The Gnutella Network is Open Source which enables anyone to Add Anything. With that said, Yes there are a high number of Corrupt, Fakes, Viruses, Worms, and Spammed Files. With NO Central Servers, there is basicly no way to Police what is put on the Network.
There are ways however, to protect yourself, by becoming very familiar with the Do's and Dont's when it comes to using LW or anyother GN client.
I could spend an hour rounding up Information and Links for you but I won't. It's all right here in these Very Informative Forums. So I would suggest, if you are concerned about these issues, Having a nice Long Read in the Forums to Learn as much as you can before going forward. |