Why do I keep getting knocked offline when I use Limewire?

Question

I get knocked offline almost everytime I use Limewire (the free version). Any way to avoid it? Does anyone recommend another program for downloading music (individual songs)?

Answer 1

Here is the low down

Limewire is illegal, is it important to keep this fact in mind.
Continuing many legal law suits the following has been arranged.

Internet service providers can now be prosecuted for allowing customers to use illegal peer to peer networks, including the like of Limewire.
This means Internet service providers need to punish and prosecute the users of such software.

The easiest way is to simply ban the software all together and this may be the reason why you are being kicked off.

Other reasons however include:

Anti-virus is detecting bad content and closes the programs for protection, Norton is extremely keen on this.

Your firewall blocks the connection and in this case you need to go to control panel and firewall settings, and make a exception.