The Real Deal about LimeWire?
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I have personally used limewire . Its quite safe though having a firewall installed would be a better bet as it s P2P network and accessing someones computer and other files is not a remote possibility. With a firewall you can be safe.\n\nA hint I would like to give you to avoid viruses etc. is always pay close attention to the size of the file you are downloading. If your downloading a music file download one which is reasonably big and which has many multiple downloads.\n\nThere have been many instances when I have seareched for a file generally music and got only one result . A file thats 149.1 Kb in size. This is a VIRUS or crap Do not download these.\n\nThats all I can say, personally I am very happy with Limewire .
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yes and no, i have been using it since it came out about six years ago. i download alot of porn and music (15-40 gigs) movies and what not, i usually have to wipe my hd every six months or so because i accadentaly download some "mislabled" spy ware . if you just keep a look out for weard file tipes e.g. not mp3, mpeg, or jpg. then you will be fine. i think that it is a prutty good trade off about thirty minuts of reprogramming for six months of free shit. and they are only looking for the people that put the stuff on there not download it, so when you install it and it askes if it can look for files on your computer tell it no. \n\nthis is all i can thank of right now hope it helps\n\np.s. make shure that you get it from the website www.limewire.com otherwise you could end up getting screwed.  if you need help or anything you can email me mhallday1@yahoo.com
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No Limewire is NOT safe! It will slow down your computer a lot and chances are you might download a virus when you download something from Limewire. I used Limewire for a short time and it made my computer really slow and gave it a few viruses. I don't recommend using Limewire at all!
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I use limewire. It's great.
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Definitely Limewire, I just downloaded it, it's got everything, even songs I didn't think anyone except me ever listened to. Woo hoo!!
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When I started using Limewire, it wouldn't ever find a connection. I was super frustrated and thought I tried everything as it turns out not only do you have to turn off Windows Firewall, but if you are using a internet providers that admisinisters it's own firewall and antivirus program, then you have to diasble that firewall as well. There are a lot and pros and cons of course of shutting down the firewalls.\n\nPro: you can use Limewire\nCon: almost everything you download will freely enter your pc with a bunch of tracking cookies and other horrible stuff undetected, because your firewall will be disabled.
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Yes it is free but keep this in mind....  I may be mistaken but...\n\nIt is illegal to use Limewire to download copyrighted material from someone other than the owner of that material.\n\nIt is legal if they are the owners of that material, to, download to your hearts content.\n\nI think it might be against the law in Australia, could be wrong, depends were you are.\n\nWhat is VERY ILLEGAL about Limewire that people don't realize is that if you don't read, pay attention or whatever and get fooled into sharing everything on your computer, and, some of that everything includes other peoples private information and you let everyone have it, that is not just illegal, it is wrong.\n\nIf you don't believe me, using limewire, search for images called dscn or hpim , feel free to add a four digit number after it to mix things up. These are digi cam pictures, mostly from people who don't know they are sharing everything. Searching for text documents is an awesome power when trying to find business people who are sharing everthing. I am not saying to look into or do this.\n\nSee for yourself, one in 7 should be sharing well over 5000 files, easy. This is a serious problem. I am not joking. I have been trying to stop this for months.
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Limewire, the program itself, isn't illegal, but downloading copyrighted material (and not paying for it) is illegal!
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Supposedly a program called limewire...  though I can't figure out how to work it.
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Well, it is free, and so are the song downloads. But most of the popular songs which u download are illegal. However, the laws are not very strict, and before they catch you, they'll go and catch the webmaster of limewire.\nSo go and download. It IS free.\nHowever, if u have got limited download/upload on your Internet, beware. because limewire also uses ur computer to transfer files from others. So u could be 'charged' for exceeding your download/upload limit
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I have heard of morpheus.com. The program is call morpheus and it is way faster than limewire. Also it is an international company, so until they make a law about an international company it is perfectly legal. Or if you dont like that there is also a program called frostwire. It is like the brother of limewire and it is faster than limewire but not as fast as morpheus.
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They have license. Its legal and I dont get viruses from there. I did get lots of viruses from Kazaa. I use LimeWire all the time. Love it!
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Before Limewire came into being, there was good software called Filetopia.\nStill it is the best P2P Client with 128 bit secure socket.\nTry it\nFiletopia.com
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I don't understand why everyone discredits LimeWire - it works perfectly if you know how to use it - I have never caught any malware from it because I understand how to work it and how to avoid malware.
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well Limewire itself isn't illegal, but people can use it to download copyrighted material illegally.  So technically they haven't done anything wrong.  It's like using a car to commit a crime - it's not the car maker's fault so they can't shut them down.
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WEll accordin to my experience,whatever i have tried\nFILEPIPE p2p is the best along with LIMEWIRE\nthese two do not contain spyware\nALL REST DO(bearshare,kaaza,morpheus etc all are useless)\n\nPLUS if you get limewire then through limewire you can download LIMEWIRE PRO(he he) and you 'll save a lot of money
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limewire...no spam or spyware and no advertisements