eXeem Lite promises spyware-free version of eXeem

February 7, 2005

As most of our readers will
know, the popular BitTorrent release site SuprNova has recently been closed down.
Within a month though, SuprNova announced a new P2P software called eXeem. This file sharing
application promised to be a mixture between Kazaa and BitTorrent;
using the BitTorrent protocol on a de-centralized network.

Quickly after the first beta release of
eXeem people quickly reported that the software contained spyware (software that
monitors your surfing behavior and/or affects your Internet settings), even
though the eXeem website claims
that "eXeem contains NO SPYWARE". But, the good news is that last
week developers have
released a spyware-free version of the eXeem software; eXeem Lite.

Developers this week released a spy-ware free version of popular P2P app eXeem. The official version of eXeem, which entered into public beta this week, is contaminated with an adware app called Cydoor.

eXeem Lite 0.19 is smaller - 1.9MB
compared to 2.5MB - and promises file trading without search hijacking and
pop-up ad bombardment. Unlike eXeem, eXeem Lite is also available to Linux
users (who need to run the app using WINE).

Enjoy it while you can. History suggests
it's a matter of time before the developers of eXeem sue the developers of
eXeem Lite - or try to exclude users from the P2P network. That's what
happened with a Kazaa Lite, remember?

eXeem is based on the BitTorrent idea, but
with nodes in the program taking the role of BitTorrent trackers. As the
eXeem Lite FAQ explains, connecting to the network can be a little hit and
miss. Our attempts to connect to the network using eXeem Lite proved
fruitless until we applied a registry patch for eXeem Lite, available on
MyeXeem. This updates the app with a list of valid nodes needed to
establish a connection. The patch can be applied automatically on XP. But
changes must be done manually using regedit on Win 2000 and Windows 98
machines.

In our Music
Downloads, Peer-to-Peer (P2P) & Legal Issues Forum there have
already been some reports on eXeem Lite. Feel free to share your
experiences there as well. Our thanks goes to GristyMcFisty for reporting
this news to us.

Source: The Register