Page taken from Vladd44.com
The RIAA and fellow morons have recently began to step up efforts to flood the WinMX network with fake files. Usually this happens to newer releases to increase the viability of people buying the product first.
However with a little diligence, their efforts can be neutered.
Borrowing HEAVILY from CoalDust post in the Vladd44.com forum:
Join a Chat channel, it is a source of uncorrupted files from fellow room members. And lays the groundwork for organization and updates.
Specific Tips to spot Fakes:
Find alternates
Find alternates searches by HASH values, therefore misnamed files will show up in a search, this enables one to verify if a file is misnamed or not. Also there will be the few misguided users who share it with the name FAKE added to its title. It searches for files that match the one your are trying to download. Just right click the file in transfer window and choose Search for Alternates.
In the above example you can see the top line has the filename, the one below has the hash value. This will cause WinMX to search for matches regardless of filename. As it finds them , click them in the search window to add to the active download.
Clicking UserTab in Search
Another way to spot fakes is to click on the Users tab in search as this will show all the users sharing the same file names multiple times. To really take advantage of this, it is best if the Users expanded by default setting was enabled.
Due to the nature of their shared files being garbage, they never build up a queue. People sharing the real file will have people in line, so look for users who are actively uploading to other people (A whois will tell you that info).
Previewing a Download
MP3 Right click on your download as your getting it, and select Play , this will allow you to confirm its the correct file.
Video file incompletes can be played by using Avi Preview
ALBW file contents can usually be viewed by trying to unwrap it after a few % of the download are complete.
Other Suggestions
When you download a fake file, remember to UN-share it so no one downloads it.(Resist the urge to write "Real" or "Not Fake" in the file name, as the flooders do this too).
Something a lot of people are overlooking, is that by leaving the search box open on one of these flooded titles will drop all your primaries, by tying up all the network. Click stop as soon as the files go over 1000 and refine your search, by bitrate, title , connection type.
I would be remiss if I didnt recognize CoalDust, vittijr and Faceby88 for their contributions to this page.
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