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Someone in my class blamed vista for "breaking" their computer, but they use limewire

kevmacca

i feel i must add my twopence worth, i have just recently (against all advice) upgrade to vista, and apart from a couple of app's not being compatible everything as so far gone to plan, no problems whatsoever and i love it. its about 6 weeks since i upgraded so i'm over the moon. i just uninstalled what wasn't compatible before putting vista on, i'm now going to try re-installing zone-alarm or comodo. fingers crossed,lol KEV.

Girderman

I've found that programs that wouldn't run initially under Vista will eventually run if you keep messing with them. Meaning if it doesn't go the first time, it's worth trying again.

FreoHeaveho

what is wrong with limewire ?

Girderman

Well first forum rules prohibit discussion of P2P so we all need to be careful, BUT

What's "wrong" with Limewire is that it has a fairly sold reputation for being a major vector for malware's introduction into people's computers.

Beyond the idea that ANY P2P is a major security risk, it seems that Limewire is the worst of the entire bunch. Perhaps because of the age & activities of those that use it (young people doing audio & video filesharing) or perhaps because it has inherantly increased security risks built in (like maybe it opens it's host computer to infection more than another P2P program might), or perhaps because it has malware built-in to it's install files.

I can't say, cause I don't use it.

What I do know is that many people with malware use Limewire, and many people with Limewire have malware, much more so than any other P2P programs.