SpyWare Question

Rev Joe · May 17, 2005

I do a lot of free downloading on Lime Wire ( Little to No Virsuses) does anyone know if this is part of Kazaa file sharing. After I use Lime Wire I can do a spy check and Kazaa spyware always shows up.

jaybird13 · May 17, 2005

You shouldnt d/l!!!!
Do you use kazaa or have it d/l on your computer?
Limewire is not part of kazaa.

Links234 · May 18, 2005

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Apex · May 18, 2005

How many ppl are here that acutally do download?
And Rev Joe, I use limewire and I havent had that problem. Do you have any kind of anti-virus and firewall?

foo-oswald · May 18, 2005

Rev Joe said:
I do a lot of free downloading on Lime Wire ( Little to No Virsuses) does anyone know if this is part of Kazaa file sharing. After I use Lime Wire I can do a spy check and Kazaa spyware always shows up.

I use Limewire all the time, and my Norton '05 antivirus seems to be fine with it. One thing you need to know about Limewire, though: When you close the page, you need to go to your wordpad and exit from it there, too, or it'll stay open constantly and interact with any other music program you have, like iTunes or WinAmp...

Neenie · May 18, 2005

Just a question...What makes LimeWire better than kazaa lite?

I've been using KL, it has no spyware and I seem to find more than limewire.

foo-oswald · May 18, 2005

Neenie said:
Just a question...What makes LimeWire better than kazaa lite?

I've been using KL, it has no spyware and I seem to find more than limewire.

Really? I dumped KL because it got to the point where my searches kept coming up empty, ya know? I'm having the opposite results with Limewire that you're having. I'm finding anything I want...

Neenie · May 18, 2005

foo-oswald said:
Really? I dumped KL because it got to the point where my searches kept coming up empty, ya know? I'm having the opposite results with Limewire that you're having. I'm finding anything I want...

Most of the stuff on Kazaa is wrongly named, false, or run out of sources anyway.... Lime wire doesn't seem to have that issue as much. After trying out lime wire for a second time I found that out.

KristianJ · May 18, 2005

Neenie said:
Just a question...What makes LimeWire better than kazaa lite?

I've been using KL, it has no spyware and I seem to find more than limewire.

That's strange - I was watching someting on TV that syggested that Kazaa did have spyware associated with it...

Neenie · May 18, 2005

KristianJ said:
That's strange - I was watching someting on TV that syggested that Kazaa did have spyware associated with it...

Yeah...The normal kazaa does, But KL (kazaa lite)does not. kazaa lite works on the same as kazaa but without the spyware.

Apex · May 18, 2005

KristianJ said:
That's strange - I was watching someting on TV that syggested that Kazaa did have spyware associated with it...

Normal Kazaa (and Grokster) screwed my computer up with spy ware, twice. I had to wipe the computer clean and re load everything both times. After the second time I never downloaded Gorkster or Kazaa again.

Rev Joe · May 19, 2005

jaybird13 said:
You shouldnt d/l!!!!
Do you use kazaa or have it d/l on your computer?
Limewire is not part of kazaa.

Thank you, I didn't think so. My Spyware Nuker 2005 keeps showing the removal of Kazaa everytime after using LimeWire. I will check into the other possibilities. I am not aware of kazaa being on my system.

Bargainfluger · May 19, 2005

I've been through Kazaa, Kazaa Lite, WinMX, iMesh, and DC++. I only use the last two now. iMesh for single tracks, and DC++ for heavy-duty downloading of whole albums, etc.

foo-oswald · May 19, 2005

Rev Joe said:
Thank you, I didn't think so. My Spyware Nuker 2005 keeps showing the removal of Kazaa everytime after using LimeWire. I will check into the other possibilities. I am not aware of kazaa being on my system.

There may be some small component from Kazaa left on your drive somewhere that Limewire might be accessing. ??

I've experienced some significant difficulty in this area before when I've removed programs like Kazaa. I had to essentially rip the program out piece-by-piece. Pain-in-the-***

Pnkr4Christ · May 19, 2005

You can use Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE Personal to remove spyware. It's free. Google search it.

Rev Joe · May 19, 2005

Thank you for the reminder of the Lavasoft Ad-Ware SE. I have been using this also but the Kazaa problem never shows up here. Taking your advise I went back to the Google search and retyped Lavasoft Ad-Ware SE. I clicked onto this and was asked if I wanted the updated version. I said yes and actually was able to receive almost three times the amount of deep scans I was receiving before. Also this new version discovered 24 new Critical Objects which never showed up before. I guess this has taught me to check on this possibility of updates at random in the future. Thanks again!

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