Adware and spyware purveyors have discovered BitTorrent as a new distribution channel and are spreading their wares on various BitTorrent sites, CNET reports. Unlike its centralized peer-to-peer cousins Kazaa and others that are well known for adware and spyware distribution through music or video downloads, the decentralized BitTorrent has, till recently, been free of such shenanigans.
A security researcher found adware and spyware hiding in BitTorrent files. An episode of Fox TV's "Family Guy" was bundled with several pieces of known adware, enough to knock out a midrange PC without the resources to keep up with the resultant drain on them.
ACanadian company that send out adware and spyware on BitTorrent apparently had its website hacked yesterday. Its front page was replaced with a picture and profanity in a message saying it should leave BitTorrent alone.
