Is Limewire Safe?

[cooldudie3]

Hey everybody, I *he*ked o*t lime wire and I wanted to know if there wo*ld be any problems abo*t vir*ses. I *sed Limewire to download m*si*. I wanted to know if vir*ses or spyware wo*ld go with the file. If there is, will AVG Free Edition destroy the vir*s.

[s18000rpm]

when d/lin , *he*k the file size, if its in KB, then dont d/l, its probabaly a vir*s (whi*h was shown in NDTV too ).

[cooldudie3]

Oh Shoot I downloaded one that was 5000 kb or so...

[s18000rpm]

i mean the ones whose size is *nder 1 MB

(yo* posted 'kb', is it 'kb' or 'KB'? )

[xbonez]

with a good anti-vir*s and anti-spyware, reg*larly *pdated, there sh*dn't be a problem...i've never had one

also don't dl .exe files or files with st*pid file sizes, like in kbs for songs/movies

[alok4best]

it is safe,
just a little common sense is needed.
suppose u r looking out for a song, and when u search u found one of size 500KB.
Now simple logic is that a mp3 file can't be that small..so must be a fake or virus.
similar logic applies to other things also

[dheeraj_kumar]

And always use an antivirus, firewall, and antispyware.

[NucleusKore]

Alternately you can have reserve 2-3 GB space and install a linux distro like Ubuntu on your hard disk and run limewire from that. As for space read/write to ntfs partitions is no more an issue.

[ax3]

@NucleusKore ....... +1 ...... virus is everywhere ......... limewire is full of THAT .....

[cooldudie3]

Will AVG Antivirus Free Edition 8 do? I don't have a firewall other than the Windows XP one. I realized now that 5000 KB is 5MB

Can anyone recommend a good firewall that is free and give me the link to the website to download?

One more question, not about limewire. How come in this forum I see some letters in stars? It is weird and I have never seen it before...

[s18000rpm]

AVG is good option, but try to get KAV7 (Kaspersky).

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www.zonealarm.com

ZoneAlarm (ZA) Free

btw use ZA if you have 512MB + RAM, as the v7 takes some resource.
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about the stars, it was some problem in forum upgrading....

[legolas]

I have had no issues with Limewire so far. You just need to be careful in downloading. Usually I check out for the file size you are expecting and the file size it shows...

[Faun]

Originally Posted by s18000rpm

AVG is good option, but try to get KAV7 (Kaspersky).

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www.zonealarm.com

ZoneAlarm (ZA) Free

btw use ZA if you have 512MB + RAM, as the v7 takes some resource.
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about the stars, it was some problem in forum upgrading....

zonealarm 7 is shite, comodo is teh trend

Lime wire is virus hotspot, be careful, archives mainly contains virus (see the size).

[yahfate]

limewire slow downs the sys n it is welll know 4 trojans n viruses.
TRY- BearShare Lite!

[cooldudie3]

What did you say, about limewire slowing the sys?

Btw, how much resource does Zonealarm take up?

Instead of AVG Free Edition are there any other free antivirus programs?

[s18000rpm]

Zonealarm takes up more than 50-100MB & limewire takes up in the range of 200+MB RAM

free = avg is better

[cooldudie3]

should I actually buy an antivirus or stick with free ones?

[legolas]

^ free ones. always free ones. you also promote it!! and they are at least equally good, if not only better!

[Faun]

^+1 free cookies for everyone

[ancientrites]

if you wanna mp3 collection try soulseek

[zorrotech2008]

It is completely safe if u have a good and well updated antivirus..nd also coupled wid sm common sense........like always check file size....

[xbonez]

^^ thats sums it all up...a good anti virus + common sense