You don't. Limewire is a program that allows the sharing of files - usually illegally. Some people post videos, programs etc on limewire with the intention of spreading malicious content, like viruses, spyware and many more. If you have an antivirus program/firewall, this does offer some protection, but not total. Again, files shared through Limewire are generally illegal.
Limewire itself is safe. However the files you download using it may not be.
No matter what version of LimeWire, it is never 100% safe and still has files for download with viruses.
Well yes you are safe from the law, but your not exactly. Unless you remove all downloaded content from limewire then technically you are still breaking the law by having illegal copies of media. Also if you have imported and music or files from limewire into another program, I suggest you get rid of these files as a little box will appear from limewire saying that some files are corrupt, although they are not, because limewire is not there. If these files are not deleted then limewire will corrupt your whole system as I found out last year. I ended up having to re-format. The safest thign to do is remove limewire and all file downloaded by it, no matter what program they're in.
LimeWire is a file sharing network, Shhhhhhh! It doesnt have "limewire files" those files were created with other programs on another persons computer. When you download a file make sure you know exactly what you are going to get, or your PC will end up in the hospital. To answer your question... yes, but not all "limewire files" are what they are labeled as.
Open the folder that has the downloaded files. To transfer drag the files from LimeWire onto your external hard drive
No.
If you have recently lost your LimeWire files, you can use system restore under the open tab. This will restore your computer to the point where you had the files.
Using Limewire is not illegal. Limewire is a P2P file sharing utility. If you share files which are copyrighted and without a licence or permission then that is illegal.
LimeWire version 4.12.3 Pro Java version 1.6.0_05 from Sun Microsystems Inc. Windows Vista v. 6.0 on x86 Free/total memory: 3041656/4128768 com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader$StartupFailedException: invalid update.ver at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader.sanityCheck(GUILoader.java:270) at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader.load(GUILoader.java:40) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main.main(Main.java:44) STARTUP ERROR! FILES IN CURRENT DIRECTORY: C:\Program Files\LimeWire\clink.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901928906 SIZE: 307949 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\commons-httpclient.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901929859 SIZE: 459988 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\commons-logging.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901930375 SIZE: 59154 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\commons-net.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901932218 SIZE: 355370 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\daap.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901934906 SIZE: 388504 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\GenericWindowsUtils.dll LAST MODIFIED: 1150901913109 SIZE: 12279 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\hs_err_pid256.log LAST MODIFIED: 1227143936485 SIZE: 12691 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\hs_err_pid3836.log LAST MODIFIED: 1229478222329 SIZE: 14807 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\hs_err_pid4140.log LAST MODIFIED: 1227581940126 SIZE: 14616 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\hs_err_pid5496.log LAST MODIFIED: 1227129175835 SIZE: 12690 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\hs_err_pid6064.log LAST MODIFIED: 1229645903486 SIZE: 13547 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\i18n.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901935390 SIZE: 25678 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\icu4j.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901936671 SIZE: 741440 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\id3v2.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901937656 SIZE: 94430 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\jcraft.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901938500 SIZE: 136693 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\jl011.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901939406 SIZE: 255016 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\jmdns.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901941875 SIZE: 69306 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.exe LAST MODIFIED: 1150901913593 SIZE: 159744 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901926781 SIZE: 7109498 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire20.dll LAST MODIFIED: 1150901913187 SIZE: 40960 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\log4j.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901943031 SIZE: 677952 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\looks.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901944078 SIZE: 630634 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\MessagesBundles.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901927484 SIZE: 2720591 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\mp3sp14.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901944546 SIZE: 40064 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\ProgressTabs.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901928031 SIZE: 5786 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\themes.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901944937 SIZE: 741477 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\tritonus.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901945625 SIZE: 152711 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\vorbis.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901946062 SIZE: 27215 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\WindowsFirewall.dll LAST MODIFIED: 1150901913218 SIZE: 61440 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\xerces.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901948328 SIZE: 2147687 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\xml-apis.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901949062 SIZE: 207655 LimeWire version 4.12.3 Pro Java version 1.6.0_05 from Sun Microsystems Inc. Windows Vista v. 6.0 on x86 Free/total memory: 3041656/4128768 com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader$StartupFailedException: invalid update.ver at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader.sanityCheck(GUILoader.java:270) at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader.load(GUILoader.java:40) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main.main(Main.java:44) STARTUP ERROR! FILES IN CURRENT DIRECTORY: C:\Program Files\LimeWire\clink.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901928906 SIZE: 307949 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\commons-httpclient.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901929859 SIZE: 459988 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\commons-logging.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901930375 SIZE: 59154 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\commons-net.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901932218 SIZE: 355370 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\daap.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901934906 SIZE: 388504 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\GenericWindowsUtils.dll LAST MODIFIED: 1150901913109 SIZE: 12279 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\hs_err_pid256.log LAST MODIFIED: 1227143936485 SIZE: 12691 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\hs_err_pid3836.log LAST MODIFIED: 1229478222329 SIZE: 14807 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\hs_err_pid4140.log LAST MODIFIED: 1227581940126 SIZE: 14616 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\hs_err_pid5496.log LAST MODIFIED: 1227129175835 SIZE: 12690 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\hs_err_pid6064.log LAST MODIFIED: 1229645903486 SIZE: 13547 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\i18n.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901935390 SIZE: 25678 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\icu4j.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901936671 SIZE: 741440 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\id3v2.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901937656 SIZE: 94430 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\jcraft.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901938500 SIZE: 136693 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\jl011.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901939406 SIZE: 255016 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\jmdns.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901941875 SIZE: 69306 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.exe LAST MODIFIED: 1150901913593 SIZE: 159744 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901926781 SIZE: 7109498 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire20.dll LAST MODIFIED: 1150901913187 SIZE: 40960 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\log4j.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901943031 SIZE: 677952 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\looks.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901944078 SIZE: 630634 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\MessagesBundles.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901927484 SIZE: 2720591 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\mp3sp14.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901944546 SIZE: 40064 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\ProgressTabs.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901928031 SIZE: 5786 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\themes.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901944937 SIZE: 741477 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\tritonus.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901945625 SIZE: 152711 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\vorbis.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901946062 SIZE: 27215 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\WindowsFirewall.dll LAST MODIFIED: 1150901913218 SIZE: 61440 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\xerces.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901948328 SIZE: 2147687 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\xml-apis.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1150901949062 SIZE: 207655
Convert them to .mp4 files.
the program limewire is not a virus but some of the files on limewire are viruses
Nope, you can get many viruses from limewire