Limewire

[nicoliani]

Machine=NICO-9QISN8J37I
Time=Wed Dec 28 13:20:13 2005
Product Version=3, 0, 1, 23
OS Version=Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)

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         Delete History Items on Startup: Cleaned 'Internet Explorer/MSN/AOL Cache' in ''
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         Delete History Items on Startup: Cleaned 'Windows Temp Files' in ''
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         Windows Registry: Found '' in 'SOFTWARE\Magnet'
         Windows Registry: Found '' in 'SOFTWARE\Classes\magnet'
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         Windows Registry: Cleaned '' in 'SOFTWARE\Magnet'
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         Internet Cookies: Cleaned 'doubleclick.net' in 'Internet Explorer Cache'
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This is what Trend Micro Anti Spyware found after I installed Limewire from it's own site. Limewire says that the soft is an open source and that there is absolutely no spyware, adware, viruses in their soft. But I thinks this registry entries that belonged to Groktster.com do snap up personal info.

[..::ReVaN::..]

Limewire is supposed to be clean....And it is as far as i know.

[Squidhead]

i have not had any problems with limewire,,,but i dont use it much at all
the interesting thing that im wondering about limewire
is the integrity of the music files it downloads
im sure the whole shebang is full of vulnerabilitys,,,however many people i know use it all the time
i thnik the fully registered version comes with better security
i only have the free version

[Lisandro]

Seems a Trend Micro Anti Spyware false positive.
If you're using the last, legit, free version of Limewire, you're ok to ignore that detections.

If you suspect that the registry entries belong to Groktster, well, you can remove then.
Uninstall Limewire and install it again.

[justin1278]

Hello,

I have and use Limewire myself and as long as you are not using it to download keygens I think you should be fine.

~justin1278

[rdsu]

Don't worry, that doesn't mean nothing...

[SUSZANNAH]

Had the same problem with Limewire, Trend Micro found those files I deleted them, then had problems with Limewire, had to reinstall it today...........

[..::ReVaN::..]

Yes Trend Micro gave me plenty of false positives in the past but so have all the online scanners i have tried, luckily i usually know when it's a false positive... Has anybody contacted trend micro about this Limewire false positives?

[SUSZANNAH]

At the time I wasn't aware that it was, so no I didn't, but reading this thread now I do......