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Posted by Hank on September 13, 2005, 9:04 am
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Probably should have said, I do run an up-to-date version of McAfee
antivirus, but virus infection is not my main worry here.
> Hi you will find I am semi-computer illiterate but bear with me, so here
> goes.
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> I donwloaded PPLive from a Chinese web site as it enables me to watch
> sports TV live on the internet (sometimes Windows Media Player kicks in,
> sometimes Realplayer 10).
>
> Subtitles are in Chinese - no local adult education classes on that where
> I live - but sometimes the commentary e.g. for european soccer matches is
> in English.
>
> Don't know what 'streaming' technology they use, it does buffer initially
> but then seems like a live, permanent feed of data, I googled it and some
> say that rules out 'Bittorrent' as that only downloads chunks of data.
>
> I have two questions
>
> I had to unblock PPLive on my windows firewall (which I know is crap
> anyway, especially with regard to monitoring outgoing traffic) so now I am
> wondering does this leave my PC open to HDD being scanned by Chinese IT
> students, my emails being read etc?
>
> Also it states somewhere that they use every PC who uses them to also
> rebroadcast the data it receives, no idea how this is meant to work. This
> may be a bit OT for an anivirus NG but could this implicate me in illegal
> activities? What if I watch something that is pay-per-view on my local
> cable channels and/or Skye.
>
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