Anyone know how to uninstall Kazaa Media Desk Top. I've tried the obvious, Add/Remove and Regedit, it just comes back. I didn't download anything, just being nosey!

Have you tried searching the internet for removing Kazaa, you should find a few links if you type "remove Kazaa" in a Google search. Kazaa may have added a few bits in your registry which you have not removed.
Try this link:
http://www.colby.edu/info.tech/news/stories/kazaa/instructions.html
Tread carefully and Good Luck !

Michael_W
Thanks for your response. The Colby College site is a bit scary! Found one at computing.net, using run:cmd to delete the folders seems to have worked. Kazaa is still in the programs list but doesn't appear in add/remove.
One site said Ad-Aware would remove it, whilst another said Ad-Aware would prevent it's removal!
There's a lesson to be learnt, stay well away from shareware sites, what they do to your computer is nothing short of a virus.

One of the problems with Kazaa is that it seems to come with a terrible amount of spyware.

Absolutely!

there are plently of spyware removers, such as "Ad-Aware" etc.

Originally posted by "RPG"

there are plently of spyware removers, such as "Ad-Aware" etc.

yes but part of the agreement is that you agree to the terms and conditions which often involves having this spyware on your machine. If you remove it and they detect it the software will not work.

its crap! unless you get the lite version it has spy ware in

:D have you tried searching files and folders then deleting them :?: might be worth a try

Originally posted by "Lickszz"

there are plently of spyware removers, such as "Ad-Aware" etc.

yes but part of the agreement is that you agree to the terms and conditions which often involves having this spyware on your machine. If you remove it and they detect it the software will not work.
I have a pop-up blocker running and it works fine for me.

Thanks for the responses, tazlady636 if only it was that simple...

Originally posted by "tazlady636"

:D have you tried searching files and folders then deleting them :?: might be worth a try
Doesn't really work like that because you get registry entries and simply deleting files without updating the registry oftem makes things worse.

Originally posted by "Sidla"

there are plently of spyware removers, such as "Ad-Aware" etc.

yes but part of the agreement is that you agree to the terms and conditions which often involves having this spyware on your machine. If you remove it and they detect it the software will not work.
I have a pop-up blocker running and it works fine for me.

Pop ups are annoying but the spyware is worse imo

But I though all spy ware does is create pop-ups?

Spyware reports back what you are doing on the web, which sites you visit. Some music CD's install spyware on your PC! I have five systems watching my PC, all of them free to download, you should see what they detect and deny access!

PS. Further proof here - http://tinyurl.com/3pf5

Why should people care what you're doing on the web if they can't sell you their products?

They are able to direct any searches to their sites, so you're not getting a full search.

You should download the Kazaa Lite version...that's without spyware. Don't know where you can find it, but just searh for it and you'll be fine!

Originally posted by "J the B"

You should download the Kazaa Lite version...that's without spyware. Don't know where you can find it, but just searh for it and you'll be fine!

Too be honest, I am not a great fan of Kazaa, I much prefer Win MX.

why dont you just download kazaa lite ?

As I said at the beginning, I was just being nosey, see what all the fuss was about. I have no wish to download kazaa lite or anything else that denys people their lawful earnings.

Originally posted by "GrahamY"

As I said at the beginning, I was just being nosey, see what all the fuss was about. I have no wish to download kazaa lite or anything else that denys people their lawful earnings.

I am afraid I don't share your view. It's the greedy record companies who's over the top profits you are eating into. That's why they are complaining. They've been ripping people off for years. How else can they still afford to pay the likes of Robbie Williams a disgusting £80 Million.

So is it alright to steal from a supermarket because they make large profits, but not from a corner shop?

Originally posted by "GrahamY"

So is it alright to steal from a supermarket because they make large profits, but not from a corner shop?

Nope this is entirely different. There is healthy competition in supermarkets, if you don't like the price you go somewhere else. We in this country get ripped off with CD's. Have you not ever though why with some CD's there is these Extra Bonus tracks on them? I'll tell you why right now. Often when a band releases a CD they will release a few different versions. Some will have more tracks on than others. In this country we genrally have more trakcs on out CD's than in USA. The reason why is because our economy is so messed up they have to put these Bonus tracks on to discourage people buying the fair priced cheaper CD's from America in order to boast our own economy. Online Music is the future. I Personally won't buy a cd of a band I don't know until I have listened to it. Online music downloads gives you this option. I certainly buy EVERY CD of the bands I follow. I mainly use PTP File Sharing programs so I can obtain the rare bootlegs of the bands I follow. These are not illegal in any way and it's not stealing.

What have you done to my page? It's gone widescreen.

