Re: Windows P2P Extension Pack is finally arrieved! (OOPS)
de techultra 06/04/2006 01:14
Craig wrote:
> Thip wrote:
> >>Interesting. I went to the "Spyware Infested" list of apps and found
> >>TorrentSearch, which I've used. Ad-Aware and Spybot both found it to be
> >>clean, and Openwares.org page states:
> >>
> >>"1. We do not accept software that installs third party advertising or
> >>tracking components of any kind, regardless of disclosure or not!"
> >>
> >
> >
> > My bad (very bad). I downloaded and started to install TorrentSearch
> > because I just HAD to prove I was right--and it gave me an option to install
> > SaveNow. Granted, I can opt out of the installation but I don't trust any
> > app that even thinks about installing extra goodies.
> >
> > Geez, crow tastes really bad and now I've got to eat some.....
Openwares.org is just a a new type of scam site.This site REPACKAGES
free and open source software projects and bundles them with malware
such as spyware and dialers. Worse still, the owners of Openwares.org
have been purposely filling CNET's download.com with fake versions of
software, including many P2P file-sharing apps and security / user
protection applications such as PeerGuardian and ProtoWall.
About PeerGuardian - OpenWares:
http://forums.phoenixlabs.org/showthread.php?t=2784&highlight=openwares
http://p2pnet.net/story/2192
http://www.unitethecows.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5985&perpage=15&pagenumber=1
If you want to know what is a p2p scam site:
http://tom0385.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/p2pscams/