In the last few K++ versions (a new one appears about every week to month), the PL hack was disabled by default -- but the prevent queue-jumping was enabled by default.
Since K++ is the ONLY fasttrack network program that can currently prevent listing of all files shared by a user, it is slightly safer than regular Kazaa for purposes of SHARING files.
Since K++ is the ONLY fasttrack network program that also has an integrated ip list blocker, it can do a better job preventing connections to known bad+hostile ip ranges. Using Peer Guardian instead with regular Kazaa won't work as well, because Peer Guardian is REACTIVE (tries to stop the connection after it's made) whereas K++ is PROACTIVE (PREVENTS it from being made.)
K++'s maker, Random Nut, uncovered and disclosed to Sharman a critical bug that could wreck the network. It is unknown (to me) if Sharman included a patch for this in their software, which could leave a user's connection open to ADDITIONAL vulnerabilities. The latest K++ versions fixed this problem, which actually benefits regular Kazaa users by reducing POINTS OF VULNERABILITY on the network. (reasoning that K++ users upgraded to fixed K++ versions, not that 'new converts' to K++ appeared...)
Some people work for charity, others for fame, and the rest it seems for fortune. Random Nut would rather remain anonymous, except for his nickname, so his creation draws no real fame to himself and he has not $ profited from his efforts.
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