Limwire

Limwire

by mtopher Apr 27, 2006 5:49AM PDT

Hi

i downloaded Limewire 4.10.9 from downloads.com and i installed it, everything worked fine. but when i went to totally shut it down, the limewire screen would just pop back up again. So i uninstalled it to see if the would help. So after i did that, i got a jave message saying...

*One or more necessary files appear to be invalid. this is generally caused by a corrupt installation. please try downloading and installing limewire again. if the problem persists, please copy and paste the message below and send it to: bugs@limweire.com thank you.*

and when i would cancel that message, it would just pop back up again.

So i did excatly what the message said for me to do. I deleted the old limewire program and re-downloaded it again. But the same proplem came up. it would not let me exit it properly. then i when i uninstalled it again. up popped the same message. so i send an email to bugs@limewire.com and i got a message back saying that there was no such e-mail address.

So i don't know what i could do. i did a virus scan.. and nothing turned up. I tried signing up for the limewire fourms on their main site, but i haven't gotten any e-mails from them yet

Can anyone help me?

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Bad stuff.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Apr 27, 2006 7:53AM PDT

Limewire typically is the source for many people's machine woes.

I strongly suggest it's time to clean up the machine and forget about this software.

Bob

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Limewire.........................................

by shankru85 Apr 27, 2006 9:58AM PDT

1 Get rid of Limewire folder in program directory , you
can use this freeware to completely delete it :

http://www.download.com/Eraser/3000-2092_4-10231813.html?tag=lst-0-5

2 Try to remove (awful!!!)reg keys it installed , using a good software , choose here :

http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0.html?tg=dl-2001&qt=registry%20cleaner&tag=srch

3 Perform Ccleaner scan to remove temp files .

4 (maybe 1) Perform Spyware (Ewido should work fine) & Virus scan to remove malware coming from Limewire net , then reboot .

5 Install good firewall & AV real time protection

6 Never try to download nor install Limewire anymore : despite it is famous & trusted by most of people (...i wonder why...) , it connects to a dangerous net (Gnutella 1) , which is full of fakes , malware , intruders & any kind of threat you can imagine (...& more !)

Good Luck & Regards

White [ITA]

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Thanks

by mtopher Apr 27, 2006 10:55AM PDT

thanks i have down what you told me. to delete the limewire folder from the program files. after i did that, the thing never popped up again.. thank god lol. This was the first time i have ever had this kind of problem with limewire.

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You're welcome , thanks for posting back

by shankru85 Apr 27, 2006 8:18PM PDT

I hope that you will follow my main suggestion & will
not try to install Limewire anymore , this time was only a boring pop-up...but worse problems could happen
the next time .
If you came through only deleting the folder , the problem was probably generated by en .exe file in it connecting to a server :
1 I'd suggest to do all other actions i wrote .
2 Your firewall does not block malicious outgoing , so you'd better install Zonealarm or other firewall provided with this ability .

Regards

White [ITA]

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zone alarm

by mtopher Apr 28, 2006 12:30AM PDT

my dad is in the proccess of getting zone alarm. we just got a new comp. so we still need to add it. i use to have it on my other computer.

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