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Technical Help & Discussion => Windows PCs & Software: Help, News & Discussion => Topic started by: Simon on January 08, 2003, 22:15
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I've found LimeWire on a PC mag cover disc. Has anyone ever used this? I downloaded it, and there was loads of spyware bundled in with it, but I think I've got rid of all that.
I was looking for something as an alternative to WinMX, which I am finding is getting slower, and it's getting harder to find anything without a 3 day queue!
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I tried LimeWire a long time ago, have used Grokster which is essentially KaZaA with a different skin. I now use KaZaA Lite, no spyware ;D and there are generally no queues 8), well not for the music I like... so you should be ok too Simon
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Are you on KazaaLite v2 now, Bat? I went to upgrade but got bombarded with a ton of invasive ActiveX applets. After that, it was WinMX for me -- painful as it is.
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I think its v2.01, an updated version, and I've not had any ActiveX barrage :)
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Well, I'm going to keep checking Spybot for any intrusions, as there was a s**tload of stuff that appeared on my desktop with LimeWire, but no extra programs as far as I can see. I think they were just links to casinos etc, and LimeWire shopping sites, which have been blitzed from my desktop!! >:(
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Cheers guys. I must have tried to d/l KL2 on a couple of bad days. I'll give it another go tomorrow and then give WinMX the heave-ho.
Limewire? Not even with someone else's bargepole! ;D
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Limewire? Not even with someone else's bargepole! ;D
Oh, it's that bad is it? :o :o
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Rodders, I think I downloaded it from Download.com, and never had problems with them in the past
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WinMX seems to be very poor at the moment and I can't get as much as a sniff of anything I want.
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I'm just downloading KazaaLite from HERE (http://www.kazaalite.com/) as we speak. >:D
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When you run it, make sure you follow the instructions in the readme file, as there is a little process to follow, moving files about.
And when you run AdAware / SpyBot make sure you don't delete the 'dummy' CyDoor file that is harmless, SpyBot recognised it as an inert file on my system and ignored it, so you should be ok
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Winmx coudnt find a prog I wanted last night but that was the first thing its let me down with in almost 12 months.All music has been available almost instantly,the films can be a bit hit and miss at times but not usually too big a problem ;)
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It's dribbling down at 6k/sec just now. ;)
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Ohhh aren't you just soooo lucky ... gloater :P :P
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Winmx coudnt find a prog I wanted last night but that was the first thing its let me down with in almost 12 months.All music has been available almost instantly,the films can be a bit hit and miss at times but not usually too big a problem ;)
Hiya frog-snogger! Does it matter how much stuff is in your 'shared files' dir? It makes a difference with KaZaA -- is it the same with WinMX then, Sandra?
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Not normally ,my prince turned frog ;)
although after my drive failed I lost all my shared files,films and music and a few .exe bits and some snotty git I wanted something off sent me a message saying get some files to share ::)
I replied explaining that I had lost loads when my drive failed but he had his messaging set to not receiving.As I couldnt get hold of him, I wished him a merry xmas and a drive failure soon too,in case it got through eventually ;)
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Cheers Sandra, I've now read your message three times and still don't understand it. I hope you haven't been injecting that Cannabis stuff again. ;D
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I wanted to download a file from this snotty git and he kept blocking me when I got to the front of a short queue.
He then sent me a message through winmxs message service saying I had to get some files to share first before he would share his.
I then tried to contact him to explain that prior to a drive failure the previous week I had a few gigs shared including Films,Music and program files but he had switched the receive message facility off so he didnt get my explanation.
You havent turned blonde since Xmas have you Rodders ;)
As he was being mean I wished him a Merry Xmas and a speedy hard drive failure soon too,but I doubt he got it as his message option wasnt set to receive ;)
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Is it a fish?
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Damn it Rodders you have turned into a BLONDE,it was bad enough having that blonde welsh woman on the forum but as men are usually a bit slower than women to start with theres no hope for you now ::)
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Well, after a slightly fiddly installation, I've got KazLite - now I can't think of anything I want to download! ::)
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I could give you some suggestions ... but you'd hate me ;) ;)
Its not too bad to install, as long as you follow the instructions in the readme file. Did SpyBot, recognise that the .dll was a dummy and ignore it on your system too, Simon?
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I ran Spybot after installing KL, and no spyware was detected, so presumably, yes.