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Spyware in Kazaa, Limewire, Grokster

Posted by michael on from the comp.risks dept.

BigMacMike writes: "The San Francisco Chronicle (via the sfgate.com website) has a story that Kazaa, LimeWire, and others have secretly hidden software in their applications that track users' browsing habits." Not the first time. The corporate response is that they literally didn't know what was in these secondary applications that they were providing to be downloaded and installed alongside their primary program. Believe it if you wish.

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  1. Spy oh first posters by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    that way we can find 'em and beat them with a big stick.

  2. Fifth Post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It is all mine!!! You guys suck!!!!

  3. 7th post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yay

  4. Old news by fobbman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    2002-01-02 17:38:55 Trojan Installed During Grokster, Limewire Windows (articles,news) (rejected)