Make sure your firewall and antivirus programs are up to date when downloading software.
When users install KaZaA's downloading software, they automatically receive a program from Altnet, another software firm.
Treos run either Windows Mobile or the Palm operating system, so check your phone before downloading software.
However, companies may have diverse views about downloading software from a personal website, Bean's Place, with a Family section.
And consumers balked at the inconvenience of registering personal information, downloading software or buying something like a debit card -- all to pay a dime to read a story.
And no more downloading software files that take up the same amount of byte space as several hundred thousand pages of text, a bookshelf full of books.
It is mostly concerned with websites that explicitly advertise their downloading software as totally legal, says in-house lawyer David Sohn.
Technology companies, for example, continue to notice Chinese government agencies downloading software updates for programs they have never bought, at least not legally.
One hurdle, Ms. Evans said, is getting users to go through the trouble of downloading software so they can grab images of products they like, assuming they are motivated enough to post favorite products to begin with.
A new species of young Chinese man has evolved, called here a Web worm, who, to the chagrin of parents, teachers and austere officials, prefers to spend endless hours playing online games or downloading software to studying for exams.
A Barbie with an embedded digital camera is a Barbie that requires parental help plugging her into the computer and downloading software versions, and a Barbie with a broken embedded digital camera is trash.
