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Old 05-13-2004, 06:29 PM   #1
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this is really cool... its an instant messenging thing i heard about from my clan site...

it shows what games your friends are playing, and the servers, and can automatically connect you to them...

sites http://www.xfire.com/xf/index.php

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Old 05-14-2004, 03:20 PM   #2
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Had it since beta started

Im Ludacris on it
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My friend and I installed this and took a gander at the programs activities. Even when it's off, it keeps an active port on your system. Since then, I've uninstalled it and blocked it with norton--just to be sure.
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Old 05-22-2004, 03:06 PM   #4
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My friend and I installed this and took a gander at the programs activities. Even when it's off, it keeps an active port on your system. Since then, I've uninstalled it and blocked it with norton--just to be sure.
Your waaay to paranoid about this, they have over 250,000 users. They receive awesome reviews from a lot of popular editors. If it was that dangerous, do you think they would actually release this?
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Why not? There are LOTS of programs that are used my many people that are very unsafe. Take kazaa for example, its full of spyware but its still the most used file sharing program.
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Your waaay to paranoid about this, they have over 250,000 users. They receive awesome reviews from a lot of popular editors. If it was that dangerous, do you think they would actually release this?
Of course they would.... especially considering they've spent time and money developing it
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I know I'm paranoid. I've had too many tech calls where I've removed over 1000 instances of spyware off people's computers.
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