I was reading the e-mail lists for the GNU/Linux filesharing application gtk-gnutella and stumbled upon følgende this piece of good advice:

Kevin Krumwiede wrote:
> I might try that, but I can live with the spam. The
> problem is that I used to get 5000 real hits on a
> search and 50 spam. Now I just get 50 spam.

Updating to current SVN is always a good idea. Your other option is
switching to Ultrapeer mode. It’s quite possible that you are connected
to Ultrapeers which are just bad or over-worked due to the high amount
of spamming. Also make sure your search phrases don’t exceed 30 characters.

Regarding Comcast, that’s nothing recent. It is well-known that they’ve
been messing with Gnutella since, at least, 2006. It is not specific to
Comcast anyway. At least Cox, Adelphia and Cablevision have been doing
exactly the same. Never trust a news that you have not written yourself.

–
1000 octets = 1 ko = 1 kilooctet; 1024 octets = 1 Kio = 1 kibioctet
1000^2 octets = 1 Mo = 1 megaoctet; 1024^2 octets = 1 Mio = 1 mebioctet
1000^3 octets = 1 Go = 1 gigaoctet; 1024^3 octets = 1 Gio = 1 gibioctet

“Never trust a news that you have not written yourself.”. I could not have said it better myself even if my life depended on it.