I used to use Limewire and in the past year I've had to reformat my hardrive twice from all the viruses I got from it. I do have virus protection. What do you recommed thats virus free?
2007-01-24 14:33:11 · 10 answers · asked by annoyed 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
itunes is virus free
or if you want an illegal method just use the search button...there is like 30000 answers to this same question
2007-01-24 14:37:30 · answer #1 · answered by imbrue001 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is no such thing as a "virus free" program
when downloading from the internet you're always going to be at risk of downloading a virus
it's good practice to scan your files with your virus program after each download before opening / playing the file(s)
limewire usually pops a window up if it detects a corrupt file and this window asks if you want to continue the download (which of course you are suppose to click on - no - then go in to the Incomplete folder - which is usually in the My Documents folder - and delete the file that was corrupt - then right click on the Recycle bin icon on the desktop and click Empty Recycle bin)
also be leary of files you download especially if you notice the same names and file size shows up in each search you do
example - 01 Track 01 - wma - 1809 kb
you'll notice that similar file up to 07 or 09
and also watch out for
Eighties classic
Rare recording
Wicked Remix - this track I know for certain is a virus - I made the mistake of downloading this file and luckily I ran it through my virus scan and it showed up as a virus
you can try WinMX -
http://www.winmxgroup.com/
but like I said - always do a virus scan on the files you download from the internet and always keep your virus scan program updated on a regular basis
2007-01-24 14:47:11 · answer #2 · answered by dreddful1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't blame Limewire cause i find it awsome especially since it can now even download .torrents(BIT TORRENT FILES) faster then 360k/s all i know is your computer either has an unreliable virus protection program or it's not properly installed because whatever filesharing network you might be interested in they all share viruses just go to the following website and i promise you might actually learn something i sure have...http://computersguide.blogspot.com/2007/01/install-computers.html
2007-01-24 14:47:54 · answer #3 · answered by computer_guidance 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitly download BitComet, from BitComet.com. Once you get that, you can download torrents from thousands of websites and it's virus free. You can also download ALL kinds of software ( virus protection and EVERYTHING else with key generators)
Also all movies and shows (even currently on air).
I love it, I used to have LimeWire but it gave me viruses to, so I got BitComet and it's ******* rox, lol.
Try it
;-)
2007-01-24 14:46:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing of the Sort exists. I've had the same problem. Unless you want to pay for it, You can either step up your anti virus and firewall or just watch out for what you download
2007-01-24 14:38:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/
One I use...haven't gotten a virus yet.
Also if getting viruses is a problem check out a free virus scanner. A very good 5 star quality by CNET is Avast: http://www.avast.com
2007-01-24 14:40:20 · answer #6 · answered by puffpuffboom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Itunes, is completely free. It is compatible with other MP3 downloads which makes it even better. It has no virus and is very easy to use.
2007-01-24 14:40:52 · answer #7 · answered by Laura 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
both my kids and I use itunes, we have 5 computers and it's on 4 of them and we've never had a problem. Good Luck! =)
2007-01-24 14:41:46 · answer #8 · answered by DB 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A friend of mine uses soulseek.
2007-01-24 14:37:48 · answer #9 · answered by Cliff L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry..cant help ya. Same thing happened to me
2007-01-24 14:40:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