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Originally Posted by darlenevile
I must say how disappointed I was with the lack of helpful info online concerning this program. There were so many responses on various message boards that were links to or copies of the Akamai site's terribly vague faq. Obviously, the program's own website will tell you it's safe and necessary. We're looking for people's personal experience or direct knowledge of the program to give us an unbiased opinion on what Akamai really is, and if it's safe.
Signed, Darlene
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Couldn't agree more. Was getting a bit annoyed with looking for answers myself and people just posting links back to the Akamai homepage as a viable answer...
Anyway, from what i can tell it isn't in itself a malicious program. However, it installed itself on my computer, and unlike some other people here i hadn't done any downloading of anything at all, so kinda confused by that.
Seems its peer-to-peer software, and while that may mean faster downloads from akamai supported services, it also means other people will be downloading those same files from you. meaning, there goes your bandwidth allowance without you being aware of it. If you are on limited bandwidth per month, this isn't a good thing.
Also, the potential for abuse seems pretty high really imho..
Now if you are not sure if you want it or not, there is another option.
If you go to control panel and see the akamai interface there, you can go to preferences and disable uploading. That way no-one will be downloading from you without your knowledge.
I'm using win7 and it was listed under Akamai Netsession Interface Control Panel