alrighty. so i'm going boy band crazy right now and i'm really wanting to get n'sync, bsb, spice girls, etc. songs!!! i haven't used limewire before (i've been getting all my songs on different sites online), and i was wondering if it's a good idea to download it? i just bought a new computer and i don't want to screw it up.

Don't. If you're too dumb to know it's okay if used safely, you don't know how to use it safely.

i wouldn't try limewire... try soulseek (windows)/nicotine (linux). A lot safer, trust meh.

Yeah just use it if you only know how to do it safely, and if not, you can get whole albums of Megaupload and Rapidshare.

well, i figured that since i'm only downloading mp3's, it shouldn't be too bad. is there a way to tell the good files from the bad files??

^ disaster waitin to happen.

okay, well, i looked at soulseek and it seems really safe compared to limewire. do you use it??

Pretty much that's all I have to say.



I am a very active Limewire user. I still continue to use it despite the fact that I received a virus from it. Just be careful, and keep in mind you're taking risks. Just because they're mp3's it doesn't make them good or bad. Any file can be a bad file.

Frostwire, FTW.

its like..exactly the same as limewire but faster and safer..

I've never gotten any kind of viruses from Limewire ever, I've been using it frequently for two years, I guess I'm lucky.

Of course, it has chat rooms of nearly every genre possible in the world, but only the linux version has it, which is called Nicotine. Linux version has some exclusive perks.

But regardless you still get a crap load of chatrooms and can still look up nearly any song you can think of, and most likely it exists.



Did you know there's many small malicious files out there that anti-viruses never detect?

Remember back in the day when trojan programs existed? They were basically viruses with networking tools/ability. They had all the neat lil tools, like computer manipulation, taking screen shots or even fraps (video capture).

Basically if it wasn't for trojans, there wouldn't be spyware, malware, adware etc... which anti-viruses rarely detect.

Anyways never say never :P

I used frostwire until I removed it from my computer. It slowed down my computer and yes its safer but you still get some viruses. What ever happened to just buying albums?

okay so soulseek doesn't have chatrooms... but its still a good program in general right??



do you use frostwire??

^yes, i do

sorry I edited, it does have chatrooms, a crap load but not as many as linux version.



We much rather help the economy crash

how long and how's your computer??

lol this person's on a mission

my computer is perfectly fine =]
well, i got a new laptop so that doesnt count.
but my old desktop which used to have frostwire didnt have any problems with it. if your switching from limewire to frostwire, youll have no problems it honestly is like the same thing. cept limewires green and frost is blue. other than that, i just found frostwire faster and bug-free.
i do recommend it =]
i used frostwire for about..3 yrs. doing well =]

LOL yes i am!!
i've been searching the way i usually do for songs and albums alllll day with no luck, and i'm getting pissed off.

so this is my last resort :)
and i wanna download something that won't hurt my computer.
and you guys are helping out a ton. thanks!!



hmm.. i think i'll download frost. it sounds the safest compared to what i've been told about soulseek/nicotine.

again, thanks for all your help you guys!! i think this topic can be closed now.. unless someone else wants to make any other recommendations???

^anytime

im not going to tell you that frostwire is the best. i probably already have..
well, if i have, ignore me. frostire IMO is the best. but i havent tried soulseek or anything else besides limewire, so my opinion cant exactly be supported

its okay.
but now i have a question...

how exactly did you download frostwire??? on the site it keeps saying that i can 'download now', then i go to another site with a button that says 'download now', but when i click it then i go to yet another site that says i'm being redirected to a third party site. after i click the link (because the redirection is taking a while), i click 'download now'..and then i get redirected. again.

i did the same cycle a few times so now i'm pretty much stumped. help?

//EDIT
nevermind i got it lol. all i had to do was click the popup button ^__^"

uhmm if you mods don't mind please don't close this until i ask?? just in case i have some more questions :)

Personally I don't think you can get viruses from limewire, if you don't go crazy and download the most obvious candidates for software, watch out for songs that are more than 4mb. Generally a 3-4 minute mp3 file is about 3.5mb, so don't go downloading the ones that are in the 250-300mb range if they're not supposed to be albums.

great advice, i'll be looking out for that. thanks!

I use the very old version of bearshare that was before they upgraded and shoved a bunch of adware crap like most of the p2p programs do. But I haven't actually downloaded any music for about a few months. I buy my music now. =( I think it's a combination of Pride and Paranoia.

just use bit torrent. it's safer in terms of not getting viruses. most of the torrent files comes with comments people leave behind, and they usually tell others not to download it if it's a fake file or not. limewire is so 2005 mang.

When LimeWire fails, then Torrent.

ahh.

I've used limewire alot. Looking at everyone's responses, this is freaking me out. Im gonna look at soulseek.

about the trojans and viruses that can't be deteced with anti-viruses software, how can I get rid of them?

You gotta delete them from your registry... if you don't know what you're doing, I'd advise you have a PC technician do it for you. The registry system is very delicate.

Why is this in debate?

Debating to either use limewire or another P2P program? o.o

That's no more of a debate than just about any other topic.

*uses retrospective mod powers to move topic*

are you ok with breaking the law?

I am... f**k the law =\

LIMEWIRE IS THE SHIZ... in my opinion.
Only download mp3 files, and mp4 too... no WMA
and dont be an idiot and click on the ones that are obv. fake.. like FREE SONGZ and crap like that...

lol who downloads .wma these days?

really bad quality music.

word

i hate wma. it's so inefficient and pathetic. sadly, i'm forced to use for the songs on my phone. which i rarely change, because it's such a hassle. but i happen to be doing so right now cuz i have free time and my old songs suck.

If it saves me money then f**k yes.

haha true, but if you get caught, and get sued by the RIAA, there goes millions of dollars right there. so much for trying to save $12 on a cd. haha.

LOL Declare bankruptcy or leave the country =\

That's how you solve that shit.

As far as saving $12 on a CD... ha!!! I have over 8 thousand albums. I saved quite a lot.

well, it is a bit hard to find albums by artists that are on the other side of the freakin world, YA KNOW?

Not if you use megaupload.

Now, I haven't used limewire or anything like that for years, but megaupload is so not one of the better places to download rars.

not on soul seek.

I got a virus from it, but I kept my songs.
I was gonna keep a good computer, and a bad computer.
Download the music on the bad one, then transfer the songs onto me back up hard drive. Unfortunately, my dad wiped out my computer before I told him.

If you're willing to do that, it's alway an option.

how exactly do you get caught anyway? lol.
and...

aren't we supposed to be deleting the files we download?? how are we supposed to do that while still keeping the file????

oh good god

thanks man.
and WMA files are sh*t.

I only downloaded Mp3 and movies

lol too many n00bs in this thread.

sorry im not extremely high-tech as you.
but I do hold my own.