Well, that's a thing happening with a lot of filesharing apps (supporting HTTP transferring networks).

You can fix it by rightclicking the download and pressing pauze, and after that, restart.

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Further, on PeerGuardian2: It starts the Windows server service on your computer (which I discovered because a hidden catalog.wci (that's a Windows server indexing service database file - apparently) suddenly appeared in the System Volume Information folder and made my regular drive ghosting task fail, otherwise I wouldn't have known). Now a program that's supposed to be protecting my computer is turning it into a server? What's going on here? Anyone got any suggestions?

Is this PeerGuardian on the level or what?

On the plus side, it is brilliant at blocking outgoing IP calls, from whatever apps you have on your system. It has already blocked outgoing IP calls from two trojans that I had no idea were 'contacting home' from my computer. One is actually a pirated screen capture tool (HyperSxxp). Yeah, some applications downloads on P2P are high-class trojans that are very difficult to spot.

@P2D2: That link (Shareaza Security Centre), iwas wondering what you know of that site?... because they have these two Tweak files also that seemed interesting,

Shareaza Quick Guide 2.3: Quick Guide to Shareaza (RAR)
This is a .rar file, that contains instructions on how to set-up shareaza

Shareaza Settings Guide: Settings Guide for Shareaza (RAR)
This is a .rar file that contains an extensive amount of info on how to use shareaza's advanced settings

and for some reason i expected these two ShareAza help files to be readable, but they turned out to be compressed .exe files(!!!) - I wonder why? or what this site is trying to do by getting us to execute "FAQ" documents...?

hmmmmmm....just where exactly did you get your copy of PG2?

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Interesting, Cor-e. I just scanned through their file Shareaza Quick Guide 2.3.exe (with UltraEdit-32) and there's so much (apparently - least it looks like) program code in it that I don't feel much inclined to run it to find out wtf it is! (And you are an ex-KaZaA user, are you not? - I'm guessing from the way you capitalized ShareAza )

@Peerless: I got it direct from Phoenix Labs (link), billed as: "Home of the original PeerGuardian 2".

Those .exe's are actually little flash files. They're without viruses or other badware, and if you wish, you can use a spyware/virus scan on it

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well p2d2 I don't know what to say...my version of PG2 does nothing like what you describe, there is no catalog.wci on my machine, and the only problems I've ever had with PG2 are when I am for all intensive purposes being DDOS'd by Macrovision when using BearShare...I guess PG can't handle the abuse and will occasionally freak out and I have to use the Recover PeerGuardian option to kill the driver and restart the app...other than that it has done its job marvelously.....

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And suppose the first lines of that Flash code are an encrypted registry edit, Neglacio, which decrypts and executes when you click the file. Would you be able to see that? And would a virus scanner be able to detect that?

P2D2: First of all, I guess you're yet contaminated with spyware and others.
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Next to that, I'm responsible for the content of the .exe's since the creator of the Security Centre is a good friend of me

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Yes, Peerless, it seems more probable that the Server service is actually started by Shareaza, because it is required for file sharing. But the big server index, catalog.wci, is definitely the work of PG2.

You can't see it because it is hidden in the (normally) unreadable System Volume Information file. To access that file you have to change the access permissions (Start > Run > cmd > change to root directory of drive you want to access file on. Then cacls "system volume information" /t /g "Your user name":f )

That permanently (/t) grants you (/g "username") full access (:f) by editing the Access Control List (cACLs) for that file. Then you can look inside your SVI folder and delete stuff - but be careful because that's your system restore file (if you are still using System Restore).

@Neglacio, perhaps you could gently pass your friend at the Shareaza Security Centre the feedback that whilst X-Ray Filter looks like it could be useful... it is pretty difficult to trust or evaluate when he doesn't provide any documentation.

Shareaza does NOT start the server service...
I asked the devs, and looked in the code itself...

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That's interesting. If Shareaza doesn't need it then, I'm going to disable that service. And since Shareaza didn't turn it on, it must have been PG2.

(Later) It's off... and Shareaza's still happy, so that's a step forward.