With the release of the new winmxgroup anti-smokeblower patch there has been an influx of users rejoining the network.
Smokeblower networks are the division of Macrovision that flood p2p networks with thousands of fake results to waste any users time and drive them off the network, as well as this being an excellent distributed denial of service attack method due to the sheer number of fake results.
With recent breakthroughs in cracking the winmx proprietory protocol its now possible to filter their efforts completely, restoring the balance in favour of those who wish to share files.
Whilst I do not encourage folks to share copyrighted material I also stand against illegal attacks on users who may happen to type in a single word to be attacked in this way.
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