I guess most people know about these methods to get around the RIAA, but I'll post them anyway:
There are 3 effective ways to get around the fake files. The first one is the -c:, which is the
easiest to use, the second is to look at the file's availability, and connection speeds that the
file flooders use, and the third is to search for your file in the p2p-revolution database
The -c: method:
The -c: method is very easy, and will filter almost 100% of the fakes, but it will also filter 90%
of the real files.
When you search for a file, you have 2 search boxes. in the top box, type in the song or movie you
want to download. In the lower box you type in
-c:What this does is to exclude all the files with "C:\" in the path. All the fake file flooders list
files from the C:\ drive, so all their fake results will be completely filtered out. Only the files
shared from other drives will be listed, and these are real users with real files. When you've
found the file you are looking for, double click it to start the download. You should then be taken
to the Transfers screen. Right click the file you just started, and hit "Find Sources Now" in the
menu. This will add all the real files from C:\ that were filtered during the search.
This method probably won't work forever. When the RIAA find out what we are doing, they will
probably start to flood from other drive letters. But at the moment it works, and it is a very
effective method to get around their fakes.
The availability method:
The RIAA are trying to get their fakes at the top of the list, so that it will take longer for the
inexperienced users to find the files they are looking for.
The files are usually sorted by file availability. Therefore, the RIAA will only list fast
connections (Cable, DSL, T1, T3+), and available files (files without queue), so they get their
fakes listed at the top
This makes it easier to see which files are real or not.
*note that you should have your search results collapsed by default, or this won't work Search for the file you want to download, when you've gotten a few results you should look at the
Speed and the Status/Server columns.
In the status/server column, the results will be displayed in this format:
"? + ? available users".
the first (green) ? means there are ? files without queue. the second (red) ? means there are ?
files with queue.
the fakes files will
rarely have any files
with queue. So all the fakes will look
like
"? +
0 available users". You should look for a group that has at least 1 file with queue (?
+ 1 available users)
If you aren't sure if a file is real or not, it helps to whois some of the users in the group. Most
of the fake file flooders will have 3000 files. if all the users in the group have 3000 files, then
the group is a group of fake files. (this may also depend on the flooders, but 3000 is the most
common file count)
The fakes always list fast connections, so you can look for a group with 1 or more dial-up (red)
connections in the same way as with the availability status.
This is a more complicated method than the -c: one, but it should work when -c: won't work anymore,
so I want everyone to know about this as a secondary solution.
The p2p-revolution database.
Go to
http://www.p2p-revolution.com/This is a site with a database of real files. You can search for your file there, and get a
HASH-code to search for in WinMX. You'll find more information about that on the site.
I hope this will help you getting around the fake file flooders. These methods work for me now, but
the recording companies may come up with other dirty tricks later. I hope they aren't smart enough
to think up other tricks to disrupt our file sharing community! Happy downloading!
