P2P Scam Sites

[Ken]

I've added about 8 or so; a whole shit load.

Even Slyck.com had a bunch of adverts for some of these.

[meshmark]

Absolutely Brilliant post

i got bored and registered with download shield or complete movies .com

about £12 and was horrified after loading there software it provided just a link to suprnova which as yiu said is a free to use peer to peer network using the bt client

i will learn the hard way i suppose and have decided to convert my original cds to mp3 format to listen on the puter

your post is extremely helpful ken as i have sent 5 e-mails in the last day or so asking if i can cancel or justify there charge in tearms of what u get for your bucks

and guess what NO REPLY surprise surprise

i wonder if i can reject the payment on my visa for buying a sevice on line and being misled thumbsdown

any way you have saved me£20 as i was considering signing up to dc movies also

think i will stick with hmv or maybe buy an i pod

thx for the post it was extremely helpful

i have also added this site to my favs as i think it is a very useful source and well put together site

thx again

meshmark :good job:

[DudeAsInCool]

Welcome to Beatking, Meshmark :strumma:

[Ken]

Absolutely Brilliant post

i got bored and registered with download shield or complete movies .com

about £12 and was horrified after loading there software it provided just a link to suprnova which as yiu said is a free to use peer to peer network using the bt client

i will learn the hard way i suppose and have decided to convert my original cds to mp3 format to listen on the puter

your post is extremely helpful ken as i have sent 5 e-mails in the last day or so asking if i can cancel or justify there charge in tearms of what u get for your bucks

and guess what NO REPLY surprise surprise

i wonder if i can reject the payment on my visa for buying a sevice on line and being misled thumbsdown.gif

any way you have saved me£20 as i was considering signing up to dc movies also

think i will stick with hmv or maybe buy an i pod

thx for the post it was extremely helpful

i have also added this site to my favs as i think it is a very useful source and well put together site

thx again

meshmark

Thank you.

I simply feel relieved you were enlightened just in time before you got in too deep.

I'd talk to Visa, and see what they can do. After all, you should, at the very least, be able to stop any recurring payments. As for getting your money back, that'll be tough.

If you're looking to acquire media, use true P2P software (which is free in one form or another, 99% of the time, with exceptions of “pro” versions, which I scoff at), or at the very least, use a service that legitimately has licensing deals, and even in that event, weigh the pros and cons. My motto is, “Don’t pay for copyrighted material, unless you choose to BUY it from a legitimate reseller”.

On another note regarding P2P software and such…………….

For a beginner in the P2P world, I recommend a program/network such as Ares

http://www.aresgalaxy.org (aresgalaxy.com and aresgalaxy.net are scam sites).

When installing, uncheck the option to install “NavHelper”. There are no ads or spyware in Ares, so you’re safe from that as well.

If there are specific types of media you’re looking for, post that here and the BeatKing community will recommend their choices of sources. If you would like to PM me with specific things of interest, I’d be glad to point you in the right direction and help you with technical aspects of P2P and others.

[meshmark]

thx buddy

now the link doesnt work at all

beingsold something for £12 is bad if it works and is a link to a good site is one thing but paying for a service that after 2 days is useless is SHOCKING think i will pm you to find out some stuff

been busythe last few days converting all my cds lolthx any ken your help is very much appreciated

thx meshmark

[Ken]

I sorted the list a bit.

It's now loosly ordered from A-Z (numbers, dashes, other characters coming first).

[Shawn]

You da man.

For as long as you keep sweeping up da floor.

[Ken]

I added a bunch.

There was a list at Zeropaid that was posted in a thread on this very subject.

I cross-referenced it with the list here at BeatKing, and found a few I didn't have. They've been added.

[Ken]

I added

http://www.ezmp3s.com

It was being displayed through the google ads right here at BeatKing.

[Shawn]

Added to the filter. You shouldn't see it after today.

[Ken]

I'm actually glad I got to see it!

Otherwise I wouldn't have been able to add it to the list.

[Shawn]

Aye, I just don't want to be seen as promoting shite.

[Ken]

True, though i've accepted that fact that it's Google promoting the shite and therefore BeatKing shouldn't have to bare the label of shite promoter.

[Ken]

I added

http://www.rocksoftdevelopment.com

They claim to have a "program" called Go Music. It's a complete rip-off (exact copy) of Shareaza with spyware included.

It's also listed on Download.com so be careful and avoid like the plague.

http://www.zeropaid.com/bbs/showthread.php?threadid=22392

[Ken]

http://www.zeropaid.com/bbs/showthread.php?threadid=22399

Also, avoid openwares.org.

Added to the list.

[Malicious Intent]

It doeesn't sound like Shareaza!

[Ken]

It is Shareaza plus added spyware.

Of course it's not THE Shareaza. Nobody, even the biggest Shareaza critics have ever claimed Shareaza had spyware/adware or anything along those lines..

[Malicious Intent]

I've added

http://www.mp3guard.com/

Which sells p2p related freeware. Everything from IP blocker to anti-p2p parental controls. They don't offer P2P software itself. If this is getting off track, then just delete it :D

[Ken]

This site cracks me up..........

http://www.mp3downloadreview.com

It's a "top" to "bottom" listing of scam sites!!!

[Malicious Intent]

They link to Slyck under the Things To Read heading!

[paulsim]

This site cracks me up..........

http://www.mp3downloadreview.com

It's a "top" to "bottom" listing of scam sites!!!

Hi

About mp3downloadreview.

It does more than crack me up.

The top of the list its 247Download which gets 5 stars and a rave review.

In fact there are many references to 247Download where it is slated as a scam and absolutely useless.

Because it was given 5 stars in mp3Downloadreview I too subscribed. All that enabled me to do was find out that it truly is useless and a complete ripoff.

mp3Downloadreview is probably a site belonging to 247download review; and put there as a con.

It should be banished from the Internet.

Paulsim

[Shawn]

Ouch. Sorry to hear that they hit you.

[rainbowdemon]

Watch out for this one too. It's such a blatant scam, it's almost funny!!

http://joeflix.com/

[Serenity75]

I wish I'd found this forum sooner... I was looking for a legal site to download from,already have Itunes..not too happy with their lack of choices. I came across mp3ebook (was linked there by a site i assumed was legit.) You know the rest... silly me. Anyways,thanks for the research you've posted,hopefully it will help others.

[Ken]

After many many rounds of cross-checking with various other lists (including the excellent, and more up-to-date one at p2pforums.com that has been relayed by many P2P sites such as P2Pnet.net, Slyck.com, and Zeropaid.com), I updated the list, restructured its display here at BeatKing, and it’s been alphabetized better (especially the generic sites).

Sorry for slacking so much on the list; I've been busy.

Edited March 28, 2005 by Ken