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I want to warn people about the VERY dodgy Zip files that are on the searches some are marked (!!) but I'm staying away from all Zip files now!!!! they are porn site dialers and they took me well over 30 minutes to get rid of them some of which I can't remove.
Don't make the same mistake I did AVOID them.

The very great majority of .zip files being shared throughout the Gnutella Network are entirely legitimate and safe.

p2p downloads can be a tricky thing. Sometimes files are mislabeled. Some of these are done purposfully to get people to download crap they do not want other times it is because the person who posts the file had nothing beter to call it. I have gotten some of these "zip file bombs" which are dialers and other assorted crap. However I have got some really great programs in zip file downloads also. Most zip files that I have downloaded are legit usable files. So avoiding them is something that I won't do. Yes these "zip file bombs" are a pain but it is a price you pay to use any fileshare service. Best advice is look before you download. If the file name is kind of odd or the file size is smaller than you would expexct a zip file program to be then stay away from it. Most of these dialer zip files are less than 30,000 in size. Zip files of that size, I would be careful about downloading. I only get them if I think they might be worth checking out.