i have AVG and CCleaner. I scanned every music file and every file of Limewire's i could find on my computer
it's not starting on its own other than to load into my system tray when i first start my computer. when i exit it, it doesnt start up again
i think the virus name is ACRA or something similar...in any case i copied the name and ran a search and still nothing

Well, there is still the possibility of a corruption in the preference folder.
Try to delete this folder as described here in Point #2 & 3 in Fixes for Limewire:
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=36420

If that doesn't solve the problem, try uninstalling LW via START>Programs>LimeWire>uninstall...
After you have done so, search for any remaining file of LW via START>Search...>For files and folders.... using the search query "limewire". Delete all found files and reboot youe computer, then reinstall LW.

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i've downloaded Ad Aware and running a scan now, and will check out the suggestions in that link you gave me - thanks