Question about P2P software..

Discussion in 'Software' started by Altephor, Oct 10, 2006.

  1. Altephor

    Altephor Private E-2

    Programs like soulseek, Limewire, etc.. is it true that you are 'safe' if you turn up uploading or can they monitor what you are downloading also?
     
  2. Bladesofhalo

    Bladesofhalo MajorGeek

  3. Altephor

    Altephor Private E-2

    So basically, no way to prevent them from targetting you?
     
  4. nitecrawler

    nitecrawler Guest

    There are ways and means to achieve anything if you know how....
    Unfortunately, It would be a serious breach of forum policy rules for me to expand on the subject!
    Sorry i cant help, i am sure you understand.

    What i can say is that the RIAA(recording industry association of america) are currently waging war on the end users of P2P file sharing applications.
    They are currently battling in the courts to require the right to force ISP's to reveal the details of their customers download activities.
    Not sure if they have been successful or not?
    I guess that anyone who participates, is a potential target!

    Regards.....
     
  5. Borsung

    Borsung Corporal

    i dont like limewire or soulseek, ive been happy with torrents, i would suggest looking into those.
     
  6. Major Attitude

    Major Attitude Co-Owner MajorGeeks.Com Staff Member

    Heres a list of things found on computers I routinely spend FOUR hours cleaning:

    Porn
    Pirated software
    Pirated movies
    Pirated music

    While Limewire is decent, many downloads on P2P systems are intenionally uploaded with malware. Last I heard Limewire is the latest "big" P2P file sharing service which will draw attention to them from the RIAA. Good luck, heres the malware forum, you'll need it later:

    http://forum.majorgeeks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=35
     

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