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Limewire rip-off

by Pepsie2 Jun 16, 2006 7:00AM PDT

I got caught out by some dodgy characters that offer 'memberships' and 'subscriptions' to Limewire. How the hell did that happen I hear you ask? Weeeell- I followed a link from one of the sponsors on cnet's downloads.com. It read:

2006 Limewire ? Software - Free Download Download Unlimited Music, Movies & Games. Choose From Over 1 Million MP3
Files. Get Limewire Access and Start Downloading Now - Free!
www.download-it-free.com

The link goes to a site that looks very lime-y (logos etc), asks for an email address and password and then offers you a 'lifetime membership' for the discounted price of GBP 17.96, as well as two money saving annual subscriptions..... You get something called 360share pro, which does work, but u can't login to limewire for support, and can't download anything else from Limewire while its on your machine. I also got a lot of adware and registry problems after I downloaded it. I feel a bit stupid... not to mention ripped off!

Please don't promote people like these, Cnet....

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360 Share pro Works for Me!

by livingny May 24, 2011 6:31PM PDT

I use 360 Share pro and have never had a problem. It runs great! I can find most anything I'm looking for using 360 Share pro. I've read where others have a problem with it but I never did. Maybe I just got a good download site. I'd list it here but I downloaded so long ago I don't know that I have the site save anymore. Sorry, but just wanted to say it does work.

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