MUSIC DOWNLOAD AND P2P FILE SHARING.

Wondering if your favourite peer-to-peer file-swapping program has spyware bundled into it? Chances are good that it does. Even those programs that were clean in the past are now infected. The reason; two major courts of the world have found them to violate copyright laws; they are fighting for their life and need to pay lawyers fees.

Infected WHAT! I DON’T REMEMBER INSTALLING THAT!

Are you wondering what your favourite music download program is installing that you don’t know about? Here is a brief list that are confirmed to have spyware or other unwanted parasites bundled into them:

GroksterBlubster 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)

Various BitTorrent Clients (See warning below about open source clients)

Ares Lite: Spyware
BitTorrent Ultra (Spyware)
eDonkey/Overnet (Adware/Spyware)
Exeem (Adware/Spyware)
Kazaa (Adware/Spyware)
Imesh (Adware/Spyware)
MediaSeek (Adware/Spyware)
Morpheus (Adware/Spyware)
Piolet (Adware, but not bundled - Uncheck bundled software during install)
RockItNet: Adware/Spyware)
Warez (Adware/Spyware)

DECEPTIVE VIRUS AND SPYWARE PROGRAMS – (DO NOT DOWNLOADS ANY OF THESE!)