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is it true that if you download songs off of linewire for free it gives your computer viruses?
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no i have it and it hasent gave my computer any viruses and i check for them everyday
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No. There are viruses on limewire, and some of them are made to look like songs. You can avoid it by not being stupid. A song is never under 1MB, a video is never under 10MB(though rarely under 100MB). Never download a file with the ".exe" or ".vbs" extension.
Examples:
1 300MB HeroesS01E01.mpg
2 200KB LostS01E01.vbs
3 4MB Yesterday_Beatles.ogg
4 20MB Home_video_john.avi
5 1023KB the_onion_router.exe
6 2MB trance_techno_electronica_dance.mp3.exe
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-1 Safe, mpg is a video format and an average tv episode is 300MB
-2 Unsafe, a movie is never 200KB and vbs is a program
-3 Safe, 4MB is possible for audio, and ogg is an audio format
-4 Probably safe, 20MB is a bit small for a video. Avi is a video format, but there are weaknesses in some programs that can be exploited.
-5 Probably unsafe, the onion router is an actual program, but this file is too small. Always download from the site if possible.
-6 Unsafe. It ends in exe. Never be tricked by .mp3.exe(or anything.exe), only the last extension matters.
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umm yeah a lot of ppl i know got viruses from limewire. if you get some type of protection for your computer though you should be fine.
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limewire didn't give me a virus...but I hear it has some people. I was fine..but Kazaa is the one that really seems to give people viruses...if you're really worried I wouldn't do it...but if you want to take the chance then go for it. Or try Ares...I haven't heard many virus stories about it or Morpheus.
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Limewire is illegal.
And yes, it is likely for it to give your computer viruses, although it doesnt always give computers viruses
I had limewire, and it ended up giving my computer such a bad virus we had to restart everything, it sucked
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