I'm not from 'the bearshare camp' at all mate,in fact I dont use it at all,I use Gnucleus and Gnotella.
Ok it was a bit flippant my post and yes there are new users every day,but the original poster came on here all caplocks and guns blazing,a few minutes reading would have confirmed the 'spyware' issue was already common knowledge and another thread about it would have been unnecessary.