DC++ Shared File Locations
DC++,
a Peer to Peer (P2P) filesharing program, stores
settings in
DCPlusPlus.xml, which you
will find in the directory where it is installed.
You will find the locations of shared files between
share tags. The following is an example.
<Share>
<Directory Virtual="Comics & Etc">S:\Comics & Etc\</Directory>
<Directory Virtual="Cartoons">T:\Cartoons\</Directory>
<Directory Virtual="Books">T:\Books\</Directory>
</Share>
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Comcast and Cox Continue to Block BitTorrent Traffic
A report by Germany's Max Planck Institute reveals that
Comcast and
Cox Communications
are blocking BitTorrent traffic throughout the
day, despite Comcast's claims that it only throttles BitTorrent
Traffic during peak network hours. Comcast also claims that
its throttling of BitTorrent traffic is imperceptible to its
customers. It is likely true that most of Comcast's customers
won't realize that degraded performance for BitTorrent transfers
are occurring because Comcast is actively throttling that traffic.
References:
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Cox, Comcast Accused of More BitTorrent Blocking
By Roy Mark
May 15, 2008
eWeek.com
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LimeWire
After I had cleaned a lot of malware from someone's home system, I found
LimeWire on the system.
McAfee security software was on
the system and prompted me as to whether I wanted to allow LimeWire
to run or block it. My last experience with LimeWire was several years
ago. At that time I had found the free version came bundled with
adware/spyware, so I had the McAfee software block LimeWire. After
checking on the current version, though, I found it no longer comes
bundled with adware/spyware according to the developer, Lime Wire LLC
(see
LimeWire's response: Spyware) and the
Wikipedia article
on LimeWire.
Granted, one should never rely on the developer's or
distributors' word on such matters, since they will often simply define
the terms "adware" and "spyware" so that they don't include techniques
used by their software, instead of using the commonly accepted definitions.
But, as far as I can determine, LimeWire has indeed been distributed,
even in the free version, without adware or spyware for several years now.
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