MPAA Now Targets Children (11)

1 Name: Sling!myL1/SLing 05/01/30(Sun)23:06 ID:qWYmoIqi

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4216697.stm
"The Movie Association for America's (MPAA) free Parent File Scan software lets parents check their children's computers for peer-to-peer programs."
"The MPAA said in a statement that it would continue to provide easy access to similar tools in the coming months to combat "the deleterious effects of peer-to-peer software, including such common problems as viruses, Trojan horses and identity theft"."

lol, "deleterious."
The MPAA and co. are probably the major makers of viruses and Trojans today. When I look at zdnet.com for p2p software, I see many fakes that are full of crap. And someone is very busy writing false positive reviews to trick people to install those malwares. They even have false web pages.
Lame.

6 Name: Unverified Source 05/01/31(Mon)14:08 ID:Heaven

I, Anonymous installed the program. I bolted down the firewall, and kept the virus scanner to my side.. just in case.

Well, I started it, and after clicking through enough "I AGREE" bullshit statement I have this conclusion to present to you:

IT SUCKS

It will target things by filename and extension. That's it. It found Azureus and DC++ straight up, and called a flash movie "twister.exe" a p2p client. Whatever. It also offers the ability to "remove" the p2p applications, I didnt let it, so I have no idea if it cleanly uninstalls, or just deletes things.

It then went and found anything with .wav, .mp3, ogg, avi etc etc extension. It seemed to have ignored the DVDISO's, and missed a couple of thousand songs (they are .m4a). Doesn't touch zip files either. Also found my (legitimate) copy of ut2k4 and all the OGG audio contained in it.

This program is not a threat, it's a joke . Maybe dangerous if some kid was stupid enough to let their parents have administrator privilages to a box they dont even know how to turn on.

Fuck I can't wait to uninstall this piece of shit...

7 Name: Unverified Source 05/01/31(Mon)14:11 ID:Heaven

UPDATE

This program is kick-arse for making a text file log of all your mp3, anime etc so you can share lists. There is an icon called "Save Results", and it'll save everything into a nice, neat text file. Listed all my anime in order, the lot.

Maybe it does have some potential...

AS A JOKE

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