Yeah, that happened to me, too. There's a mysterious file named _ that has the virus.

What did you do to fix it?

Lord of the Rings

I can't find a Preferences folder in the .limewire file

Neurotic Yours

Did Limewire work ok when you reinstalled it?

Nope, did the exact same thing. LimeWire might need to fix it.

Do you use anyother P2P programs?

Thanks Aaron for the advice. I have a copy of Norton 06 so I uninstalled 05 put the new one in and reinstalled Limewire and it is fine now, fingers crossed!

To Fix Norton Security Alert Internet Worm Protection has detected!

1.) Close LimeWire.
1.) Go into Norton 2005 AntiVirus Options Tab.
2.) Click Internet Worm Protection.
3.) Click Program Control.
4.) Delete anything in there that says LimeWire.
5.) Click OK, Click Ok Close Norton 2005 AntiVirus.

Run LimeWire the security Alert box should come up again. Click Ok to permit.

You should be Ok after that.