P2P Sites That Use Spyware-Good Guy Or Bad Guy?

[Yoda]

P2P Sites That Use Spyware-Good guy or bad guy?

Josh Avedisian-Fileportal News

You may not think spyware is all that bad and that its worth the tradeoff you get from free filesharing. However, it could be very dangerous to your computer.

When you go to a P2P site, the host does not tell you whether or not the

spyware/adware is bundled up with the software. Soonafter, when you download the application, your system is suddenly filled with unwanted software and spyware. I'm sure you've heard many horror stories from people that use Kazaa and similar P2Ps of having to reformat their harddrive to fix the mess that the program created.

On the other hand, you should understand that the developers of P2P software make nothing from their applications. Therefore, some p2p developers will add spyware to their filesharing programs to cover there costs and more. That's reasonable. However, some P2P sites often lie to you and say they have no spyware or unwanted software.

So how can you tell if a p2p program contains spyware and unwanted programs? When you are about to install the application program, read the tiny words on the bottom: "To Keep This program running, it contains third party software." If this is the case with the program you are downloading, cancel it immeidately and find another P2P program. In addition, are programs available such as "Adaware" which can delete the spyware and software.

We highly recommend you do a bit of research before you adopt any P2P program. Check around various P2P forums such as this one, or Zeropaid, and ask questions. Fileportal.net has compiled list of popular P2P programs that contain spyware and bundled programs. We hope this will help you in making educated choices before adopting your P2P filesharing program. Here is a short rundown:

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[jipper]

as along as the app works without the spyware then ill get it but..personally the better apps are those wthout spyware..or they have hacked version with better features..

[Shawn]

That's decent writing Yoda.

Good stuff.

[MikeHunt]

any program or person that spys on you...shouldn't be trusted.

Look at all the troubles and busts Kazaa users are experiencing...and they're the prime offender.

[method77]

some good programs have spyware too