Posted by anthonyberet on 10/23/05 01:39

Morton Davis wrote:
> <BJtheDJ@the.Controls> wrote in message
> news:umcil19scguro4lagliq87rmokj226und2@4ax.com...
>
>>As is normal with anyone chasing hard-to-get file, my incompletes
>>mount steadily - and now they stand at 614 and 55GB!
>>
>>I know when I browse someone else and I see large quantities of
>>incompletes come up first I assume (maybe wrongly, but it seems to
>>take forever to get a complete list from some people) that that is all
>>that they are sharing, and in many cases I'm correct.
>>
>>I share (including my incompletes), 2138 files totalling 162GB, and it
>>seems that anyone browsing me is going to see a whole heap of
>>incompletes.
>>
>>I've tried not sharing the folder that my new files arrive in but it
>>automatically re-adds itself.
>>
>>I'm running v3.53.
>>
>>How do I not share these?
>>
>>Should I be not sharing them?
>>
>>
>
> Sharing incompletes is a great way to spread viruses without your knowing
> it. Or to send share a misnamed porno file.
>
>
an incomplete virus wouldn't cause much harm though.
- I think yours is a specious argument - anyone that would download a
virus will do so whatever others try to do to stop them.
Although I share my incompletes, I don't share viruses, because I don't
download them.

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