
In the case of banner ads or links that promise free access to an online catalog of feature films available for direct download, many Internet users have been surprised with spam or malware being unwittingly installed in their desktop or portable computers. In most cases, the copyright holders of the films have not given permission to share digital versions of their works, and thus transferring these movies over P2P networks is illegal.


P2P clients such as Ares, uTorrent and Popcorn Time can be used to share just about any kind of digital files, but the most commonly transferred files happen to be popular films.
