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Old 23-November-2004, 04:26 AM
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Default Re: Computer problems and questions from a novice

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Originally Posted by Vanion
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True, I downloaded a Kaaza program to his computer from some site and got about 20 files from it.
Since then, his computer is painfully slow.
A Kaaza program? Kaaza? Kaaza Lite? Some other Fastrack client? Unhacked Fastrack clients tend to come with a wack of malware. Time to bust out spybot...
Had the same problem when it first came out, and jumped through major hoops to get rid of it as soon as I could. Check to be sure you eliminated every part and everything associated with it---that first version should get some kind of award in the Malware Hall of Fame.
Interesting Wired article on Kazaa.
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