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Description of LimeWire Basic

LimeWire is a popular peer-to-peer file sharing program using the Gnutella network that supports a wide range of languages and operating systems including Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

The program features an open community of similar users (defined by interests, computing power, and bandwidth) to optimize search performance. You can run unlimited simultaneous searches for videos, images, documents, programs and audio and your results are displayed via a tabbed interface. A "Browse Host" tool is also useful to find more files that one particular person is sharing.

The program includes all the usual P2P program features including the ability to filter search results by file type, artist, size, bandwidth etc. You can also resume downloads, throttle upload bandwidth and you get a download library/manager. The latest version continues to include a swarm feature allowing you to download from multiple hosts to get your file faster.

LimeWire 4.10 and above introduces several new features including iTunes integration, firewall to firewall transfers and proxy support.

The developers state that this latest version is guaranteed to include no spyware or adware. When PC World tested the Windows installer on 06/02/06, we encountered no spyware or adware in our scans.

Note: The $19 Pro version offers faster downloads, e-mail support, a pro only skin and free updates for up to six months.

--Danny Allen

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• Reviewed by: glbritton30

  01-05-2009

  Duration of ownership: 12 Months

  Strengths: Wide range of community members and music/vids. Kinda quick at times.

  Weaknesses: Limewire will not filter out porn crap not viruses/malware.

  Overall Evaluation: you have to judge youself what to download. If for example you see "batman Begins" hosted by 43 people but has a filr size of 473Kb, you should probably be suspicious. Limewire itself has no spy/adware that I found.

• Reviewed by: noresh07

  07-24-2008

  Duration of ownership: 3 Months

  Strengths: many genres, fast, warnings

  Weaknesses: probably some of the members!

  Overall Evaluation: i am a little afraid of the sharing process but i have had no problems sharing music files only.

• Reviewed by: kimmer197

  09-28-2007

  Duration of ownership: 3 Months

  Strengths: the level of deceptive advertising

  Weaknesses: the entire product stinks

  Overall Evaluation: i was fooled by the advertising paid for the download and was instantly displeased this product does nothing it promised. worse yet i was fooled into futher purchasing a "pro" upgrade that proved to do nothing but, prove i wasted good money on a bad product

• Reviewed by: mrpresidentz

  05-26-2007

  Duration of ownership: 24 Months

  Strengths: has wide songs for download but limited videos and movies.

  Weaknesses: has lot of viruses and spywares. so be careful while downloading especially if you find common sizes.

  Overall Evaluation: Cool. You can backup its folder then uninstall it from your system. Then from the backup folder you can run the application just like the application is installed.

• Reviewed by: Joey34251

  02-05-2007

  Duration of ownership: 1 Weeks

  Strengths: It has none but to ruin your pc.

  Weaknesses: Hundreds, sure it finds good files but they are filled with spyware and virus's. I had 50 viruses in one music download off there.

  Overall Evaluation: Utterley crap.

• Reviewed by: moonfire

  10-16-2006

  Duration of ownership: 12 Months

  Strengths: functions as it should, as far as that goes.

  Weaknesses: Loaded with malwares of all kinds! Be warned! A popular target of those with bad files to share!

  Overall Evaluation: DON'T EVEN RISK INSTALLING THIS PROGRAM! NOT WORTH IT.

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