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Molly600
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 Posted: 01/23/03 - 11:06 Post subject: mp3 download sites? Kazaa?
I was looking for one to get some music and read Kazaa was good. But when I read about it on cnet.com the reviews had a lot of bad ones about how it uses "spyware" and is a "gator"--not sure what these mean, but it sounds like there are lots of pop ups and people said they lost control of their computer. Does anyone use this software? Is it really bad?
Any other recs for a good place to get mp3 files?
Thanks for any help!! 
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AlaninTX
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Posted: 01/23/03 - 11:08 Post subject:
Molly, I use Kazza and have never had any problems.
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purple hayes
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Posted: 01/23/03 - 11:09 Post subject:
Kazaa is OK, it gives you the option to opt-out of most of the extra junk it installs. I really don't care if they watch what sites I go to anyway, I don't have anything to hide.
Kazaa is pretty easy to use too. Very mainstream, user-friendly interface. Tons of people use it too so that ups your chance of getting the songs you're looking for.
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Posted: 01/23/03 - 11:09 Post subject: Re: mp3 download sites? Kazaa?
| Molly600 wrote: | | But when I read about it on cnet.com the reviews had a lot of bad ones about how it uses "spyware" and is a "gator"--not sure what these mean, but it sounds like there are lots of pop ups and people said they lost control of their computer. |
PH uses spyware.
Cover up, wouldja? 
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AlaninTX
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Posted: 01/23/03 - 11:12 Post subject:
PH=  ???
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Molly600
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Posted: 01/23/03 - 11:21 Post subject:
so it's probably ok to download? Just call me paranoid. I don't want some psycho program taking things over, I have enough trouble knowing what I'm doing on the computer!!
PH, close your eyes!!!!
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sierra513
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Posted: 01/23/03 - 11:21 Post subject:
Do you have to pay to use Kazaa? I went there a while back and seem to remember that you had to sign up and pay a fee to download from there? Did I miss something someplace??
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purple hayes
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Posted: 01/23/03 - 11:22 Post subject:
| sierra513 wrote: | | Do you have to pay to use Kazaa? I went there a while back and seem to remember that you had to sign up and pay a fee to download from there? Did I miss something someplace?? |
Nope, it's free.
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Posted: 01/23/03 - 11:24 Post subject:
| Molly600 wrote: | so it's probably ok to download? Just call me paranoid. I don't want some psycho program taking things over, I have enough trouble knowing what I'm doing on the computer!!
PH, close your eyes!!!! |
PH knows what you are doing on the computer and he'll let you know when he needs to take over.
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sierra513
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Posted: 01/23/03 - 11:30 Post subject:
hmmmmm , must have been one of my blind days, thanks, Need to go and get some more of those Uppity Women Blues !! 
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shelflifers
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Posted: 01/23/03 - 11:31 Post subject:
| sierra513 wrote: | | hmmmmm , must have been one of my blind days, thanks, Need to go and get some more of those Uppity Women Blues !! |
Culture Club?
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sierra513
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Posted: 01/23/03 - 11:37 Post subject:
| shelflifers wrote: | | sierra513 wrote: | | hmmmmm , must have been one of my blind days, thanks, Need to go and get some more of those Uppity Women Blues !! |
Culture Club? |
???? Its a band called the Uppity Blues Women, great stuff and some of it is really funny. They call it Middle Age Blues. I can relate !!
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shelflifers
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Posted: 01/23/03 - 11:38 Post subject:
Any band out there playing 'late twenties Blues'?
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Posted: 01/23/03 - 12:27 Post subject:
| Molly600 wrote: | so it's probably ok to download? Just call me paranoid. I don't want some psycho program taking things over, I have enough trouble knowing what I'm doing on the computer!!
PH, close your eyes!!!! |
Check into "Diet Kazaa", it's what M has installed on my machine. I'm not sure what is different, but when I told him I hear Kazaa uses Spyware he said, "That's why DIET Kazaa is on your machine". Oh! Duh!! 
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