Unfortunately the program files didn't have bearshare in their name, so it was difficult to find them to delete them. It's a very clever way for bearshare to keep their prog On yr computer. Still, it's done now.

i had this problem and what worked for me was uninstalling a program called ilivid and another one called something like windows.ilivid from control panel/uninstall programs. then i started firefox and after changing the homepage back to google one last time i closed firefox, started it up again and couldn't believe it was finally back to good old google homepage. hope this works for everyone. bearshare sucks!

oh i forgot i also uninstalled imesh too

Thanks for explaining how you removed it.

May I ask which version of BearShare it was? Nowadays iMesh and BearShare are more or less the same thing running on their own semi-commercial network, not the gnutella network. BearShare 5.2 and earlier still run on the Gnutella network. I think the BearShare 5.2 Lite version may have some adware/junkware though.

No problem. Sorry i can't remember what version it was. Thinking about it i actually downloaded imesh separately because i couldn't get bearshare to download music so i searched for other music download programs and came across imesh so i downloaded it and it looked identical to bearshare so i uninstalled them both and then i deleted the ilivid ones which had something to do bearshare or imesh or both but i don't know which.

BearShare is up to version 10 now which sounds like the version you probably used. And yes, iMesh took over BearShare when it was sold.

If you wish to use the gnutella network instead, there are plenty of options. LimeWire (pirate edition recommended), FrostWire 4, . Phex, . GTK-Gnutella, . ShareAza, and even the earlier version BearShare 5.1 Beta which does run on gnutella network but has no junkware.

ok thanks i'll look into them