RE: Download Managers

From: Allan Schon (allanschon@mckinleymachinery.com)
Date: 02/27/03

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    From: "Allan Schon" <allanschon@mckinleymachinery.com>
    To: <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
    

    Unless something has gone horribly amiss, Gnucleus (an open-source gnutella client) is spyware/adware free. They only have a windows client, though. Go to http://www.gnutella.com/connect/ for a list of gnutella clients, then google it, like 'gnucleus spyware' and see what comes up.

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Corey Schaffer [mailto:accessdenied@accessdenied.ca]
    Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 12:53 PM
    To: Leon Pholi; security-basics@securityfocus.com
    Subject: Re: Download Managers

    Depending on which version you are using....there may very well be spyware
    involved.

    Corey

    On Wed, 26 Feb 2003 11:11:04 +1100, Leon Pholi
    <L.Pholi@secureinteractive.com> wrote:

    > Hi,
    >
    > Just wondering on thoughts about download managers-do they pose are
    > security risk? Any known to be trojaned? The one I use is GetRight, does
    > anyone know if this one has known security issues?
    >
    > Any thoughts appreciated, thanks.
    >
    > Leon
    >
    >

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