Yes, I know the record companies make a profit, in the real world they're obliged to by shareholders and the risk of getting the boot! Not every one is as conscientious as you, though. The vast majority are downloading to avoid buying the CD. Any uni IT department will tell you a lot of their traffic is music downloads, that's the first thing a fresher learns. Would you like to see record companies go bust, or are you the person who will tell them how much profit they are allowed to make?

Originally posted by "GrahamY"

What have you done to my page? It's gone widescreen.

Yes, I know the record companies make a profit, in the real world they're obliged to by shareholders and the risk of getting the boot! Not every one is as conscientious as you, though. The vast majority are downloading to avoid buying the CD. Any uni IT department will tell you a lot of their traffic is music downloads, that's the first thing a fresher learns. Would you like to see record companies go bust, or are you the person who will tell them how much profit they are allowed to make?

No, I would like to see the record companies charge a reasonable price for CD's. Do you know how much a CD costs? Do you know what percentage the Artist gets from the sale of a CD? People have been obtaining music free for years, it's just it's evolved. In the good old days it was recording the tracks from the Radio to avoid buying them. It's no different. Obviously the Universities don't have a problem with people stelaing music for free then.

Originally posted by "GrahamY"

What have you done to my page? It's gone widescreen.

Annoying wasn't it. It was due to a long URL at the top of the page that I've now shortened :)

Thanks, could I have shortened it, or do you need special powers? Anyroadup, I like your website, my monitor is now full of ants! Tried to sign the Guestbook, comes back with an error message.

On a more sombre note, I'm afraid I hit the 'off' button after Mark and Lard; if I say the Hallam was called the Polly when I went...

You could have done it by editing your post. I can do it because I'm a moderator. I found a helpful little utility called http://tinyurl.com

You've signed my guestbook 3 times! Not quite sure what you mean about the Mark and Lard part of that previous post.

Well I got an error message after each one. Thing is, when I went to the Polly should indicate Chris Moyles is too 'in your face' for my age! Too much bad language.

Well, each to their own. You either love him or you hate him, and I happen to love him. I never miss a show if I can help it.

In the interests of fairness I listened for a while today, first time for two years. Thought having Tony Blackburn on was a masterstroke! Will give it another go then, if you listen to Mark and Lard, who gave Frank White and Richard Hawley a big mention this afternoon.

I like Mark and Lard too, but I don't make the effort to listen to the whole show.

Anyone else from the forum on Kazaa?

Nope... why would someone admit to that? :wink:
I've heard iMesh is pretty good tho!

I personally don't condone the use of P2P programmes 8)

Obviously i send each artist and band money for ever down load i do :wink:

However you want to phrase it and whatever excuses you can come up with, downloading games, music, software, movies, etc... for free for personal use is illegal that if it not free normally and that you don't already own the original copy.

It is so easy to write a undetectable virus and add it to some software that is virtually impossible to detect because it doesn't have the mean to spread by software (Which makes it easier to detect it activities), because you the users are doing that for them via kazaa.

The spyware in Kazaa isn't the only thing to worry about...

The terms and conditions included with Kazaa read: "You hereby grant [Brilliant] the right to access and use the unused computing power and storage space on your computer/s and/or internet access or bandwidth for the aggregation of content and use in distributed computing."

Further info can be found here:
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1130726
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1131070

John i got a virus on a joke site about three weeks ago..What i'm saying is you can catch a virus from anysite on the internet...and its my choice to download music i still buy cds from the shops.I listen on Kazaa to new bands and if i like them i go buy the cd :o

I don't use download anything that I'd buy. If I couldn't download a piece of music I'd just do without it.

Although downloading music is illegal, I don't think that's enough to stop people these days - it's just too easy. The fact that using something like Kazaa, you can pretty much find any music you want in minutes, download it to your pc and be listening to it straight away is just too tempting for most people.

The model for distributing music has changed forever, and the technology can't just be undone, despite the efforts of those like the RIAA. The record companies have to move with the times, or lose out. They've had it their way for a long long time, and are now in a panic and trying to prosecute people left right and centre, usually easy targets such as college campus networks, etc, rather than individuals.

The clever people are moving with the times, and recent startups like Apples i-tunes (http://www.apple.com/music/store/) where you can download any music you like for $0.99 is imho the way to go. People won't mind paying a small fee to get a high quality download, where the artist still gets a share of the profits.

When tape cassettes came out, people predicted the death of the recording industry, the same when cd-burners arrived, and now Hollywood is crapping it now that dvd-burners are down to about £200. None of these things really killed music, and I don't think the internet will, it's just the old dinosaurs of the record companies need to accept that they've not got it all their own way any more, and move on.

One other point worth noting is that p2p is great for up and coming bands who can't get a recording contract to get their music heard.

Wow I didn't realise people still used kazza??

Wow I didn't realise people still used kazza??

This is a thread from 2003....