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Download/Upload Problems Problems with downloading or uploading files through the Gnutella network.
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Old December 28th, 2004
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Default What about viruses???

Hey, I've got a question... Once I've seen a message smth like: "there can be virus in this file". I closed that downloading, but how you think, is it carefull, and can I download a Virus, using Lime Wire???
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You most likely got that messge b/c it was an exe file. Any executable file may potentially contain a virus. It is highly recommended that all windows users have anti-virus utilities operating. For mac users it's not so much an issue.
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Old December 29th, 2004
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Will Lime Wire show message about virus everytime? And can it be any kind of virus?
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I think it's default within LW to say could contain virus, as in be careful about downlding any executionable file such as a file with the .exe extension. So if you have anti-virus softw then you should be fine.
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ANY file can contain a virus. Thats why I recommend downloading what you want, then run a virus scan on Everything you just downloaded, BEFORE opening the files!
Important...Before opening!
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