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Viralg claims it can stop 99% of illegal file sharing

16 April 2005 21:19 by James "Dela" Delahunty | 41 comments

Viralg claims it can stop 99% of illegal file sharing A Finland-based company called Viralg claims that its technology could stomp out 99% of illegal file sharing on P2P networks. They are not one bit hesitant to say they are the best and the only real solution to the problem faced by the entertainment industry. Their "overwrite" technology apparently can mix-up and corrupt files on P2P networks. Similar services make the same claims but all they really do is spread corrupt files around the network, a practice that can be beaten with verification sites.

However Viralg claims that their technology can beat the verification sites problem. Viralg explained to Slyck.com how this is possible. "We make viable non-working file with a working file hash, so when someone tries to download a working file he/she will receive a random mix of working and non working file. The final content depends on many things (bandwidth, sources etc.)" they said. "Simply, we can deliver corrupted content with the same hashcode".

They claim they can corrupt files on many P2P networks including some newer networks like Ares Galaxy. Also they have already got some strong support behind them. BMG Finland is already praising the company having already worked with them and seen positive results. BMG Finland became the market leader in domestic music in the past 12 months. Their market position increased from 15% to 25% and they believe its because of Viralg. Now Viralg is looking for more customers. Seems like a pretty powerful weapon for the entertainment industry. The coming months will be interesting.

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    spooky2k (Member) 17 April 2005 7:44 Send private message to this user   
    damn these a-holes.
    as its already been said, they'll never stop P2P....y;know, the money they've lost (if any) is jsut the money they spend on all these 'prevention' technologies.
    I know for definate, if my band hit the big time, im putting all the files on the net myself. That way, if anyone is sued, i, the artist,can say 'erm...no. i put them up so ppl could listen to our music, and if they like it, they'll go out and buy it most likely, or at eleast support us in any other way.'
    The music industry needs to adapt and fast. It feels lately like its coming to a headstone on P2P or the RIAA, everyone's on last resorts and P2P will evidently win because of the smart people behind it (yes, thats as opposed to the RIAA where-in absolute 'dribblers' sit and devise schemes.)
    p4_tt (Senior Member) 17 April 2005 8:18 Send private message to this user   
    What next ban pc's or ban the internet even better why not just ban the phone.
    warsong (Inactive) 17 April 2005 8:29 Send private message to this user   
    dont give them idea's
    kidkhaos1 (Newbie) 17 April 2005 9:06 Send private message to this user   
    diabolos what good p2p have Virtual adresses?, thxs
    Toiletman (Senior Member) 17 April 2005 11:08 Send private message to this user   
    I don't get why you guys are so pumped up about this. Sooner or later it was going to come to this. It will be defeated and tossed out just like the other "Anti-P2P technology".
    nonoitall (Member) 17 April 2005 12:13 Send private message to this user   
    I agree with you Lucky_d - the site looks like little more than one of the TV scams you have to stay up late at night to see.
    Dela (Staff Member) 17 April 2005 12:35 Send private message to this user   
    The site may look like a scam site but the simple fact that they are backed by BMG Finland should be enough to tell you that they canat least do "some2 of what they claim!
    LiNx88 (Junior Member) 17 April 2005 13:05 Send private message to this user   
    I really can't believe that they're still trying to stomp out all P2P.

    I mean, sure, they might be able to stop a part of it for a month or two, but after that, somebody will think of someway new to transfer files. If these stupid companies were the least bit smart (if that makes any sense), they would just give up!
    malcdogg (Senior Member) 17 April 2005 14:07 Send private message to this user   
    Nah they are smart,man. I'd do the same thing if i were them. Keep telling companies like BMG that i have the solution, and get paid. Even though i know that what i'm saying is BS.
    ashroy01 (Senior Member) 17 April 2005 14:58 Send private message to this user   
    99% It would be interesting to see this happen. The entertainment industry hasn't made a dent thus far.
    syeberman (Newbie) 17 April 2005 16:10 Send private message to this user   
    Just an opinion.....

    Who in their right mind would create a trading name that sounds like one of those creams some women use? I suppose it would have been trendy in the 1070's like the logo.

    Such talk of "revenge" sounds very psychotic ..... Take two aspirins and see me in the morning.

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    syberman
    diabolos (Senior Member) 17 April 2005 16:48 Send private message to this user   
    Quote:
    diabolos what good p2p have Virtual adresses?, thxs
    There not great but they work and are getting better everyday;

    Mute:
    http://mute-net.sourceforge.net/

    Another...

    Ants:
    http://www.myjavaserver.com/~gwren/home.jsp?page=custom&xmlName=ants

    Does anyone know of anymore?

