fb- used our newssubmit to tell us that just when you might think you got rid of all the spy and adware in KaZaA, another newsposting on Yahoo pops up.
According to Yahoo reports, KaZaA also installs software that is able to use your computing power and storage space on your computer and/or bandwidth. The power and space would be used for the benefits of a company called Brilliant Digital Entertaiment.
The Brilliant network is based on a piece of software called "Altnet Secureinstall," which is bundled with the Kazaa software. That technology can connect to other peer-to-peer networks, ad servers or file servers independently of the Kazaa software and can be automatically updated to add new features, according to Brilliant's filing. |
When the software is "turned on," computers running the Brilliant software will form a new peer-to-peer network separate from but connected to Kazaa, the filing said. A few computers with fast connections will form the early core of the network and be asked to join first. Other ordinary computers and Net connections will be invited later, Bermeister said.
Brilliant's software will be able to understand and respond to searches inside Kazaa, since it is based on the same technology. But if it is successful, Brilliant will be able to host content and run "distributed computing" applications over the new network that is entirely separate from Kazaa or other file-swapping networks based on the same technology.
According to KaZaA the software will only work when you agreed to, but if you take a look at the terms of service you will find out that when you have accepted it, you also accepted to use the software of Brilliant.
fb- adds that maybe the wonderful folks at http://www.refosearch.tk/, that make KaZaA Lite, have already removed this.
Source: Yahoo.com
