Limewire Question

**gamer4eva** · 08-12-2006, 08:47 PM

Just uninstall it already and move on to bearshare lol!!!

**LackOfInterest** · 08-13-2006, 03:56 AM

**Aaron_T** · 08-13-2006, 07:51 PM

Originally Posted by Bonzai11

Maybe you got one of those limewire spinoffs tha look just like it but say you have to pay 1$ song. Or you got adware or what the other guy was saying you downloaded an mp3 or html that loads up internet firefox or whatever you have and tries to get you to buy the song. Theres alot of crud on limewire music videos that load up porn websites and other stuff

definetely not that its been working perfectly normal until recently.

**rohannen** · 08-20-2006, 04:07 AM

I get the same thing, and it's maddening.

Here are the symptoms:

1. The file is about the right size to be what I'm looking for (between 300 and 700 MB for a full-length feature).
2. It has the right sort of title and claims to be an avi, mpg, or other video type.
3. There are many, many users for each file (up to 200 sometimes).
4. There are several copies of several different titles.
5. I get 8000 to 14000 results in a single search.
6. When I click to download, I'm sent to a media-selling page.

No matter how many times I repeat the search, I can't seem to get a single file to show up that doesn't send me to this site. Near as I can guess, the company who owns the site decided to invent a malicious way to advertise their business. Somehow they figured out a way to flood the net with thousands of fake files which act as links to their website and whenever a person searches for a particularly popular title, these links show up instead. I think limewire is so overwhelmed with these fake files that it stops searching before it ever finds a real file.

Any suggestions for this dilemma?

**gamer4eva** · 08-21-2006, 01:43 AM

Originally Posted by LackOfInterest

Try frostwire http://www.frostwire.com/

Is it as good as limewire was before it got raided or whatever.

**DSB_DSB** · 08-21-2006, 09:13 PM

Originally Posted by gamer4eva

Originally Posted by LackOfInterest

Try frostwire http://www.frostwire.com/

Is it as good as limewire was before it got raided or whatever.

Hey this link is back up again.

Enjoy!

**thesixthsensor** · 08-22-2006, 08:25 PM

just check the filesize. If its a song thats hard to find and you find it with 100 sedders dont downlaod it. its probally a scam.

**trashd** · 08-24-2006, 03:09 PM

Why even use Limewire anymore!!!?? You are wasting precious time, man. If you want movies, tv shows, games....Get a Bittorrent client (bittornado, utorrrent). Limewire is a pain in the ass....SHEEESH.

Later.

**gamer4eva** · 08-24-2006, 10:43 PM

Originally Posted by trashd

Why even use Limewire anymore!!!?? You are wasting precious time, man. If you want movies, tv shows, games....Get a Bittorrent client (bittornado, utorrrent). Limewire is a pain in the ass....SHEEESH.

Later.

Well said man. Although DC++ would do the job or soulseek. I still can't believe people can't let go of limewire.

I would suggest bearshare people. I use it now and again and speedwise its all the same.