AVG and Limewire Partnership

Yet again this once fine vendor has gone down further in my estimation. Who ever decided/sanctioned upon this ill fated venture obviously thinks the lure of this potential cash-cow is of more importance than actual online safety!

Background

Limewire is the leading freeware provider of P2P networking applications. By Partnering with AVG, Limewire has greatly reduced users’ exposure to malicious content.

The solution

Limewire integrated the AVG Anti-Virus SDK engine into their premium product. Through this partnership all files are scanned before Limewire will allow them to play or execute on end users’ computers. This prevents infected files from harming machines.

Source and further reading.

The perils of P2P(peer to peer) software use can be read here in my home forum.