ok did the virus scan with AVG it found no viruses, tried looking for the .limewire folder but only found a folder called limewire and when i moved it LW would not load and show hidden files is on and i even ran a search for a file called .limewire and all it found was 2 cookie files

You might not have a folder called .limewire, that was the location of the preferences folder in much older versions. The preferences folder is now C:\Documents and Settings\your username\Application Data\LimeWire.

The Application Data folder's hidden by default, so you'll need to show hidden files & folders to be able to see it (control panel > folder options > view > check the radio button to show hidden files & folders > apply > ok).

ok thx birdy i found the folder and deleted, however it didnt fix my problem

ok i got it working again i missed the part about updating AVG and re did it and now LW works proper now tyvm for your help, when i ran the scan it found a trojan virus in the svhost.exe file

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