We just got a new computer and my sister just installed Limewire on it. I’ve heard stories about Lime-wire being unsafe because it can give your computer viruses. We have Norton 360. If these stories about Lime-wire are true, will Norton 360 protect my computer from any of these viruses?
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4 responses so far ↓
1 Grizzly // Oct 8, 2008
I would recommend Kaspersky anti virus, but if Norton is your only option than it should be OK. don't trust ANYTHING you download that ends with anything like:
.exe
.bat
.ini
.vbs
.com
.cmd
.shb
.shs
.shx
.zip
.rar
which all are very commen and easy to weave a virus into or malware into.
always scan what you download, and install PeerGuardian2 or Protowall to stop people port scanning you and finding out what's on your computer.
2 John S // Oct 8, 2008
It should but your right limewire is unsafe. Every time I download a group of songs on my computer, my computer picks up a trojan downloader and cleans it.
3 Anonymous67 // Oct 8, 2008
Short answer No, long answer Maybe.
Norton protect you against “most” virus.. But what if you get a virus that’s not listing with norton?.. You will still be infected.
4 SFM // Oct 8, 2008
Limewire will only give you viruses if you are gullible enough to download malicious/fake files. File formats to look out for are probably .exe’s. Personally myself i never download .exe’s via Limewire. Only use it to download songs.
Another thing to take note, there are trojan/virus infected songs. Usually make sure the song you are downloading is in .mp3 format and that it has a bitrate. Songs without bitrates are the nasties.
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