I am having a hard to connecting to limewire because of my firewall. I do not want to turn it off, but i want to make limewire an exception. So i added it to the exception list. I do not know, however, what to put it as (incoming or outgoing connection?). I tried both, but limewire doesnt seem to connect still. This antivirus (trial) came with my new notebook. Any inout i appreciated.
2007-12-09 05:32:58 · 3 answers · asked by Fresh Prince 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
I cant put both incoming and outgoing at the same time tho. And i dont know where else to get music, besides buy it.
2007-12-09 05:44:47 · update #1
You have to put incoming and outgoing. Reason is you are going to use "limewire", with data leaving your pc, and data coming into your pc. If you tried both, incoming and outgoing "limewire". I only have their antispyware.
Owise, just turn off for the download, and then turn your firewall back on.
Safe way is download the file by "save", to documents or some other file, then install from your saved file. After you have checked the file for a virus or spyware with your software.
Minddoctor, France
2007-12-09 05:41:16 · answer #1 · answered by MINDDOCTOR 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Usually when people are having this problem it really has nothing to do with their firewall.
You are smart not to disable your firewall. dont
incoming = you downloading from somewhere else.. ie, the communication or download is incoming to your computer.
outgoing = you sending or someone downloading from your computer.
You may want to enable both (incoming and outgoing) or be selfish and only download from others (incoming only).
Like I said, this isn't the problem tho.
Check with your ISP and then check with the Limewire FAQ pages to see other things you may need to configure. I have always had firewall error messages and the software has always worked just fine without adding firewall rules and without any port forwarding...
Your connection to this kind of program may be blocked from your ISP (internet service provider)... or you could be having a problem with only getting files from a few specific sources.
I would absolutely suggest that you make sure your "trial" software is properly configured and updated... having security installed (antivirus, firewall, antispyware, etc) from a reliable vendor (like mcafee) is essential.
OK so lastly there is the legal issue.. do you really want to be committing the federal felony of copyright infringement? and in so doing leaving yourself open to federal prosecution and malware and hackers just to get a couple songs worth a couple bucks?
Good Luck
2007-12-09 13:41:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think about this Why does limewire make a folder called "Shared" . Could it be that if you have this folder anyone can download from your computer.
2007-12-09 14:12:07 · answer #3 · answered by Ricky B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