. You've certainly had a torrid time of it mate. Hope you heal up quickly, with no major lasting damage. I know that houses ain't easy to come by in your corner of the planet, but its ultimately replaceable as is yer lappy. Life isn't replaceable mate, so I'm glad you're still alive, if not perhaps exactly kicking up yer heels.

Get well soon mate.

Did your housemate get out okay?

Slasher
 

Slasher, know how you feel re death in the family and you weren't there. :(

As for your little hassles. A house can be replaced, you can't be. Take care of yourself.

Can only echo what OzEx and Reddo have written. What news of Je and Ja?

Commiserations Slasher, and genuinely so, from somebody who hasn't always seen eye to eye with you. Fate can be a real bastard sometimes, and you've had a nasty run of luck. The death of a parent is difficult at best, horrendous at worst, and often something we are left to deal with ourselves.

I join with the others here in hoping there's no lasting damage to you personally from your other misfortunes, and wish you a speedy return to JB.

Umm, now where were we? Oh yeah, music thingies.

I just had a look at Grokster and was surprised to see it listed Windows Media Player as a system requirement; can that be right? I've used WMP for the last couple of years, and as a multi purpose player it was the best imo, but I'm sick to death of it's latest incarnations deciding what I can and can't do, especially when it comes to ripping. I will keep it for mpegs, but I'm on the lookout for another music player, and I'm immediately suspicious of Grokster.

For making mp3's out of WAV's I have just downloaded FreeRip; ripping is all it does, and all it promises to do; simple and very effective. Highly recommended.

I suppose I might finally have to give in to Winamp for a player.

:(