BOGUS Bit size = 3,545,425
 

I'm using Bearshare 5.2.5. On ever music/mp3 search I perform I get at least one result with size = 3,545,425 bits with hundreds of sources. This is a bogus file. How can I filter or isolate a specific size file? Doing split searches is not an acceptable option. Can the freepeers or hostiles files be updated to reflect filtering of specific size files? Also there is a new bull s**t file size = 3,877,627.

Since you can save searches in favourites, split searches are an excellent option. Create
default searches with the right settings and you can invoke them with a single click and
then alter them to fit your real searches.

A smarter technique is to add a few unlikely words to your keyword filter and then run a search
on one of those keywords before running your normal searches. Your bogus search will end
up mostly empty but the spambot results that echo your search terms will also disappear from
all of your real searches.

any other suggestions?
 

splitting searches into the favs isn't much of a fix. can a specific file size be isolated in any way. in the filters options there is only min and max. i want to specify equal to.

thanks

follow up
 

I checked the option "Only accept results with metadata", which eliminated the bogus bit size files. I'm not very familiar with the metadata option and how it may narrow or eliminate some legitimate search results.

thanks again

You're right. It can be too restrictive. Not many programs transmit
that metadata, so if you hit a brick wall try turning it off again.

Don't forget the bogus keyword method I described. It works very
well at bouncing those bogus spammers that try to mirror your own
searches back at you. If you do that, you won't lose any legitimate
results.