Is Limewire good, or full of viruses?
Is Limewire good, or full of viruses?
I would like to download some music onto a blank CD-R disk to play through my centre. Is Limewire very good or does it carry viruses? If so, what else can you recommend? have heard that Ares is very good, is this true?
Is Limewire good, or full of viruses?
Aura;1336469 wrote: I would like to download some music onto a blank CD-R disk to play through my centre. Is Limewire very good or does it carry viruses? If so, what else can you recommend?Peer to peer downloads can carry malware of various sorts. Limewire itself is clean, it's the data you download that's invariably going to be suspect. If you have an up to date runtime virus checker on your computer then no virus is going to infect your computer, the checker will pop up a warning and you can delete what you downloaded. The same applies to frostwire and any torrent clients you might try.
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
Is Limewire good, or full of viruses?
I'm assuming that you don't live in the U.S. since that could get you arrested. (Although about 80% of my students use it!) But, yes, you can pick up a virus that way. Just be sure your protection is up-to-date. if you have a firewall installed from a company such as Quest which is built in to their high-speed modem, then you'll be fine. Also, under "preferences," you should turn off "Share my files" so that you only download and don't allow others to upload your stuff. Much safer. One last tip: files that aren't on T1 lines are usually people's personal computers and therefore less suspect although it takes longer. Also beware of the first file in any list of songs: it's invariably a virus programmed to put itself at the top.
(or so my students tell me!)
(or so my students tell me!)
Is Limewire good, or full of viruses?
Saint_;1336481 wrote: I'm assuming that you don't live in the U.S. since that could get you arrested.Could you show me a link to any story of anyone getting arrested for using a peer to peer download package? It can get you sued, yes, but only by the copyright holder, not by any law enforcement bureau. Unless I'm misinformed, which I might be, not being American, in which case you'll be able to find a news item to correct me with.
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
Is Limewire good, or full of viruses?
Saint_;1336481 wrote: I'm assuming that you don't live in the U.S. since that could get you arrested. (Although about 80% of my students use it!) But, yes, you can pick up a virus that way. Just be sure your protection is up-to-date. if you have a firewall installed from a company such as Quest which is built in to their high-speed modem, then you'll be fine. Also, under "preferences," you should turn off "Share my files" so that you only download and don't allow others to upload your stuff. Much safer. One last tip: files that aren't on T1 lines are usually people's personal computers and therefore less suspect although it takes longer. Also beware of the first file in any list of songs: it's invariably a virus programmed to put itself at the top.
(or so my students tell me!)
Hi I live in the UK, so only want to download music.
(or so my students tell me!)
Hi I live in the UK, so only want to download music.
Is Limewire good, or full of viruses?
Aura;1336485 wrote: Hi I live in the UK, so only want to download music.Aura, what would you do if you got a solicitor letter demanding £500 from you or they'll take you to court and prosecute? Would you pay it? Tens of thousands of people in England have already had letters like that and more solicitors are jumping on the moneymaking bandwagon.
Every time you download commercial music with limewire, ares or any other such program you're putting yourself in a position where a letter like that could arrive three months later, addressed to you at your own home. Is it worth the risk?
Every time you download commercial music with limewire, ares or any other such program you're putting yourself in a position where a letter like that could arrive three months later, addressed to you at your own home. Is it worth the risk?
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
Is Limewire good, or full of viruses?
spot;1336483 wrote: Could you show me a link to any story of anyone getting arrested for using a peer to peer download package? It can get you sued, yes, but only by the copyright holder, not by any law enforcement bureau. Unless I'm misinformed, which I might be, not being American, in which case you'll be able to find a news item to correct me with.
Oh... my mistake, you're right...you can "only" be sued. and fired.
Oh... my mistake, you're right...you can "only" be sued. and fired.
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Is Limewire good, or full of viruses?
years ago, I used limewire and my PC was infected quite badly. I had to take it in to get cleaned. I no longer use that site. Not worth it.
Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.~ De Seuss
Is Limewire good, or full of viruses?
Boogalette;1336511 wrote: years ago, I used limewire and my PC was infected quite badly. I had to take it in to get cleaned. I no longer use that site. Not worth it.
You had an up to date runtime virus checker on your computer, Boogalette?
