Is it legal?
Is it going to give my hardrive a virus?
Are other users going to be able to access any file on my pc?
Please help!!!!
2006-11-07 22:33:18 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
If you dont know what you're doing I would leave limewire alone. Twice I have got bad viruses on my PC from limewire files - the last one was so bad I had to throw the computer away and buy a new one. Also it is illegal - not that people care. I would never use it again xx
2006-11-07 22:36:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
OK - big deep breaths here.
Limewire is NOT illegal - only sharing of copyrighted material... although having said that, few have EVER been caught ...much to the music industries disgust :)
Virus - there are viruses, but no more than anywhere else on the net - the big difference here is that they CANNOT simply download themselves to your PC - you would have to download them and open them.
How to avoid infections? - common sense. Almost all the viruses are easy to spot - use the file-size as the best gauge. Also, scan after downloading as you should with anything you download of the net normally.
And NO, other Limewire users CANNOT simply hack into your system via the application.
Last piece of advice - if you can use Limewire Pro, do so, as there are more features and better share speeds - can email you a copy if you like :)
2006-11-08 16:09:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its legal to use Limewire as long as you don't share or download copyright matteral. There is a risk that someone could access your PC or you get a virus from downloading an infected file. So as long as you can every thing you download and have a good firewall then its prity save.
2006-11-07 23:32:03 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
limewire is legal but to download copywrited material
from it is not & yes you can get virus trojans.malware .spyware. hack toolbars from da files you download
if a trojan gets in ur pc the person who creat it can access ur pc while it is on
2006-11-07 22:37:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
dont worry about all the scare stories you read on here.....limewire is legal to use ...BUT it is illegal to download/upload copyrighted items .....but it is very very unlikely any thing will happen if you accidently do ...as long as you dont download thousands and thousands of copyrighted movies/songs etc ....
Now is limewire safe ? - yes as long as you follow simple precautions .......there are many viruses etc disguised as songs/movies/programmes etc .....always scan every individual download with an uptodate virus scanner ....if it shows a virus in the download ...delete it immediately .......I have used Limewire for over two years and NEVER been infected ....
2006-11-07 22:56:02 · answer #5 · answered by bluebottle 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i use limewire, if u download something and it is not legal then u will got a window pop up stating this and you then have the decision on weather to contine with that file or not, i always scan my item as they are downloaded with norton first.
2006-11-07 22:37:08 · answer #6 · answered by amethyst2 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Im no nerd or techno geek however the factor i did once I have been given a plague become first get some undercover agent ware application and greater antivirus , I scanned my laptop ...yet in ur difficulty i might take it to a pc save , they understand what their doing and ought to handle the difficulty . If that fails like what happend to mine i had to to change the contaminated hard drive with a sparkling a million and positioned my backup onto that. Virus application facilitates lots yet tbh messin with limwire is stupid interior the 1st place -_- ur merely askin for difficulty as human beings can upload something they want into any documents ...
2016-11-28 03:04:44 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never had a virus on my pc until i used linewire so i would avoid. Its not illegal to use though only illegal to download copywrited material...
2006-11-07 22:47:36 · answer #8 · answered by brownsuga 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it is legal to use BUT it is ilegal to download copywrited material
not unless you download one (a virus that is)
well yes if you upload something
get a good firewall/antivirus etc etc
or just delete it as it sucks anyway
2006-11-07 22:36:54 · answer #9 · answered by Ðêù§ 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Okay ... now before you use it, delete it. Some have been lucky and have never had problems with it, nearly every person I know HAS had problems with it, most having to reformat their machines due to embedded viruses.
DO NOT USE IT ... I do not say this because it is illegal, but because of the hassles that you WILL have in time.
2006-11-07 22:39:59 · answer #10 · answered by brianthesnailuk2002 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