Music Download Software and Spyware... was Re: JAWS with limewire
- From: "Tom Lange" <trlange@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:19:57 -0700
Hi,
I may check out Winmx per the suggestion below. However, I'm very concerned
about whether or not such programs have spyware/adware in them, as I like to
keep my system free of that kind of junk. Are there particular packages to
avoid for that reason? I ask this not only for myself, but for my customers
who are interested in music sharing software. I don't like the idea of
recommending something to them which might be risky. My girlfriend's
daughter installed some sort of music sharing software, I forget which, and
I got this frantic call saying that the system was freaking out big time.
Indeed, the system was extremely squirrely, and trying to get JAWS under
control with all the pop-ups going on was a real drag. When I checked out
the machine using Pest Patrol, literally thousands upon thousands of
problems were found and it took me hours to clean up the mess. It's not
something I'll soon forget.
Tom
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