Limewire qustions

[Richard Steinfeld]

I am not familiar with Limewire or file sharing. I want to receive some
files that have been left for me in someone's account. I don't know what
I must do to connect with it on my end.

Do I have to install it? If so, how do I locate a safe version of
Limewire? I noticed that Computer Associates has classified Limewire as
spyware. I've also been told that there's a safe version of the program.

What do I need to know in order to use this service safely?

Thanks

Richard

 

[Matt]

I am not familiar with Limewire or file sharing. I want to
receive some files that have been left for me in someone's
account. I don't know what I must do to connect with it on my
end.

Do I have to install it? If so, how do I locate a safe version
of Limewire? I noticed that Computer Associates has classified
Limewire as spyware. I've also been told that there's a safe
version of the program.

What do I need to know in order to use this service safely?

Thanks

Richard

http://www.limewire.com/english/content/support.shtml

 

[BW]

I am not familiar with Limewire or file sharing. I want to receive some

files that have been left for me in someone's account. I don't know what
I must do to connect with it on my end.

Do I have to install it? If so, how do I locate a safe version of
Limewire? I noticed that Computer Associates has classified Limewire as
spyware. I've also been told that there's a safe version of the program.

What do I need to know in order to use this service safely?

Thanks

Richard

Limewire is a P2P file-sharing program. It's really designed for sharing
files between a large number of computers, rather than to download files off
a specific computer. I don't believe Limewire includes Spyware, but it used
to include ads in the free version. They have, however, started blocking
certain files from being shared.
There's an unofficial version of Limewire called Frostwire without these
restrictions.
If you just want to download files off this one computer though, you might
be better using FTP, an IM client with file-sending capabilites (eg. MSN
messenger), or a private P2P program like WASTE. Or if the files aren't too
big, maybe you could just use e-mail.

 

[rdt]

Try the open source version of it called : Frostwire

 

[miskairal]

My son had this installed until last week. He had a multitude of
problems, mostly incredibly slow performance on his laptop. He
uninstalled it and his pc is now running beautifully.

 

[Renan]

At date Tue, 27 Dec 2005 07:21:04 +1000, miskairal (mehiding@Oz) wrote

My son had this installed until last week. He had a multitude of
problems, mostly incredibly slow performance on his laptop. He
uninstalled it and his pc is now running beautifully.

Limewire is a Java (read: bloatware) program.

For the best experience in P2P programs, I suggest SoulSeek.
Quick, lightweight, all features at hand.

www.slsknet.org

 

[Jeff]

I am not familiar with Limewire or file sharing. I want to receive
some files that have been left for me in someone's account. I don't
know what I must do to connect with it on my end.

Do I have to install it? If so, how do I locate a safe version of
Limewire? I noticed that Computer Associates has classified Limewire
as spyware. I've also been told that there's a safe version of the
program.

What do I need to know in order to use this service safely?

Thanks

Richard

have you tried opening the file in notepad and deleting its contents?

 

[dansheen]

have you tried opening the file in notepad and deleting its contents?

Given what you want to use it for- yousendit.com might be a better
option. With any p2p I think you still need to time it so that your
computer and the other computer are on at the same time. Plus you need
to arrange a "place to meet" or a way to find the other.

 

[Scout Lady]

Try the open source version of it called : Frostwire

I want to try this program but it says it requires Java 1.5 or later. I have
1.4.2 and I have to keep that version as dvarchive requires 1.4.2 to run.
Can you have more than one version of Java on your pc or will it update the
1.4.2?

 

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=BBQ=AB?=]

I want to try this program but it says it requires Java 1.5 or
later. I have 1.4.2 and I have to keep that version as dvarchive
requires 1.4.2 to run. Can you have more than one version of Java
on your pc or will it update the 1.4.2?

You can have multiple versions of Java installed without any problem.
If dvarchive requires 1.4.2, it should use that regardless of what
other versions are available to it. (That's what it /should/ do; I
can't vouch for what it actually will do.)

 

[Timalees]

Go to this Address http://jupsoft.host.sk/fosi/ download Limeware 4.9

 

[Ron May]

Go to this Address http://jupsoft.host.sk/fosi/ download Limeware 4.9

I dunno... This site looks a little dubious to me. I'll pass.

 

[old jon]

I dunno... This site looks a little dubious to me. I'll pass.

Not to worry too much Ron, F.O.S.I. has been around for years.
If you like `cracked` software that is.
bw..OJ

 

[Ron May]

Not to worry too much Ron, F.O.S.I. has been around for years.
If you like `cracked` software that is.
bw..OJ

Thanks for the info.

A quick look around clued me it was a "w4r3z" site. I didn't notice
the difference in the filename (LimeWARE vs. LimeWIRE) until after
that. I did a google search, but I wasn't successful in finding a
comparison between the two. I could be wrong, but the fact pattern
seems to suggest some "script kiddies" worked up a modified version.
I'm not comfortable with that until/unless more information is
available suggesting the benefit(s) outweigh the risk(s).