A pair of popular file-sharing programs have become privacy time bombs, according to computer experts. Antivirus company Symantec last week reported the presence of "spyware" bundled with Grokster and ...

In one of the first cases where file sharing programs such as LimeWire were used to steal identities, a Seattle man plead guilty to one count each of mail fraud, accessing a protected computer without ...

A federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that two well-known file-sharing services are not responsible for illegal copying of movies and music by the services’ users. The entertainment-industry groups ...

File-sharing applications and other programs that access a transmission control protocol/Internet protocol network use ports to route traffic to a destination. Most routers, however, use a firewall to ...

Many college freshmen across Iowa are getting their first taste of freedom on new computers this fall, but they need to be careful with trying to find free files and programs online. Consumer ...

A free computer program used for file-sharing has become the most downloaded piece of software ever, its parent company announced on Thursday. The program, Kazaa, lets users locate and download music ...

PEER-TO-PEER file swapping networks have been growing in popularity ever since Napster emerged, with Morpheus, Gnutella, and Kazaa being the more popular options in use today. In addition to the ...

The FBI is investigating illegal file-sharing activity in companies, according to IT services and telecomms firm Energis. Security experts at Energis have noted an increase in the amount of network ...

There are a variety of reasons you may want to block ports on your router in order to stop file sharing. Whether you are worried that individuals on your computer network are using file sharing to ...