Does limewire give your computer viruses???
If so How?
2007-06-29 16:04:27 · 8 answers · asked by vickie 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Other - Music
im sorry, but dont listen to anyone who says that limewire brings viruses and is extremely dangerous.
downloading the program itself will not give you a virus, trojan or any other type of security risk. its the files you download off of it that can harm your computer. thankfully, these harmful files can be easily avoided.
so as long as you only download mp3, avi, jpg, and txt files you are completely safe.
DO NOT download .bat, .exe, and .zip files off of limewire because a majority of those are viruses, keyloggers, and who knows what. if you want to download a .exe file for free, then use a torrent. those are usually safer.
hope i helped!
2007-07-01 04:35:33 · answer #1 · answered by pluGGz01 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are several options for free, legal music downloads. A lot of people recommend Limewirem, Bittorrent, Bearshare and the like, but most the content on such networks constitute a copyright violation.
The first legal source is Podcasts. My favorite is Crap from the Past at crapfromthepast.com. The host Ron "Boogymoster" Gerber, describes it as a graduate level course in pop music, and he's not far off. You'll hear a lot of music that hasn't been on the air for a long time. The program is available as a podcast, with three half hour segments coming out a week.
Another great source of Public Domain and Creative Commons music is archive.org. For example, It's amazing how much old school Jazz has fallen into the Public Domain. A lot of techno and pop artists use a Creative Commons license that makes non-commercial distribution legal.
Jamendo.com is a record label that makes all their music available for download for free. The idea is to give away MP3s to encourage people to buy the actual CDs.
You can also look into various music Podcasts. For example, there are some really good Celtic music podcasts, Celtic Music News being my favorite. celticmusicnews.com
The BBC and NPR have a variety of music programs, most of which are free downloads or can be listened to as streaming media.
Finally, there's etree.org. A LOT of artists give permission to allow the recording and distribution of their live performances. etree.org only offers "lossless" recordings, so you'll need to convert them into another format to use them on your portable media player. The good news is since these are lossless files to start with, you won't have the data degradation and conversion artifacts typical of say, converting a WMA to an MP3. It's more like ripping an CD.
All told, there's a LOT out there free of charge. The Kuro5hin article I link to below has even more detail.
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/9/5/05113/70314
http://www.celticmusicnews.com/
http://archive.org
http://crapfromthepast.com
http://www.jamendo.com/en/
http://www.etree.org/
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/9/5/05113/70314
http://www.ghacks.net/2005/12/03/free-music-list-december-200
2007-07-02 11:10:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a peer-to-peer network so you're relying on other people being decent enough to share files that aren't full of viruses, trojans and other malware and nastiness.
My experience of limewire is that there are loads of infected files there, and you can't trust anything you download. I don't use it, but if you really want to then I'd recommend scanning any files you download with an anti-virus program and doing a spyware sweep as well, before you actually run or use the file.
2007-06-29 23:09:11 · answer #3 · answered by Markus W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Limewire definitely puts stuff on your computer that you don't want- like spyware and adware. As for actually putting viruses on... I'm not sure. Anyway, if you want to put Limewire on, I'd advise installing a good spy/adware blocker first. It'll save a whole lot of grief.
2007-06-29 23:12:19 · answer #4 · answered by Kelli M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, only if you download a bad file... don't download anything that ends in .exe and you should be alright. It has a built in virus detector anyways, but it's always good to get spybot and adaware and AVG antivirus though, cause you can get spyware and adware and viruses just about anywhere on the internet really.
look for a movie called "Screeched" LOL it features Screech from saved by the bell... too funny.
2007-06-29 23:12:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, it comes with a virus protection program. But some of the files that you have an option to download may contain viruses, so just be extra careful.
2007-06-29 23:08:34 · answer #6 · answered by Grits 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it just slowes down your computer alot, but u cant get the virus detector and youll be fine.
2007-06-29 23:07:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NOT GONNA TELL YOU!
2007-06-29 23:47:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