Another reason now not to go for illegal downloads. As suspected, many P2P applications are usually loaded with spyware and adware and this is further confirmed by Kazaa being crowned king of spy ware by an internet research team. According to the group from Stopbadware.org ,Kazaa the most downloaded P2P applications is bundled with spy ware and adware which comes under the definition of ‘software that subverts a PC’s operation for the benefit of a third party.’
This as expected, has been refuted by Sharman Electronics who insisted that, Kazaa is spyware free. However the group points out that one of the bundles - The Best Offers Network “cannot be closed at all by the typical user.” It is also guilty of adding new hyperlinks to the Windows Desktop, installs programs that modifies Internet Explorer, while changing the default 404 and DNS error pages in IE.
Sharman Electronics was heard saying “We disagree with it,” spokeswoman Felicity Campbell said of the report. “We really don't have sinister desires to get into people's computers and stay there.”
Kazaa is full of spyware and adware source
Sourced By Tanya Palta. Edited by Colbert Low
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