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Offline daveb

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OT : Set0i@home 3.07 screwage
This is off topic, but this forum tends to be pretty active so I figure I can get verification of this quickly :

I just tried updating to seti@home 3.07 off the seti website. I tried both mirrors they had available. In _both_ cases running the install exe resulted in  -> Grokster <- getting installed. This warrants one huge WTF.  I posted on the seti forums but no one has responded yet.

Any brave souls wanna try downloading/installing just to verify that I'm not losing my mind?

 

Offline Shrike

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What's grokster?  Spyware?
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Offline daveb

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Its one of the mutant versions of Kazaa, as far as I can tell. So yes, spyware among other things.

 

Offline Blue Lion

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dammit, im an idiot...one sec....downloading...

 

Offline Blue Lion

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Works fine for me

 

Offline Thorn

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Had it installed for a while... No Grokster...

 

Offline daveb

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According to a Seti guy :

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No, actually it is a known problem. It results from a 'dangling' setup file
from a previous install. The cure is to:

Delete old file in the \windows\temp folder
Put the S@H install file in an empty folder
Run the install from a clean, empty folder.


Thing is, I don't recall every installing Grokster, but... oh well.

 

Offline Bobboau

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do you have any kids ;)
I got a sister, you wouldn't beleve some of the things she installs
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Offline Martinus

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Originally posted by Bobboau
do you have any kids ;)
I got a sister, you wouldn't beleve some of the things she installs


Yeah, my friends sister installed a AOHell CD. Why is beyond both of us, I think she was trying to circumvent the pretty poor protection we added to his internet connection (we left the save password tickbox blank ;) ) by setting up her own connection.