Thanks Maverick811,

I, like it!


"Just because you are not paranoid doesn't mean THEY aren't out to get you"

I would point out that I have an "English" viewpoint (yeah, I know, you hadn't guessed)

Seriously, what I mean is when I say "Illegal" I mean in contravention of your contractual agreement, like "infringement" of copyright, violation of software EULA, or your ISPs TOS agreement.

Naughty stuff we call "unlawful"..........like you just broke the law............criminal action as opposed to a civil one.

I have never been happy with this P2P stuff, as I think that it raises a whole load of additional security issues?

OK............I know that I will be accused of being a "postwhore" if I don't make a positive contribution so here goes:

I know a lot of people use this IM/P2P stuff so please go and look at:

http://www.bitdefender.com

This is the SOFTWIN site and they offer "free" protection tools for some of these. I have no idea how effective they are these days, as it is a long time since I used P2P. Worth a look, and there are other free things available ..............which do not contain scumware


Hope this helps someone?

Cheers