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zaykt; br00t4l!
Writer's Block
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Posts: 30 | July 2nd, 2008 at 07:45am Okay, so I used limewire for only a few songs that I couldn't find anywhere else and a few weeks ago my computer got a virus from it- the screen is now blue with a warning to run spyware, it got slower, and pop-ups occured like crazy.
My dad got rid of the limewire and ran a ton of scans. Now it works fine except for the blue screen, occasional pop-ups, and little glitches and errors that make me have to restart the computer (like when I open AIM and the internet window that pops up just keeps making more and more tabs).
Is there a way to get rid of the virus and return the computer to normal? |
ChemicallyImbalanced
Wordsmith
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Posts: 10251 | July 2nd, 2008 at 09:36am Get a better virus protection program?
Take it to an IT specialist. I'm sure they can get rid of it. |
RENT.
Wordsmith
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Posts: 12015 | July 2nd, 2008 at 09:53am
I have AVG virus protection and it works fairly well.
Also, may i suggest using another site to download music?
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ChemicallyImbalanced
Wordsmith
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Posts: 10251 | July 2nd, 2008 at 09:56am AVG works well. I have that too.
Another site would be better. Preferably a legal one would avoid getting viruses. |
zaykt; br00t4l!
Writer's Block
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Posts: 30 | July 2nd, 2008 at 07:49pm Okay, I'll try.
And I used it to get three or four songs I literally could not get anywhere else- not on a legal site, not on another illegal site, not on iTunes, not on a CD. I used limewire as a last resort. I'm not gonna use it again nor any other site 'cause any ones I want from now on I should be able to get at FYE on a CD.
Thanks for the help :] |
The System Maintains
Cliché Catastrophe
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Posts: 358 | July 6th, 2008 at 05:37am So have the music companies been sending a lot of viruses thru Limewire lately?
I guess their taking it into there own hands...... |
ChemicallyImbalanced
Wordsmith
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Posts: 10251 | July 6th, 2008 at 06:21am It's not the music companies.
Limewire is a file sharing program. Likely the computer's you've downloaded files off have the viruses. |
Mannequin. Queen
Cliché Catastrophe
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Posts: 378 | July 6th, 2008 at 04:50pm I loved limewire but the geek squad told my mom that it was bad so off it went |
Bells.
Fanfic Fanatic
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Posts: 1071 | July 8th, 2008 at 03:05pm Crap. I don't want that.
Care to share what the songs were? 
Oh, and AVG does work well. I used to have billions of pop-ups before I got it. ^^ |
Matt Parkman.
Student Shakespeare
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Posts: 9484 | July 8th, 2008 at 07:03pm Weird. I use Limewire, and I've never had any problems.
Virus scanner or no virus scanner.
I think I might change though |
ChemicallyImbalanced
Wordsmith
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Posts: 10251 | July 9th, 2008 at 09:11am Dasha:Crap. I don't want that.
Care to share what the songs were?
Oh, and AVG does work well. I used to have billions of pop-ups before I got it. ^^
It's not what songs they were, it's what computer they came from. |
panic at the disco
Cliché Catastrophe
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Posts: 465 | July 10th, 2008 at 12:25am I use Limewire all the time, and I have a virus scanner, I never once had the virus scanner say i had a virus. I guess I'm lucky? |
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Ink Slinger
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Posts: 882 | July 10th, 2008 at 08:44am I deleted and uninstalled LimeWire from my computer because it is a shitty virus shop.
My virus scanner didn't work that much, so I got another one. So we have two different anti-virus programmes for extra protection.
McAfee and Vista. |
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Ink Slinger
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Posts: 882 | July 10th, 2008 at 08:48am ChemicallyImbalanced:Dasha:Crap. I don't want that.
Care to share what the songs were?
Oh, and AVG does work well. I used to have billions of pop-ups before I got it. ^^
It's not what songs they were, it's what computer they came from.
Yes, but the selected song files have the virus from the computer that they came from. |
ChemicallyImbalanced
Wordsmith
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Posts: 10251 | July 10th, 2008 at 01:19pm GlitzGlam.:ChemicallyImbalanced:Dasha:Crap. I don't want that.
Care to share what the songs were?
Oh, and AVG does work well. I used to have billions of pop-ups before I got it. ^^
It's not what songs they were, it's what computer they came from.
Yes, but the selected song files have the virus from the computer that they came from.
Yeah, but I'm just saying she should know what file they were rather than what song. Because you could download the same song and not get a virus.  |
Rose Red
Fanfic Fanatic
Age: -
Gender: Female
Posts: 3413 | July 10th, 2008 at 07:02pm I had limewire but then my computer got a lethal virus. Like yours, it flashed the blue screen of death and whenever you turned it on all you saw was the blue screen with random stuff on it. We had to take ours into a specialist, who wiped the hard drive clean and deleted everything pretty much to get rid of the virus. When we got it back we had to instal everything. What your computer has sounds very similar, so maybe that'll help?
Limewire is why I buy all my music now XD |
Everybody's Fool
Amateur Author
Age: 83
Gender: Female
Posts: 267 | July 11th, 2008 at 11:12pm I suggest using Norton 2008. Virtually every time I try to get a song, it blocks a "Trojan virus" from my computer. It makes me want to hug whoever made Norton. |
Matt Parkman.
Student Shakespeare
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Posts: 9484 | July 14th, 2008 at 01:21pm Aye. I have Norton 360. Works perfectly.
However the blue screen of death isn't necesserily a virus. It's usually a hardware problem. I got the Blue Screen of Death, and I googled the error code, and it told me to change the RAM sticks...The computer works perfectly.
The error code + google = solution xD |
Poisonous.Touch
Amateur Author
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Posts: 129 | July 17th, 2008 at 11:38pm In my experience, AVG works way better than Norton, because AVG usually picks up loads more than Norton. Plus, AVG can be downloaded for free. I also recommend using a Firewall that actually works well like Zone Alarm.
I only use Limewire if I absolutely have to, and I usually scan the files for viruses before opening them, first. I'm pretty sure you can still get viruses without opening to files, however. |
Porcelain Heart
Amateur Author
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Posts: 278 | July 30th, 2008 at 06:55pm xXxLaNd.hErMiExXx:In my experience, AVG works way better than Norton, because AVG usually picks up loads more than Norton. Plus, AVG can be downloaded for free. I also recommend using a Firewall that actually works well like Zone Alarm.. |
