[unclew]

I was at a cookout where the hostess had some great music playing on her laptop, nice oldies and jazz. When I asked her about it she told me she had downloaded all her music from Limewire. I googled the site and discovered it is a peer-to-peer file sharing site. I've always been a little wary of that type of service because I've read so many unpleasant things about them.



If anyone here has used Limewire I would appreciate some feedback before I try iy.



Thanks.

[piyushsingh]

BAD coz
1) Most of the stuff is illegal as copyrighted media is shared.
2) A lot of malware is bundled along with other things and under fake names and you will be infected soon.
3) It opens many ports in your system .

[lilxkid24]

limewire is illegal to download music so it shouldn't be discussed here.

[unclew]

That's all I need to know. It's hands off for me.



Thanks.

[techie4fun]

It would depend on what you consider 'good' and 'bad'. File sharing in itself is NOT illegal , but the boundaries step in when sharing copyright material, and Limewire is attracted to that.

It's been years since I used limewire . I believe I gave up after discovering the amount of viruses I was picking up .

[AuroraDizon]

P2P programs arn't illegal it all depends on what you download.



Personally I wouldn't touch limewire I know a lot of people who have gotten virus's from it.

[Adama]

Same thing here. A few months back I asked a similar question, because a friend of mine said I could download a free copy of Photoshop from Limewire.

But I heard that so many people have gotten infections and viruses from free downloads, that I just decided I was better off not risking it.

[snorg]

Youre rite Adama getting pirate software with P2P is a good way to pick up a virus or trojan.

AND
Limewire is too sour for me, i like strawberry wire.

[AuroraDizon]

Adama Photoshop has free trials if you want to check it out, there is also adobe photoshop elements that has the same "elements" of the full sized photoshops for a fraction of the price (still spendy but not insane.) http://www.adobe.com/downloads/

[techie4fun]

snorg said:

Limewire is too sour for me, i like strawberry wire.

Since you brought that up, I'll take some strawberry wire too.

[YANNI]

I don't know why everyones complaining about limewire.I've been using it for years albeit an older version....but i've never gotten any viruses and I have a good antivirus program.I dont download movies so maybe thats it only music.