Limewire, =viruses? Options

[whoahitznikki]

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.

[whoahitznikki]

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

[illriginal]

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

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.

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.

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