Watching World Cup 2010 Online Can Lead to Scams

Just in case you are looking for websites to watch the 2010 FIFA World Cup matches online, you will also find many questionable websites offering live football streams! Many of these sites will ask you to install software to get access to a P2P-based streaming network. Some of the common types of software offering such P2P-based streaming are Sopcast, TVU, Veetle, StreamTorrent, and many others.

If you use the SiteAdvisor Ttolbar you will quite quickly see that many of these sites are flagged as Red or Yellow–indicating potential risks such as malware infection, spyware, or other kinds of potentially unwanted programs. Please be careful when surfing and never download any software from websites with bad reputations. Use our SiteAdvisor technology. Another risk you may run into is being ripped off with a charge or even scammed into a multiyear membership. These costs can either be for the software download itself or for the streaming service, but users often get charged for both.

Sopcast or Veetle are actually freeware. They can be downloaded for free and without security risks directly from the vendors themselves or any major, reputable shareware site.
The next risk from using such services is the potential violations of Digital Right Managements laws. TV broadcasting companies have paid a lot of money for exclusive rights to (continue reading...)