Posted by Anon on 01/19/68 11:51

I'm happily running winmx v3.31 by using the(?) additional
hosts file entries.

The other day my winmx displayed "CLICK FOR URGENT UPDATE!!!"
in the line below the title bar (where, for months, it'd only
been saying "Please be Patient!!!").

I read the articles here, and the article at
http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1214 (about dealing
with "false files"). The article left me scratching my
head... (Was I supposed to know what "smokeblower" is?
Without "the patch" will I [just still] see "false files"?)

Since I had no concerns about "false files", I never felt
the need for any "patch", and so I am naturally concerned
about the possibility that the (executable) "cure" could
be worse than the "disease", at least as far as the health
and security of my system is concerned.

Can someone here please explain what, if anything, I need
to do to my installation (and why) if I wish to remain a
participant in the winmx file-sharing community? (It seems
as if fewer people are finding/offloading my files lately.)

TIA,

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