Is Vuze safe to use?

[siimo]

I was told by a friend that it contains spy-ware although I have not found any evidence of it, it does seem to have a commercial company running things.

I use it with the classic interface and not the fancy new i-tunes like thing that they are trying to do.

I have tried other BT clients in the Linux world but I cannot get speeds as good as Vuze from any other client.

[damis648]

I doubt you would get any sort of spyware in Linux at all, with or without antispyware in Vuze (if it does have anti-spyware, it may just be for Windows viruses) so I would say yes. I have used it before, but Transmission suits me. If uTorrent would just make a linux port...

[SuperSonic4]

Vuze is perfectly safe to use.

The main issue regarding malware comes from what you download not what you download it with

[lovinglinux]

I would recommend Deluge and Ktorrent.

For troubleshooting your download speeds see BitTorrent optimization and troubleshooting guide (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1259923).

[Grimhound]

The issue with some of these clients these days is that they may or may not funnel information to groups that prosecute over detected illegal activity.