# Why is Morpheus not working? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 12, 2002, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-morpheus-not-working/103208 "2002-04-12T12:08:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-morpheus-not-working/103208/1 "2002-04-12T12:08:10Z")
Ever since they took it down and then replaced it with the so-called Preview Edition, I can rarely get it to even connect. If it does connect, it still doesn’t work. Am I doing something wrong, or is it just broken? ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-morpheus-not-working/103208/2 "2002-04-13T04:19:16Z")
Is [this](http://mp3.about.com/library/weekly/aa030402.htm) any help **Jomo Mojo**? ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-morpheus-not-working/103208/3 "2002-04-13T14:05:34Z")
Yeah, I guess that answers it. ☹ Thanks, **donkeyoaty** , for digging my forlorn OP up from the depths and saving me from the humiliation of having to [auto-bump](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=109257). ---
**Author:** ![CC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-morpheus-not-working/103208/4 "2002-04-13T15:11:54Z")
Yep - I had the same response - “hey, what the hell?..” Fortunately, my son came into town this weekend, and quickly downloaded Kazaa, which looks and works exactly like morpheus. I didn’t know about the spyware, but that doesn’t concern me much. Fact is, now I can quickly find great music AND porn. Is this a great world or what? ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-morpheus-not-working/103208/5 "2002-04-13T15:49:45Z")
Umm, Kazaa adds _more_ than spyware. See [this](http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/04/02/0417208&mode=thread) article from [slashdot](http://slashdot.org/). IMHO, you need to: a. Uninstall Kazaa. b. Run [lavasoft’s](http://www.lavasoft.de/) Ad-Aware and get rid of the other stuff. The fact that uninstalling the orginal program doesn’t uninstall the “extras” tells you something about the companies involved. You **really** need to think seriously about whether you want software produced by such companies on your computer. There are a lot of strange things going on with downloadable software nowadays. You need to be vigilant and take these matters seriously. ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-morpheus-not-working/103208/6 "2002-04-13T17:25:21Z")
Someone has also come up with a way to [clean Kazaa](http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/5077/new/cleankazaa.html) and make it useable without the scumware. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-morpheus-not-working/103208/7 "2002-04-13T20:52:50Z")
Also there is a “Kazaa lite” search for that term - it still has brilliant tech. software but that can be removed manually. then it is totally spyware free. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-morpheus-not-working/103208/8 "2002-04-13T22:30:27Z")
But keep in mind, one of the Kazaa add-ons was only recently discovered to have “unusual” properties. Do you really know what else is being put on your computer? One of the files that Ad-Aware suggests you remove is necessary for Kazaa to work. It’s an either-or situation. Us consumers, the people that thought we controlled our computers, are not being told everything. Also, CNET pulled Kazaa off their download site. Food for thought. ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-morpheus-not-working/103208/9 "2002-04-15T16:53:53Z")
> [@](#): > > One of the files that Ad-Aware suggests you remove is necessary for Kazaa to work. It’s an either-or situation. That’s cd\_clint.dll. The site I referenced tells you how to get around that. cd\_clint.dll is part of CyDoor. This is the program that Kazaa uses to display that ad in the corner of your Kazaa screen and cd\_clint.dll is the piece that actually fetches the new ad. The new dll replaces the real one so that when Kazaa asks it to fetch a new ad it says it does without actually doing anything. Kazaa runs fine except that the ad box gets left blank.