Approach with Caution! (Limewire)

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Product:	Limewire
Date:	07/07/09 (332 review reads)
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Advantages: Easy to Use. Good if you Understand Precautions

Disadvantages: Full of Malicious Viruses Waiting for Vulnerable Users

LimeWire has caused a lot of controversy over the years for a number of different reasons, illegal content, spyware, hackers, viruses, you name it, LimeWire has been accused of it!

So, with this in mind let's begin to use LimeWire anyways! First things first though, you need to proceed with caution!

The interface of LimeWire through every version of its history has been simple and easy to use, this of course is good! When you search for the likes of a mp3 song, you get a list of details that you can look at and change such as Name, Type, Size and Bit Rate. If used correctly, this is the easiest way of preventing yourself from downloading a virus, how? Read on.

Basically no matter what you search for, results come up which are infiltrators and if downloaded, are likely to spread a virus across your system, so ENSURE YOU HAVE GOOD PROTECTION! I use McAfee. How can you tell if the song you are about to download is a virus or legit? Well, it is pretty simple if you use your head. When looking at it, does it have the following details: bit rate, length, believable file size (usually around 3,000 - 6,000kb)? Usually if the answer is no to any of these, stay away from downloading!

Basically, if you know what you are looking for, and know the approximate length of the song, LimeWire is pretty safe to use. If not...stick to iTunes and legal downloading!

Summary: Is this a risk you want to take?

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