LimeWire Adds Malware Protection
Filed in archive Companies on March 12, 2010
LimeWire has announced the addition of malware protection from AVG to its LimeWire Pro service.
"LimeWire's peer-to-peer file-sharing network is notorious as a malware ghetto, where distributed files that have legitimate-sounding names turn out to be Trojan horses hiding pernicious threats," writes CNET's Seth Rosenblatt. "In an effort to attract more users to the LimeWire premium upgrade and to protect those users better, the company signed a deal with AVG on Tuesday to extend download file scanning and blocking to LimeWire Pro users."
"The $34.95/year Pro service also adds many other perks, such as faster downloads, a video player, access to BitTorrent and Gnutella as well as tech support," writes PC Mag's Larry Seltzer. "Users will see a 'Protected by AVG' message whenever a downloaded file is scanned and cleaned. Users of the free LimeWire Basic software do not get the AVG protection."
More here from eSecurity Planet ... and more here from Smarthouse.
Tags: LimeWire AVG malware protection Gnutella BitTorrent P2P filesharing file sharing limewire malware+pr
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