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1 stars
Version: BearShare Pro 9.2
""Tested Spyware Free" ? Don't be fooled! It's SPYWARE!"
Pros: Nothing. Just a bunch of troubles. Bad connection, no search results or "in queue" forever, and system became unstable (guess why....), afterwards a tough beast to uninstall, left many hidden traces behind that only the best scanners can discover.
Cons: Tested it with 4 different on demand scanners plus 1 real-time antimalware scanner and antivirus: MALWARE! I thought that Cnet was respected because of their absolutely spyware-free policy? I discovered at least already 2 malware downloads last month
Summary: Short explanation above says more than enough. This software is tricky. While installing Bearshare while thinking there's nothing wrong, a suspicious hidden application called "Zango" is installed without your knowledge. You might consider it a sort... read more
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