I was searching for a file on the web and came across a link to
it but it required eDonkey to retrieve it. I downloaded and
installed it (version 0.61 I think). Anyway, all it seemed to
do was install adware on my computer. When I tried to use it
it went through a process of trying to connect to various
servers only to never connect, not even after several hours.

I eDonkey legit? Is it a real P2P program or simply a trojan
designed to install ad-/spy-ware? It does seem suspicious
that the only copy of this particular file should be
accessible only through eDonkey. I suspect they might have
simply created a bunch of bogus filenames and fed them to
search engines as a trap to get people to install the program.