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Friday, 18 May 2007 |
The Best Peer to Peer (File Sharing) Programs
Many people use programs such as KaZaa, BitTorrent and Limewire to share media on line. These "peer to peer" applications, as they are called, allow millions of people to connect to one large network to download and share music, movies, and more. What a lot people don't know is that some of these programs are infected with advertising software and spyware. Below is are lists of infected and clean peer to peer applications taken from an article called Clean and Infected File Sharing Programs at spywareinfo.com.
Infected
- Audiogalaxy
- Imesh
- OneMX
- FreeWire
- Exeem
- BitTorrent Ultra
- FileCroc
- Kiwi Alpha
- RockItNet
- Warez P2P
- KaZaa (offers a paid version without spyware)
- Limewire (Older versions only, please update at http://www.limewire.com/)
- Bearshare (offers a paid version without spyware)
- Xolox (Currently retesting)
- Morpheus (Older versions only. All third party bundles have been removed from Morpheus as of version 4.9.2. Current versions have an embedded banner ad but install no third party software)
- Grokster (offers a paid version without spyware)
- Blubster 2.x aka Piolet (Blubster 2.0 and higher and Piolet are adware and bundle other adware)
- MediaSeek (MediaSeek Lite from the same company does not bundle any spyware or adware)
- E-Donkey AKA Overnet (Versions prior to 1.2 available on June 1, '05 bundle adware. 1.2 is clean)
- Computwin AKA FileNavigator (While it doesn't bundle adware or spyware, this product is itself adware, pops up a full page ad in Internet Explorer upon loading and claims to track computer usage in its license)
- Ares (Official site offers a "Lite" version without the adware bundles)
- Various BitTorrent Clients (Be sure you are downloading from the web site of the original author)
Our 3 Top Recommended Peer to Peer Applications
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