RE: Re[2]: Kazaa?

[Chris Santerre <csanterre () MerchantsOverseas com>]

Ah.. this is different. Sorry I sort by topic and just read this one. I'm
not sure if Kazaa is trying to find other servers on the same network. I've
never seen this type of behavior. Well, ok, I've never really looked. :) 

If I get a chance today, I'll try it in the test network and see what I come
up with. Are you sure it is scanning your computer, or just broadcasting out
on all available networks? (Sorry I deleted the thread with the example log
already.)

-----Original Message-----
From: Christian Simatos [mailto:christiansimatos () freesurf fr]
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 5:18 AM
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Re[2]: Kazaa?


Hi all,

Thanks for the trouble. I appreciate the energy put into answering my
query. I probably was not clear enough in my description as it seems
none of the answers got me any closer to understanding.

Kazaa ins installed on my son's PC.
I know there is spyware included. I'll move him to KazaaLite soon. My
understnading of Kazaa's spyware is that is reports the activity of
the local user on the local PC.

What I don't understand, and this is documented nowhere in any faq, is
why my son's PC scans my PC. This is different. It means a component
of Kazaa would look at remote PCs. Any clue?

-- 
Thanks,
 Christian