hkspike Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 My daughter has taken it upon herself to install LimeWire (I banned Kazaa). Other than the 'minor' issue that music file sharing is theft (and most of the files are actually mine), does this software have any hidden nasties? Their web site claims it is spyware free. MS' beta SpyWare seems to agree that it's free.Thanks, guys!Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rons Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 (edited) From some of the forum's I have read, including the link below, Limewire may REALLY be spyware free:http://www.zeropaid.com/news/articles/auto/03082005b.phpHard to believe! Hope this helps. Edited March 15, 2005 by Rons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havnblast Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 Limewire free version does have crap in it, I can't recall what it has off the top of my head and I'm not going to install it to find out. The pro version is clean, but not the free one.I believe Cydoor is one of the infections that come with it - should be able to kill off the stuff with adaware or ms antispyware Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havnblast Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 From some of the forum's I have read, including the link below, Limewire may REALLY be spyware free:http://www.zeropaid.com/news/articles/auto/03082005b.phpHard to believe! Hope this helps. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Unless they just changed this recently - but I see it just last summer with malware Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havnblast Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 (edited) On the download page:Compare Free vs Prolooks like it's there in the free version to me, only the pro version is clean Edited March 15, 2005 by havnblast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbdietz Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 My daughter has taken it upon herself to install LimeWire (I banned Kazaa). Other than the 'minor' issue that music file sharing is theft (and most of the files are actually mine), does this software have any hidden nasties? Their web site claims it is spyware free. MS' beta SpyWare seems to agree that it's free.Thanks, guys!Andy<{POST_SNAPBACK}> According to the following article, the current Limewire install package has no bundled software.Comparison of Unwanted Software Installed by P2P Programs by Benjamin Edelman (March 7, 2005) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havnblast Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 My hands-on testing of LimeWire's application yielded only ads promoting the paid version of LimeWire, but no advertising for third-party productsfrom that article rbdietz posted -- I guess if your antispyware don't pick anything up than I would say your safe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzDuckie Posted March 18, 2005 Share Posted March 18, 2005 From what I can remember there were no spy ware attached to the LimeWire Free versions...just the nag screens. I have the Pro version (25 bucks I think it was...or under its been a while) even though I haven't used it in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted March 18, 2005 Share Posted March 18, 2005 Just make sure you get the LATEST version ... see the following article for a nasty vulnerability in prior versions!!http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5618949...?tag=zdnn.alert According to Emin Gun Sirer, an assistant professor of computer science, the flaw could allow an intruder to read any file on the hard drive of a person running LimeWire, whether or not it has been deliberately shared with others using the software.And my notations about downloader trojans being found in at least the prior version's java jars here on my blog:http://bambismusings.blogspot.com/2005/03/...ound-fixed.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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