what can limewire do to my computer?

Question

i have downloaded limewire...and lots of people have said it can really mess with your computer and send viruses!!!! can it? it seems fine at the moment..and i have avg fully installed and working..can limewire still harm my pc? should i uninstall limewire?

Answer 1

Dont listen to what that rose says about getting caught and fined from the law for copyrighting music, that's BS, you would only get taking to court if you was caught putting the music on to CD and selling them to make money, then its a crime, its perfectly legal to peer to peer share online, as for getting child porn on your PC well the chance's of that happing are very slim, i could probably be safe to say that 70% of home PC'S user's some kind of peer to peer sharing so in theory 10's of millions of people will be going to court dont make me laugh, limewire has a program attached top it, when you download a file it tells you if the file is corrupt then it give's you the option if you want to download of not and only a fool would continue to download a corrupt file, i have used limewire for years and downloaded 1000's of songs and i have had no problems and no knock at the door from the police, even if the police were to do that they cannot victimising you and charge you and not charge the 10's of millions that use it so thats all BS, i would also advise you just to download mp3 file's from limewire ( thats what i was told) and they seem to be the safest, and if you want to be double safe scan the file before you open it with your malware or your anti virus software, you would have a better chance of getting a virus and spyware/malware visiting a web site,

Answer 2

LimeWire itself will not harm your computer. By all means download .mp3 files but NEVER download executable files (.exe) as these can carry viruses and other horrors. Limewire will only send you the files you ask for. The worst files for viruses are porn files with attachments. Never download any file from LimeWire that contains an attachment. Happy downloading!

Answer 3

to verify LimeWire turns off first, do right here steps: a million. stunning click on the LimeWire icon and click on "go out". 2. Restart your pc to verify LimeWire isn't processing something. 3. Uninstall LimeWire by uding the administration Panel innovations. 4. Run an AntiVirus examine on your pc to verify there are no viruses ultimate. desire this answer facilitates! :)

Answer 4

the other half installed it onto our first pc and we are now on our 3rd pc and this one is "limewire free", all the others got so infected that it wiped the drive and lost every thing, dont bother with it, we thought it was a good idea at the time as well but the cost of 2 pc aint cheap!

Answer 5

Limewire is 100% safe. It's files you download you need to check with an anti-virus.

Answer 6

Limewire is a peer to peer application. That means you are downloading files from other people's computers and sharing your hard drive with the internet. Since most people use Limewire for illegal activity like trading music, movies and software, a large amount of the files are infected. Criminals make perfect victims for hackers, since the hackers know that their victims can't complain without confessing to downloading a virus while committing a crime themselves. It's like complaining that you broke into a jewelry store and stole a bunch of diamonds but they turned out to be glass. Recent studies by computer security groups have found that as many as 60% of files in P2P networks are infected with some kind of malware. And since you're sharing your hard drive with the rest of the internet, there's always a chance you'll find yourself facing the police and trying to explain how the child porn got on your computer - you were just trying to steal thousands of dollars of music and your computer got owned and turned into a server for material that's even more illegal.

Also, a virus scanner won't protect you from a lawsuit for copyright infringement. You're looking at a fine of $750.00 - $150,000.00 per song if you're busted.

http://www.chillingeffects.org/piracy/faq.cgi

Answer 7

limewire is a peer 2 peer file sharing site you can get a lot of good files films etc but before using ensure you have a good antivirus and firewall before using I use bitcomet it tends to be easier to use and normally virus free with a bit of care these programs can be good

Answer 8

We have had it fo 2 yrs and it has never done damage,only the films you download could contain viruses ,but we do a scan every week and have norton.Also every now and then we do a defrag and we have not ,as I said ,had any probs,just enjoy.

Answer 9

i have limewire,i've had it for about 3 yrs now,i haven't had any viruses.just as long as you have spyware and popup blocker you'll be just fine.