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Openwares.org - P2P-Application Spyware-Infesters

There is a website called openwares.org which takes freeware and open source software to claim as their own (as ‘publisher’).

They do this without any approval from the developers or software producers and then wrap various items of p2p software in spyware-infested installers.

This is a problem for both PeerGuardian and Protowall users as openwares.org have submitted their malware-versions to download.com, zdnet, softpedia and other places.
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Researchers have found a way to enforce good manners on file-sharing networks by treating bandwidth as a currency.

The team has created a peer-to-peer system called Tribler in which selfless sharers earn faster upload and download speeds but leechers are penalised.

The technology is being assessed by a European broadcasting body looking at ways of piping TV across the net.

Tribler has also been used to turn Sony’s PlayStation 3 into a video-sharing device.

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