How to Protect Yourself from P2P Network Attacks  by Barbara J.
Feldman on June 2, 2008 · 0 comments  If you are like seventy
five million other people in the world, you haveâ€”at some
pointâ€”downloaded music or videos from P2P, or peer-to-peer,
file sharing networks. These networks allow users to download
their software, then access millions of files to download for
free. Users can also upload their songs, software, and other
files and share them with other users.  While this sounds like a
great deal, there are many things you need to be concerned with
if you participate in P2P file sharing. One of the most common
includes computer damage and other damage to your files. Most of
the P2P networks you will find will claim to be spyware/adware
free. While the networks themselves may not load spyware and
other harmful malware onto your computer, they cannot guarantee
the safety of the files you are downloading. Files that are
publicly shared may have viruses encoded in them, so even if the
network itself has no