This notice was posted for those who are using the host file solution.
http://www.vladd44.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=6610It is packaged with an automatic installer for those who wish to use it. It has been translated into 14 different languages to support a truly international community. A manual version is also available if you wish to view the entries and add them yourself.
Great work and a big thanks to all involved, especially to Bob and Unique for programming and testing, Sam for the logo design, and Sable and the entire translation team for adding a wide assortment of supported languages.
Just to clarify a few issues:
1. The new installer will not overwrite existing non-WinMX related entries in your hosts file. So those of you who use spyware programs that add entries to the hosts file will no longer have to manually add those back in.
2. Certain anti-spyware utilities such as Spybot Search & Destroy, Microsoft Windows XP Anti-Spyware, and WinPatrol monitor your hosts file so you will be prompted that it was changed after the PIE Patch is installed. Accept these changes in order to take advantage of PIE Patch.
3. PIE Patch 2.8 does not remove or alter the dll fix from Winmxgroup. If you wish to use PIE Patch and you have installed the dll, you will need to remove it yourself prior to installing PIE Patch.
4. Some of the peer caches now have the ability to test default TCP and UDP ports, this means that the WinMX Setup Wizard works once again. The installer updates the entries in the hosts file in order for a user to connect to the test server. It does not configure the ports itself.
5. The installer does not disable firewalls and there are no plans to ever include such a feature.
I would like to also mention that Jim's already very involved role in Operation Pie has just expanded to an even more active one. PIE Group will now be a joint leadership by Jim, Vladd, and I. Please include him on any correspondence to Vladd and me from this point forward
For those who are using the 2.6 pie patch or older it is advised to update to this 2.8 version to ensure continued correct operation and a smoother loading of the caches in general.
Winmxgroup 1.9 patch users will not need to take any action
Urgent Note:Will anyone using a host file solution please install Peer Guardian2 as part of a major effort to beat the flooding, with your help it may one day be possible to make fake results a thing of the past and I will be focusing on getting this information over to Italian and Japanese sites that are not perhaps aware of the problems we are facing when using winmx unprotected, thank you all for taking the time to read this and helping the community.
