Originally posted by Scott Langholff:
... Can you tell me what those preferences are that would make Limewire safe??
...... When we spoke with customer service for Bellsouth, she said that's one of the worst to tangle up your computer......
Hi Scott.
It's a lot to go through, because LW is a filesharing software, a stright
forward installation will let the software keep some ports open, and also
share the folders on your PC that are set as shared.
Myself I only have one single folder as shared for LW, and I prefer to have
it on a external drive. Works fine.
Also I don't allow it to start when Windows start, but start it manually when
I'm goint to use it.
That said, it's not the software itself who are "dangerous", but some people
who find it "funny" to hack and spread virus etc. Thats why we need good virus
and spy defending software. Big business for someone, bad for our wallets!
And of course not to forget rule #1: Be careful what to download wherever or
whatever software used to download it!
You have to start go through the settings in Menu\Preferences. Use common
sence and also do a serch at i.e. Google for i.e. "Limewire safety" or similiar.
Here are a good example from cnet:
http://help.cnet.com/hackers/9602-12576_39-0.html?messageID=2509976&kw=hackers Also some nice info here:
http://www.limewire.com/help/ftc4.php Happy Playing
GJ
[This message has been edited by Gunnar Jonny (edited 07-29-2007).]
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