You are right that wiping the drive might not be worthing it. You could always use another mac p2p that doesn't use Java in the mean time. If you resolve your problem however, be sure to tell us how you resolved it

For small files:
Poisoned: http://gottsilla.net/
For big and quality downloads:
http://edonkey2000.com/downloads.php

Bonne chance

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