Hold the pony! A new revelation from Mr. BearShare himself. BearShare checks other applications to see what files they are sharing! Since when did we give you permission to do that?

Without a doubt it is user-configurable, but can't you see how this is damaging when most newbie slime aren't presented with a dialog to set those configuration options BEFORE they start sharing?

BearShare is at most an ongoing beta project at what corporate-sponsored global network stupidity can do to you!