Hanover_Fist said:
I'll d/l, but since it's free and goes out on the net and searches for information (buddies) what else is it doing? spying? buttloads of cookies? what?
nothing is
free, except Mozilla Firefox and AdAware
BTW Han, I had the same concerns. I ran XFire all weekend, but I also had SpySweeper running in the background, and it never picked up anything. Last night I ran Spybot Search and Destroy AND Adaware, and neither of those found anything either.
So far with my usage it appears to be safe. My understanding is that XFire isn't something new. Players have been using it for a while.
And to let you know how effective this tool is - Brizz sent me an Instant Message through XFire. "Up for a game?" "Sure!" Brizz jumped on a server. XFire told me what game he was playing (UT2k4) and exactly what server he was on. All I had to do was click on one button. UT2k4 launched and put me directly in that server.
I didn't have to start the game, go the server menu, refresh my buddy list......none of that! I just clicked and joined him.