I just found out about Bearshare, a P2P program that says it is clean and legal. It is also very popular, and seems pretty safe. But, just how clean is it? Anyone have any experiances with it where it didn't work? Anyone have any better P2P programs? (don't give me Kazaa or Limewire, or any of that junk.)
2006-10-23 09:55:27 · 6 answers · asked by The Halo Man 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Music & Music Players
BearShare is legal to own and install. Downloading copywritten material is illegal, though, regardless of the software.
BearShare, as a piece of software, is OK, but not the best out there. You mention Kazaa, but it's quick and easy and has tons of content. If you don't like LimeWire, I don't think you're going to like any of the P-to-P apps out there - it's about the best.
2006-10-23 10:26:23 · answer #1 · answered by Joe C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bearshare is legal but no-one can say anything about viruses or no viruses because that all depends on who or what you are downloading or downloading from. They could send a virus with it or not. Limewire is about the best as it gets for free service. Other than that they aren't free. Bearshare isn't really all that popular because I've never heard of it and it's hard to find on like google when you search downloading music or whatever. That's a good way to check if it's really popular. If it's extremely popular, they will have blogs about it and stuff.
2006-10-23 17:53:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, save your self before you infect your computer from outside un-known sources, for example, if i had bearshare, i could , as you can too, go virtually in your pc and send you a virus. I can also take any file i want from your computer even a file that is private and only you want to look at. I guees you didn't know what peek to peek meant
2006-10-23 17:03:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no p2p program when downloading copywrited material is legal and none is safe from viruses. Thats what you have to deal with for free files.
2006-10-23 16:57:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've used it in the past with success. I use Limewire too and they both have their issues.
2006-10-23 16:58:01 · answer #5 · answered by Obsean 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know about bearshare, but you have to be way careful about any files you download because they could potentially harm your computer.
2006-10-23 16:58:55 · answer #6 · answered by ♥will♥skate♥4♥life♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its safe
2006-10-23 17:21:29 · answer #7 · answered by Yahoo! User 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