Limewire file sharing - is it possible for your personal data to be accessed whilst using this software?

Answer 1

Certainly -- Limewire is full of adware and spyware that do all kinds of things to your computer without your knowing about it.

Answer 2

If you have shared other than the basic folders them yes, i.e. if you kept copies of emails or reciepts in a personal folder like MY Documents or any pictures in MY PIctures if these are shared.
However you have full control of this via the options.
Go into options and change the actual files you share. Make sure you hvae no shortcuts to other folders on your computer's shared folders.
Install good free spyware like Ad-aware and Spy-bot and youi choulsd be cool.
peace
Purple

Answer 3

with lime-wire no because it is only ad-ware so it adds to your computer whereas using something like kazzaa which is spy-ware does because it has to scan the whole hard drive for the file to be shared sometimes picking up on files you don't want to be shared and sharing them without consent and these unfortunately do include some personal details

Answer 4

only the file types that you can download. However you can stop this and avoid breaking the law by file sharing(!!) by going to tools, options, sharing and unticking the "Share finished downloads:" also delete all the file extensions in the above box and you should be fine!!

Answer 5

depends on what files ur sharing, and what files u download, plenty of hackers out there that have files that our firewalls don't acknowledge as viruses, hence they could damage ur whole pc

Answer 6

yes but only if you have it shared usually though only one folder is shared... or you can completely turn sharing off if you want...but yea some people like sharing there hard drives with the world

Answer 7

If you're dumb enough to share a folder with personal data in it, you're damn skippy!

Answer 8

i think it is but i could be wrong