just wondering... what are the chances of getting a virus from p2p like limewire , kazaa and stuff. like if your just downloading mp3s and nothing else. all my friends have been doing that and they havent got a virus. i need 2 convince my dad .. coz i recenlty downloaded limewire and he stil doesnt know wat it is.

and recently one of our spyware remover programs have deleted limewire because it is a "threat" coz ppl can dl from our comp. -_- well duh thats wat it spose 2 do. now i have to redownload it every day (coz my dad scans the comp. for spyware evrynite) or somehow prove to my dad that its perfectly safe.

i dont use limewire i use ares & winmx but i think it depends on what file you download . because you never know when you are gonna get a virus after you download it . most of the time when i downloaded mp3s i dont really get viruses . also if you just want to download mp3s you can try getting winmx . i also scan my computer w/ spydoctor & adware and it doesnt delete those programs soo you can also try winmx but im not exactly sure bout limewire . but i think mp3s do not really have viruses . programs or something thats a diffrent story!

I agree with Shawty_Toya, because I don't think anyone would merge a virus into a music format. You can get viruses and spyware from p2p file sharing programs, so be care which one you choose.

it doesn't really matter if the p2p programs is full with spywear, because you are a riaa wanted..

Yeah, it is illegal. I don't use p2p programs.

The RIAA and MPAA pay a company to upload fake song/movie files, but they are really viruses.

This is illegal, but the problem is, in order to tell on them, you have to admit to downloading the song.

Well, if someone admitted to downloading, could they call it even since they both did something illegal?

I believe you can't get a virus from a .mp3 format file from what I've have learn

If you dl movies or software,documents, u can then get a virus but a virus from a .mp3 file is highly impossible (for now)

You can get viruses from kazaa i know that...

The chances depends on what you're downloading and the way you download. If you just search for an mp3, let's say you search for uh.. Hawthorne Heights - Ohio Is For Lovers, and you see a file on the search results saying Ohio Is For lovers with a file size of like 600,000 KB, you should know it's a virus. An ordinary 2-4 minute song would be at least 2000 to 6000 KB.

I don't think you should even care about the chances, because as everyone else is saying, p2p software is illegal for sharing mp3s, software, and movies.