This is most definately not a traditional spyware, malware, or virus problem. This seems to be a new 'feature' in the newest versions of LimeWire and LimeWire Pro. It makes perfect sense if you think about it: it's hard for users to get good search results if the software is not actively running on peoples computers. This new 'feature' would also solve a portion of the freeloader problem: people who only connect to the network to download what they want and then disconnect with out sharing any files. This is a poor choice on LimeWires part. People like choice. They don't like being told what to do. And they most certainly don't like to be forced into doing something such as running software with the inability to stop it. If I where to reclassify this 'feature' I wouldn't call it a feature at all; I'd put it into the spyware/malware catagory.