bluetailfly3
01-28-2004, 01:41 AM
ABC News (http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/ZDM/file_share_danger_pcmag_040126.html)
Peer-to-peer file-sharing networks have come a long way since the dawn (and demise) of Napster, with LimeWire, KaZaA, Morpheus, Grokster, and others offering everything from MP3 files to movies, software, and anything that can be exchanged across a digital network.
If you're using or plan to use such networks, you should know that copyright infringement isn't the only issue to consider. You also open up your system to a host of security and privacy threats, including viruses, worms, Trojan horses, snooping, data theft, spyware, and more.
The first thing to understand about file sharing is that every user's system acts as a server for everyone else's, so there is almost no way to control the content that is available on a network.
Full Article Here (http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/ZDM/file_share_danger_pcmag_040126.html)
Peer-to-peer file-sharing networks have come a long way since the dawn (and demise) of Napster, with LimeWire, KaZaA, Morpheus, Grokster, and others offering everything from MP3 files to movies, software, and anything that can be exchanged across a digital network.
If you're using or plan to use such networks, you should know that copyright infringement isn't the only issue to consider. You also open up your system to a host of security and privacy threats, including viruses, worms, Trojan horses, snooping, data theft, spyware, and more.
The first thing to understand about file sharing is that every user's system acts as a server for everyone else's, so there is almost no way to control the content that is available on a network.
Full Article Here (http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/ZDM/file_share_danger_pcmag_040126.html)