New morpheus - Fri 08 Mar 2002 05:31:PM
The new Morpheus 1.3.3.1 is out. It works quite well for a preview edition []images/icons/default/smile.gif" border="0[/] <p>Musiccity.com have now switched to the Gnutella network.<p>Apparently the old morpheus network was 'hijacked' and users were sent false advertisements []images/icons/default/frown.gif" border="0[/] <p>Most users are normally behind firewalls, so unless you were 'unfirewalled' you would have not seen the ads, simply the network was not working.<p>Musiccity / Streamcast Networks have renewed there promise to continue to make morpheus completely spyware free. Most of the p2p file sharing software available has spyware []images/icons/default/frown.gif" border="0[/] so Musiccity / Streamcast will be highly welcomed.<p>Here is what is posted on the musiccity.com web site:<p> Steve Griffin<br />StreamCast/Morpheus CEO<br />Continued...<p>It appears that the attacks included an encrypted message being repeatedly sent directly to your computers that changed registry settings in your computer. Later, it appears our ad servers were attacked resulting in messages being sent to other sites without our knowledge, which threatened our most basic revenue model. We believe some of these attacks continue as Morpheus users attempt to connect to the old Morpheus User Network. This was why it was important to quickly deploy our new software product.<p>This unprovoked attack is being carefully investigated, as it appears that federal laws may have been violated. We are still attempting to discover who would want to eliminate the community of millions of consumers who are using the Morpheus software product to connect with other users around the world.<p>These attacks have forced us to more quickly deploy our new software product in order to allow you to bring the largest p2p community back together. Since it appears that the attack on your computers came from the closed proprietary FastTrack-Kazaa software, we have opted not to continue with this p2p kernel. We believe it to have the ability to access your computer at will and change registry settings. In addition, we remain committed to NOT bundling any spy ware with our product.<p>We are pleased to migrate to an open Protocol product with the release of Morpheus Preview Edition, which is based on the very large network of Gnutella users. The new software will provide you with the ability for faster searches, the display of more search results, and many more new and exciting features. KEEP IN MIND that this is only our preview edition. Any time change occurs, many object and think the old version was better. Our objective is to create a new and exciting software product. Since our company and your p2p network are being attacked, we would appreciate your constructive comments for improvement, not simply criticisms. With you help and input, we will continue to provide the pre-eminent p2p software product in the world.<p>Lastly, we want to address some of the misinformation we've seen recently. There have been many comments that we caused these problems intentionally. Let me assure you that we would NEVER treat the Morpheus users in this fashion. Others have said we would re-launch with a paid subscription model, again, not true. Our commitment is to always provide you a free version of the Morpheus software product. Thanks again for making Morpheus the most widely downloaded p2p product in the world. We are hard at work to provide you with the products you have come to expect from our company. From our perspective p2p means people to people.<p>Our goal is to create the software that lets you create the network. Thanks again for your support.