On 2 Sep 2003 00:32:45 GMT, "Rindler Sigurd"
<srindler@da2.so-net.ne.jp> belched the alphabet and kept on going
with:

>> Now allow me to UNintroduce you to Kazaa. If you are using it, please
>> uninstall it immediately. Then visit http://www.kazaalite.tk/ and
>> download and install Kazaa-Lite instead. You will still be connected
>> to the same file-sharing network, but you won't have any spyware
>> installed on your computer and there won't be any advertisements sent
>> to your computer.
>>
>>
>
>Let me add something that can save you from getting into trouble...
>If you just install Kazaa (or the light version), you still have all the
>downloaded files sit in your "Shared Folder"... which means that everybody
>can download from your machine, I think that this is the default setting in
>Kazaa.

Options>Kazaa++ Options>Traffic

Place a check mark in the box "Disable sharing of files with other
users". Nobody can see what files you have and no one can get them.

Of course, it also makes you a one-way freeloading bastard, but it
does eliminate the concern you mention.