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Re: Limewire = Malicious Virus
Known fact- hackers and authors of malware will always be one step ahead of the anti-virus and anti-spam cos who are in the business of reacting. Even the best firewall apps are designed w/ heuristics based on signature profiles of past attacks hoping to evolve them proactively w/ very little success.
Take my word for it- backup as much of your data as possible and make sure what you back up is CLEAN and free of viruses. If in question- pass on it. Manually copy known good files only. REFORMAT your machine. If you do not- it might (will) bite you down the road. Many those anti-virus/spyware apps are in effect spyware apps of sorts themselves and bloat your machine.
I don't care what the "IT Pros" tell you. Ask a hacker what he would do if he ever got infected. Not that I have ever heard of any hacker being infected whereas virtually every IT Pro I've come across has...
People who are still leaching music for free do it on much more trusted mediums. LimeWire is now a trap for the weekend hacks and the fodder hopper for hackers. There are no free lunches- put in the time behind the keyboard or pay iTunes $0.99 and download in good faith.
Good luck with it.
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