What are the chances of my computer getting a virus if I load limewire on to it?

I'm not sure wether to do it because I dont want my computer to get a virus or to become really slow.

What are the chances of my computer getting a virus if I load limewire on to it?
Forget about Limewire because you'll have nothing but problems. Many say that Limewire is safe but it's not. Check with your technician to see what would be the best program for you to download on your computer. It is always better to be safe then sorry.
Reply:If your carefull what your downloading then there's little chance of catching a virus, just don't open .exe. or .bat or files you don't know , i've used it ages with no problems at all
Reply:You can't get a virus from downloading and installing Limewire on your computer, no matter what the previous answer said about crack whores. Limewire is just a P2P program and does not make your computer "really slow." What you DO with Limewire does. If you download the wrong thing, you certainly can get a virus, and if you download a lot of music, you will most likely get caught and sued.
Reply:1st if ur looking for a song, after the search is finished on the left hand side click only audio files, then only chose the one tht matches or closest matches how the song looks on the album





2nd for a program like an Emulator, u can just download it off a site





3rd, i recomend you find the torrent for your file, do this by going to mininova, it als o give ratings and reviews, so u download the torrent, and then open it from your desk top and let it download





4th never download porn off lime wire or anything HORNY, SEXY, or EXPLICET. like say your looking for friends season one, dont chose horny friends season 1, never take anthing like what i just talked about, if u want porn got to youporn or pay





these 4 things can help slim the chance of getting a virus





and remember if a movie only look at video files, only a pic only look at pic files, only a program only look at program files, u get it
Reply:I don't think that viruses come via limewire.....although trojans might attack....so get a good anti-virus.
Reply:I would be more worried about getting busted.





26,000 people are facing civil lawsuits for using P2P file-stealing programs such as Limewire.





People DO get caught stealing and "sharing" copyrighted "stuff" using P2P filesharing programs such as Limewire, Bearshare, Kazza etc, and face huge fines.





People as young as 12 years old get busted.





"The music industry has turned its big legal guns on Internet music-swappers — including a 12-year-old New York City girl who thought downloading songs was fun."





"Brianna LaHara said she was frightened to learn she was among the hundreds of people sued yesterday by giant music companies in federal courts around the country."





"I got really scared. My stomach is all turning," Brianna said last night at the city Housing Authority apartment where she lives with her mom and her 9-year-old brother."





More at:


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,9679...


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Or this one from just a few weeks ago:





" Jammie Thomas makes $36,000 a year but says she's not looking for a handout to pay a $222,000 judgment after a jury decided she illegally shared music online and did it on purpose...Record labels have sued more than 26,000 people they accuse of sharing music online in violation of copyright laws."


From:


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071006/musi...





More info:


http://timworstall.typepad.com/timworsta...





Good luck.
Reply:if using a good anti virus program very little and stick to just downloading music you'll be ok just download burn to CD's then wait afew months then reinstall lime wire you'll be fine. listed below is link for current version of lime wire.