Monday, October 20, 2008

MP3 Search without the Spyware Hassle

By Keilly Goldman

Do a search for MP3 music and undoubtedly you will see thousands of results. Many MP3 search seem free at first, but are in fact a cesspool of spyware and adware. These sites infect your PC and could put you financially at risk as well as all the other annoyances of having spyware and adware on your pc

These spyware and adware collect all kinds of data on the users of the computers they infect like surfing habits, sites visited, users keystrokes and even installing software without users knowing. If a new browser pops open by itself on your computer with some tacky ad on it, then you probably been infected by adware and you should run your anti-virus.

One of the top music search engines have been known to infect up to 80% of computers that use its search function and all sorts of valuable data can be collected once infected. This data could even end up with the trial lawyers as a means to prosecute users for illegal downloads, as has happened in the past. So a good firewall is necessary and knowing what sites are safe should be foremost if you want to surf for free music downloads in the net.

So, what are the advantages of music search engines? Firstly, they offer you the opportunity of simply listening online to any song you like without having to download music. Also, you don't need to know the exact title of the song to find the song you're looking for.

We like ClipNiche.com, which is a commercial script which can be purchased from the site and uploaded to your website. We tested the search functionality with a few difficult artists and songs not easily found on the Net. Clipniche came uptrumps every time finding not only songs, but also many related titles, soundtracks, etc.

The site has a free demo page that allows anyone unlimited use of the search tool and allows the user to stream or download the music and no adware or spyware detected.

It is not illegal to listen to streamed music on the net. The only problem you may have is if you download and actively distribute music. The music industry is becoming less and less likely to go after MP3 music search any more as they wee the potential of these search engines to promote music and drive hard sales. - 15634

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