[28486] in bugtraq
Re: KaZaA - Bad Zone
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gideon12)
Mon Jan 20 19:40:53 2003
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Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 08:52:23 -0800 (PST)
From: Gideon12 <gideon12@rocketmail.com>
To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com
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Just be aware that, in order to stop pop up ads, Kazaa Light installs its own
HOSTS file into %Windir%. This has the negative affect of not allowing you
to view several legitimate web sites, including Yahoo Maps, since the HOSTS
file redirects the URL to your loopback adapter.
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Kazaa lite doesnt have ads or spyware. http://www.kazaalite.com/
PLUS it works great with Wine (http://www.winehq.com/) :)
On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 11:53:05AM -0700, David Krum wrote:
> To follow up my mid Oct post:
>
> KaZaA is still launching ads in the local zone. KaZaA was contacted 6
> Jan 03 via their bug report page.
>
> "Pop-up ads are being spawned from the local hard disk. This puts
> them in the local zone. Scripts running in this zone can be harmful."
>
> I am now awaiting their response.
>
> To immunize KaZaA from this defect I have removed the permissions from
> the directory it launches ads from. This has a nice side effect of
> not showing ads. The directory to secure is: %WinDir%\AdCache
>
> David
>
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