Should you use LimeWire to download music?

Answer 1

As long as reasonable care is taken not to download any files that are not what they say then you will probably be ok, however you should have a good anti virus programme running at all times on your computer

Answer 2

Limewire itself is a piece of software that allows people to share things they have created with their friends and relations. Problems arise because people share music, videos or computer software that they have no legal right to share. Handling any such illegally shared content can leave you liable to prosecution. Using software so distributed leaves your computer susceptible to viruses and malware as you will not know just what has been installed on your computer along with the software. As Limewire put it in their own licensing agreement (See links below)...

It is unlawful to use the Program to infringe the intellectual property rights of others, or to share, distribute or download others' protected, proprietary and/or confidential information without authorization, or to share, distribute or download unlawful pornographic materials (collectively "Illegal Materials").

There are many sources of free music, many artists give away free sample mp3s of their music, which can be downloaded with or without Limewire.

Answer 3

Which Limewire download is safe?

Well how to begin to explain this...

Say your looking for The Beatles-Hey Jude.

Dont type the whole thing in the search box.

Type Jude, or Hey Jude and Look for something that fills in the rest.

EX: Type in {Hey Jude} and look for {The Beatles Hey Jude}

If you type in: {The Beatles Hey Jude} you might get something like {The Beatles Hey Jude Music Best!!!}

If you see something like that, it is mostly likely a virus or somesort of Mal-Ware. Hackers and bad people put things like !!! and Best Music Ever to lure you in to say to your self "Hey that seems inviting" and BAM.... Virus... It takes a long time to get good at avoiding viruses and Mal-Ware if you are new to Limewire. But it is easy after a while.

And it will take some trial and error to perfect this method, because when you type in ANYTHING, you will get results. But they are most likely viruses and such....

Happy Lime'ing.

Answer 4

The Limewire software download itself is safe, but a large quantity of the files online aren't.