, The Register 2005-06-17
A row has broken out after a marketing firm was caught hiding adware in files distributed on the BitTorrent file sharing network. P2P applications such as Kazaa have been [a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/05/20/altnet_wakes_up_as_worm/"]bundled[/a] with various adware packages for some time, to say nothing of the increased use of P2P networks as a distribution network by virus writers, but BitTorrent has been a cleaner environment. Recent developments suggests that may be about to change.
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