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Saturday, February 02, 2008

Limewire User Exposes Data

Peer-to-Peer file sharing networks are a haven for Trojans and malware. Letting others into your PC without the proper safeguards (hell, even with the safeguards) is a hole waiting to be filled with evil. If you must use these networks then consider keeping your sharing on your personal machine and not on one used by others.

Posted by Matthew Carrick at 7:28.11 PM EST | Permanent Link

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