You had an up to date runtime virus checker on your computer, Boogalette?
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
Is Limewire good, or full of viruses?
I have had to clean to many machines that have used limewire to download music it is risky and if your aware of that then go for it. Not sure how many songs you want to burn to a CD purchasing them from ITUNES might be the safest way then you can just send them to a CD or you phone, or your ipod or any MP3 player.
ALOHA!!
MOTTO TO LIVE BY:
"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, champagne in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming.
WOO HOO!!, what a ride!!!"
MOTTO TO LIVE BY:
"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, champagne in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming.
WOO HOO!!, what a ride!!!"
Is Limewire good, or full of viruses?
CARLA;1336515 wrote: I have had to clean to many machines that have used limewire to download music it is riskyI'm not being difficult Carla, I'm really trying to get a grasp of this particular puzzle and you've seen more of this than I have. If there's an up to date runtime virus checker on your computer, how does a virus introduced through limewire corrupt a computer?
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
Is Limewire good, or full of viruses?
I hear what your saying Spot and in most cases that would hold true. Most users don't keep their antivirus or malware software updated or even running, that is when the problems start. Their PC's just get overun with SPAM, MALWARE and some viruses because they don't know what they are and how to avoid them. The worst PC's I have worked are ones that kids use limeware and their parents have no idea what it is and BINGO their machine start slowing down and become infected to the point of not being able to access anything on the internet.
ALOHA!!
MOTTO TO LIVE BY:
"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, champagne in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming.
WOO HOO!!, what a ride!!!"
MOTTO TO LIVE BY:
"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, champagne in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming.
WOO HOO!!, what a ride!!!"
Is Limewire good, or full of viruses?
Is Ares very good?
Is Limewire good, or full of viruses?
Aura;1336607 wrote: Is Ares very good?I doubt whether anyone on site has ever used Ares.
Aura, you know you're not good at seeing what's been said. If you go back to http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/compu ... ost1336487 you could have a good think about whether you could cope with a threatened prosecution, I'm not sure whether you took that in.
Aura, you know you're not good at seeing what's been said. If you go back to http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/compu ... ost1336487 you could have a good think about whether you could cope with a threatened prosecution, I'm not sure whether you took that in.
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
Is Limewire good, or full of viruses?
spot;1336611 wrote: I doubt whether anyone on site has ever used Ares.
Aura, you know you're not good at seeing what's been said. If you go back to http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/compu ... ost1336487 you could have a good think about whether you could cope with a threatened prosecution, I'm not sure whether you took that in.
Think I leave it as it's not worth getting a virus for a bit of music.
Aura, you know you're not good at seeing what's been said. If you go back to http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/compu ... ost1336487 you could have a good think about whether you could cope with a threatened prosecution, I'm not sure whether you took that in.
Think I leave it as it's not worth getting a virus for a bit of music.
Is Limewire good, or full of viruses?
Aura;1336614 wrote: Think I leave it as it's not worth getting a virus for a bit of music.
You can be absolutely certain of not getting a virus. What you can't avoid is the risk of a pre-settlement prosecution threat from a lawyer.
You can be absolutely certain of not getting a virus. What you can't avoid is the risk of a pre-settlement prosecution threat from a lawyer.
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
Is Limewire good, or full of viruses?
Why not set aside a partition or extra hard drive, install LinuxMint, Frostwire,(opensource version of Limewire) and not worry about it? I realize most people use windows, but I could not imagine having the fears a windows user has. With linux, you don't have to walk on eggshells just to use your computer and worry about viruses. You don't even have to give up windows if you dual boot. Actually, a lot of my customers choose to dual boot windows and linux. This way they can still have windows for things that are windows only, but do most of your other tasks in linux with actual security. Just thought I'd throw my 2 cents in. Good luck whatever you do.
Open Source/Open Mind
Is Limewire good, or full of viruses?
You know, linux can get pushed without going to extremes. The download directory in your new partition would have exactly the same content as the one in the windows system, you've not succeeded in changing anything at all.
It's what you do once they're downloaded that causes problems and I say that on a Windows computer with up to date security patches and runtime antivirus package there's no download content from a P2P package that would succeed in infecting your computer if you try running the download, all you get is quarantined download files.
