Napster Interference
 

Using LimeWire 4.10.9, my niece tried to download a song when a message relating to Napster appeared. I guess she did not understand the message perfectly and must have clicked the wrong button. She could not recall the exact wording of the message, so I can't provide that here. In any case, whenever she tries to download something now, her browser opens to some Napster site.

I read through parts of this forum and found a couple of hints:
- add "napster" to the keyword filter list
- download from Cable/DSL providers and not T1 or T3

Neither of these suggestions worked. Can anyone offer a solution to this problem?

BTW - I have not seen her PC - she relayed all this to me over the phone. So if there are any subtle hints somewhere in the LimeWire window or on the Napster page, they are unknown to me.

Thanks
EdP

I'd get rid of napster. I think it sucks. They make you pay for songs and pay again to burn that song. Anyways try to uninstall napster. I f that doesn't work I would end my subscription to it and just use limewire. And remove all remains of it on your computer. My mom let me subscribe to napster. I really hate it!

She doesn't have Napster installed. Her browser opens to a Napster page.

I've had the same problem, and I don't yet know how to fix it.

The situation:

For the longest time, whenever I would startup Limewire, I would get a message asking "Limewire is not your default link handler. Make it?" or something along those lines.

Every time it popped up, I selected no, until the other day when I was in a hurry, and accidentally selected yes

Since then, every time I try to download something, when I click on a song, it opens an IE browser to This Napster Page. Nothing seems to be working to make it otherwise. If you right click and select download, it still does it.

I checked through all the options available in LimeWire, but nothing seemed related. I removed and deleted LimeWire from my computer completely, re-downloaded and re-installed it, and it still does it. I searched my computer for anything Napster related, or anything including "link" or "handler," and nothing which seems as though it could be related to my problem showed up. I've searched the internet, and can't seem to find anything refering to the problem, or suggesting how to fix it. I'm stumped.

Any inspiration or help, please? :confused:

Okay, I found all the other threads relating to this :o

Gotta love liscencing. :rolleyes:

It seems it's not something you can get rid of, but filtering napster seems to be working to some degree

There is something very strange with what you say.

Making Limewire your default magnetlink handler, will only open Limewire when you press a magnetlink for download.

If it said link and not magnetlink, that message I have never seen and it should not appair.

Did you get Limewire from the official site www.limewire.com or somewhere else. Alot of scamsites pack ad/spyware into the code for the program

My guess is that you are infected with some kind of adware.

Try scanning you computer using antivirus or antiad/spyware to see if anything is picked up.

if not then try a onlinescan

Check out this thread for links and scanners:

http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showthread.php?t=41432

if that doesn't work either then visit Norbiesworld for help (step 5 in the thread)

I'll bet that's the message my niece got and answered Yes to. My next step was to uninstall/reinstall LimeWire, but seeing as how you already did that and it did not help, I won't bother.

I'd guess that whatever app presented that message created an entry in the obscure depths of the registry, so no matter what one does with LimeWire, that switch is always set. Next time I'm at her PC, I'll run a registry cleaner, but I'll bet that doesn't help either.

>It seems it's not something you can get rid of<
I can't believe that. There must be SOME way to undo this irritant.

Sleepless -

>Making Limewire your default magnetlink handler ...<
How can you tell if Limewire is your default magnetlink handler? And if it isn't, how do you make it so?

>... will only open Limewire when you press a magnetlink for download.<
How do you know if a link is a magnetlink?

>...visit Norbiesworld for help (step 5 in the thread)<
What thread? Norbiesworld is a big place. ;o)

1. If it isn't message will pop up only when you press a magnetlink for download asking you if you want to make Limewire your default magnetlink handler.

