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[Tim Oppenheim <timopp AT gmail.com>]

I will do my best to translate,

Limewire is just an application. It's the files that you download  
that may be an issue. It's trivial to add virii and spyware to any  
applications that you install. If you are downloading music or  
videos, those are safer, being that the exploits that use these type  
of files are fewer. But, the big problem is the MPAA  and RIAA  both  
use schemes that try to track downloaders and the RIAA is fond of  
suing people that are guilty or not.

For a practical manner if you keep your virus checker and anti- 
spyware constantly up to date, you should be okay. I think Limewire  
has somewhere around 20 million users, so perhaps there is slight  
safety in numbers. But I think that all new viruses start there.

Additionally, check out Bittorrent, which is used more by techies and  
less kids, but because the various bits of a file are downloaded from  
different servers, there is less malware.

All of these types of services open your system to all kinds of  
problems. You may use a system like this for years with no problem,  
or be bit on your first try...it's a crap shoot. Before you play make  
good backups of all your can't lose items.


On May 27, 2007, at 1:53 AM, Lynda wrote:

> Anyone use Lime Wire?  How safe is it?  In English, please <g>
>
> Lynda
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