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I get a thing that pops up at me that says limewire is not connected and won't get as many results...Then i download a song and it won't bring up any at all and it says:ONly things w/ a thing are offical limewire communications...i have uninstalled it twice now...HELP ME...

If LW's not connected, try the fixes here.
If LW Will Not Connect
If nothing there helps, post back with your system details;)

The orange warning banner with the padlock was added because there was a bogus LW update showing up in search results. It's a 75.7 KB .exe & shows up as "Urgent LimeWire update - download & install now". If people download that thing they could end up infected. To try to prevent people from downloading a dangerous file, the warning banner was added to LW's interface.

The padlock symbol doesn't apply to music, movies etc...just to LW updates.