2. This is an example of a magnetlink. Links you press to download something. (html and ftp downloadlinks should not open Limewire as they are not magnetlinks)

magnet:?xt=urn:sha1:4UDGKIZQVLAKJR7YJHR5HWJT6EPMCC XG&xt=urn:ed2k:547222ee563738bae16a34f0a22fa04b&xl =7189339&dn=02-jay-z-meet_the_parents-fua.mp3

3. in the thread I put in my post before

http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showthread.php?t=41432

Just register there and make a new thread explaining your problem. Then you will get instructions on how to post a HighjackThis log etc. etc. Make sure to post all relevant information (maybe even post the HighjackThis log in the first thread. Instructions are on the page that opens when pressing link in step 5)

Thanks much, sleepless.
I'm not sure when I'll get to her PC to do all this, but if it isn't soon, she'll probably disown me. ;o)

:D Good luck then

P.S. Don't think Limewire is worth disowning anyone over, exept if she is a teenager. They can do the strangest things when mad :D

If you have more than one p2p sharing program on your computer then they will compete with each for being the default magnet handler.

As for the napster issue. People have sent me lists of files it happened to but I can't seem to replicate the problem. I've been getting "some" fake results but that's all. I suspect if there is something related to napster then as Sleepless pointed out, it's either due to adware or ... there is something within these files that is catching onto a weakness of Explorer.
I've been trying to replicate the problem on my mac, so I'll need to try it out on windows to see what happens there. That could take a while since my windows works very slowly.

The problem has been fixed with the new LW version 4.12 which has just been released today. See more about it here http://www.limewire.org/forum/showth...sted=1#post890

Get it here: http://www.limewire.com/english/content/download.shtml or your own personal pro downld page if you're a pro user.

*breathes a sigh of relief*

Yes, version 4.12.3 certainly cleared that right up for me :) Which is wonderful, because after running my AdAware scan I stared getting iTunes coming up! :eek:

No problem now ;)

I've had this issue too, and I tried contacting LimeWire tech support to get an answer from them. I have to admit that I am not the most computer savvy person in the world, but I manage to navigate my way through most of the time without trouble. I made the mistake of referring to LimeWire as a music download tool and was told very specifically (and non too nicely I might add) that isn't what LimeWire is.
To get to the point, I find it interesting that some people have relied to this thread saying that when they upgraded to the new version (and getting PRO costs you $18.88 all over again) the problem disappears. Yet the response I got from the rep said this:

LimeWire is not a "service" of any kind; it is filesharing software.
-We do not, and cannot, control what people decide to place on the
network, for other people to download.
-The problem is not because of some "glitch" in LimeWire; it is because
some people have decided to share questionable material over the network.
-If you still do not understand what I have explained to you, several
times, I strongly suggest reading the information that is available at our
website. There is really nothing else I can tell you, that I haven't already
told you. Making sugestions about a technology that you don't understand, will not help anyone.

I do understand that if the problem is in the file that I am choosing to download, it would still exist even if I upgraded to the new version because the file isn't connected to LimeWire "software". I think its interesting that the problem has gone away for the users who upgrade.

tech support was right (and typically frustrated :) )

There was a way in the old version of LW that allowed files to open a browser (like Internet Explorer) and send the user to a page. This was useful for legitimate links, but really was rarely used.

Scammers found out, loved it, and started flooding the network with their spam :)

LimeWire developers and others disabled that code in the new version.

So, the files that have those links are still there, but the new LimeWire won't respond.

See? the problem was with the type of files, not the software.

Cheers.

Hi everyone!

I haven't had any message appear on my screen like some of you.
But since yesterday I haven't been able to download any song because every time I press on "Download", napster site opens up.
It's so frustrating!

I really hope someone can help solve that problem :)

Hi girly

Just download the latest version from http://www.limewire.com/english/content/download.shtml and that should stop the problem

Stief,

Thanks! It worked :))

I was wondering if there is a limewire pro that does not have all this napster interferrence? :)

Either LW Pro or Basic version 4.12.3 don't have the interference or didn't you read the whole thread?

I did read the whole thread, but then I run Limewire Pro 4.10.9, and I still get the Napster stuff.

And the fix wasn't made until LW 4.12.3 so download the new pro version from your personal pro download page. ;)