    Ced

    "We must judge people from the perspective of their own time, not ours." - Twain

    This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 25 April 2005 6:25

    runner121 (Inactive) 17 April 2005 18:41 Send private message to this user   
    Wake up people!! They should have erradicated p2p first before blowing thier horns about beating it.They CANT stop p2p.If they could
    they would have done it by now.So dont be irked by these bogus claims.
    mausi622 (Inactive) 17 April 2005 19:31 Send private message to this user   
    This is laughable. Anyone who spends any kind of energy on P2P networks know very simple steps to weed out corrupted files. In WinMx it's a simple matter of searching for alternate downloads of the same file, and then going with the most consistent. Usually once a file is downloaded, i tend to review them. If i find any corrupt or mis-identified files, i make a note of it and post it on one of the chats. Renaming that same file and with an identifier that it's bogus is also helpful. Soon enough the file will be kicked from the system. Whatever, i agree with a prior post that the hackers network probably have already come up with viable solutions. The internet is indeed alive and well. Open Source Rocks!
    kidkhaos1 (Newbie) 18 April 2005 0:53 Send private message to this user   
    thxs m8
    OAKside24 (Member) 18 April 2005 8:03 Send private message to this user   
    Personally, I think this Vaginarag will be hated
    by mostly, maybe just *everyone in the world*. Y'know, except those 'rich peeps' in the 'big corps'.
    ...
    Anyway, the service won't work. Done.
    GrayArea (Member) 18 April 2005 9:04 Send private message to this user   
    I'm hoping Lucky_D is right.

    "...one of those classic scam companies, that simply targets the industry rather than people."

    Sell the SOBs a (very high priced) vaporware solution to their "problem". Now THAT would be great.
    GrayArea (Member) 18 April 2005 9:11 Send private message to this user   
    And, why would anybody name their company VIRAL-G? :D
    esrever (Member) 18 April 2005 10:57 Send private message to this user   
    These guys are f*cking retarded. Don't they get it? In the end, warez/pirated software/illegal music lives on. No matter what kind of advanced crap you invent, someone...some hacker...or some genius is going to figure out a way to get past it. They're just delaying the inevitable.
    OzMick (Senior Member) 18 April 2005 14:14 Send private message to this user   
    GO VAPORWARE! I'd like to know how they can possibly claim 99%... Probably their deranged belief that people actually KEEP and continue to share corrupted material... Bring it on boys, it'll be interesting to see how their shares perform when they don't live up to their extravagant claims...
    gazoo (Inactive) 19 April 2005 11:07 Send private message to this user   
    It is good to see such great claims of arrogance from people like Viralg I did not go to school to be fkup by these people I happen to be from a what u call 3rd world country and the education system there is 10 times better than many of these so called 1st world leader countries We the kids of the third world have alesson or 2 for them keep trying we are also working on our own p2p situation the RIAA and there cronies are just what has csed the war in Iraq
    chrome38 (Junior Member) 19 April 2005 13:51 Send private message to this user   
    they are not retarted. They know that they will never be able to stop it. They say 99% because they cant legally say 100%. They havent started becuase they are waiting for the record companies to pay them millions of dollars too do this. The record companies hear all this and think "hey this sounds technical and it might work, lets pay them". Maybe it will work but it will be cracked and then they can make another program and make another million. I wish i was as smart as them. They will wake a few million easy, and then once its cracked, they make a new program and it keeps going.... circle of life
    frankacne (Newbie) 20 April 2005 17:45 Send private message to this user   
    "Their "overwrite" technology apparently can mix-up and corrupt files on P2P networks. Similar services make the same claims but all they really do is spread corrupt files around the network," Nothing new here, Microsoft have been mixing and corrupting my files for years, usually when i am not attempting to share them.
    havent these sad bastards anything better to do than threaten young people online ? These people are no better than virus writers and deserve all they get!
    vudoo (Member) 20 April 2005 22:33 Send private message to this user   
    If you subscribe to Rhapsody, Napster, Musicmatch or anything else you can use Replay Music to record from your sound card and it automatically tags and starts and stops the recording. In other words your DRM files are turned to Mp3's with no protection. Set the bitrate to 192 or better for best quality.

    Another thing is that LimeWire is getting better at stopping corrupted files. Get LimeWire pro and you have a client that beats the snot out of the old Kazaa even when it was in its hey day. I've Downloaded tons of content and I tell you along side of Peer Guardian you can't be beat. This is all articles to try and get you to avoid p2p. Naah I still get the content I want.
    benjers (Inactive) 21 June 2005 15:40 Send private message to this user   
    How Long will it be before these people realise that p2p networking can't be stopped? the internet has opened a can of worms. we can get all our music, pictures, software and films for free. how many hackers must there be in the world and computer wizards. all copyrighted material has been cracked by them thus and will always will. there is no software ever been created that is uncrackable and there never will. so gud luck to 'viralg' cuz ther guna need it haha
    benjers (Inactive) 22 June 2005 1:10 Send private message to this user   
    sorry ppl tht last letta i rote was a bit shite bt u get ma drift
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