You need to choose your audience when recommending linux over a pre-installed Microsoft operating system. For most ForumGarden members it would just be a new learning curve for no improvement in their satisfaction.
It's what you do once they're downloaded that causes problems and I say that on a Windows computer with up to date security patches and runtime antivirus package there's no download content from a P2P package that would succeed in infecting your computer if you try running the download, all you get is quarantined download files.
You need to choose your audience when recommending linux over a pre-installed Microsoft operating system. For most ForumGarden members it would just be a new learning curve for no improvement in their satisfaction.
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
Is Limewire good, or full of viruses?
What is Linex please?
Is Limewire good, or full of viruses?
Aura;1339135 wrote: What is Linex please?
Linux is a simpler alternative to Microsoft Windows. It looks like http://www.linuxmint.com/img/screenshot ... elcome.png
You've already learnt how to use Microsoft Windows, I don't think it would help in the short term. It takes most people several months to get used to an operating system they've never seen before.
Linux is a simpler alternative to Microsoft Windows. It looks like http://www.linuxmint.com/img/screenshot ... elcome.png
You've already learnt how to use Microsoft Windows, I don't think it would help in the short term. It takes most people several months to get used to an operating system they've never seen before.
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
Is Limewire good, or full of viruses?
spot;1339146 wrote: Linux is a simpler alternative to Microsoft Windows. It looks like http://www.linuxmint.com/img/screenshot ... elcome.png
You've already learnt how to use Microsoft Windows, I don't think it would help in the short term. It takes most people several months to get used to an operating system they've never seen before.
Yeah so? Anything worthwhile in life takes some time and effort. Everyone I know that took the time to learn linux, has thanked themselves many times over. And no, it doesn't take months to get used to it, as I've installed it for many people and it only took a few days to get used to it. It's not hard, just different. But, use what you want, I really don't care. Besides, I make the big money because of clueless windows users. Long live Microsoft!
You've already learnt how to use Microsoft Windows, I don't think it would help in the short term. It takes most people several months to get used to an operating system they've never seen before.
Yeah so? Anything worthwhile in life takes some time and effort. Everyone I know that took the time to learn linux, has thanked themselves many times over. And no, it doesn't take months to get used to it, as I've installed it for many people and it only took a few days to get used to it. It's not hard, just different. But, use what you want, I really don't care. Besides, I make the big money because of clueless windows users. Long live Microsoft!
Open Source/Open Mind
Is Limewire good, or full of viruses?
Limewire was shut down by a US Court Order last night, it's all very reminiscent of The Death Of Napster years ago. And just as irrelevant, given the current stack of alternatives.
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
Is Limewire good, or full of viruses?
so Limewire is gone for good then? Can you please recommend a site which is just as good? (just a curious question)
Is Limewire good, or full of viruses?
Aura;1341576 wrote: so Limewire is gone for good then? Can you please recommend a site which is just as good? (just a curious question)
FrostWire.com
Limewire might come back - just like Napster came back - but it won't be the same product as it was, it will (I imagine) have a charging system in it like Napster now does.
Aura, instead of stealing music have you considered iTunes? It charges money, it gives you proper permission to own what you download and it has a huge library.
FrostWire.com
Limewire might come back - just like Napster came back - but it won't be the same product as it was, it will (I imagine) have a charging system in it like Napster now does.
Aura, instead of stealing music have you considered iTunes? It charges money, it gives you proper permission to own what you download and it has a huge library.
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
Is Limewire good, or full of viruses?
Sorry I won't miss Limewire. I agree with Spot give Itunes a look it is legal, and most prices are reasonable you can buy single songs for 99 cents. Or buy the CD load it to your machine and burn a CD.
ALOHA!!
MOTTO TO LIVE BY:
"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, champagne in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming.
WOO HOO!!, what a ride!!!"
MOTTO TO LIVE BY:
"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, champagne in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming.
WOO HOO!!, what a ride!!!"
Is Limewire good, or full of viruses?
I guess now its a moot point if Limewire is good or not. they just shut it down. I used to use Kazaa and I got a virus from them twice. I have heard of people having to pay for downloaded music after they did it.