Ok, this is my first post here, and frankly, I don't plan on registering. I just thought I should let you know what all of this looks like to an outsider.

First there is ther trojan problem, which is compounded by the spyware. There is no acknowledgement of either of these two issues on the main page. This looks to the average person that there is something to be hidden. Added to this is that the trojan is still present in the software, and there is no apparent measures being taken. This problem has been publicized on some VERY popular websites. The failure to address this is a MAJOR PR mistake. Where they could have turned this around and gained a favorable reputation, they have decided to bury the issue. All of this, plus the issues in this thread alone, are enough to make anyone question if it's in their best interest to use this software.

To be honest, I can't, in all concience, reccomend this software to anyone anymore. I suggest the moderators, and the company providing this software, work together to solve this.

It seems I cannot edit my post. I did not intend to post behind a screen of anonymity.

dragonman@capeonramp.com

This is an excellent suggestion. Just one problem. It's already failed - on more than one occasion.
:-(

This program isn't some elaborate trojan program bend on wreaking havoc on the internet, it's just BS ad-ware. If you go to their site http://www.clicktilluwin.com/clickprivacyterms.htm they'll tell you everything about it, and how to remove it. There are much more nefarious programs out there then this. Check out www.cexx.org

Jon

wagoneer1985 at yahoo.com

Great! When are you leaving?

I beg to differ with you Jon that this was a simple as-ware. I suggest you read the newly revised research on the trojan done by F-Secure: http://www.europe.f-secure.com/v-descs/dlder.shtml

This software opens a security hole in your system by downloading and execututing files. What prevents them (clicktouwin) or somebody else to download and execute files from this hole ? This program also reports info about your system. Also they try to trick the user that's it is a valid window file trying to access the internet, by naming itself the name of "Explorer.exe". Pretty sneaky !!

This is far more then a simple ad-ware, but even so, this is ad-ware that LimeWire did not test or tell us that this was going to be installed on our system.

I am glad that LimeWire finally prevented version 2.02 from being download by more people, and posted a warning on their website. But there is more to be done and I don't understand why it has not been done yet. Many people do not have anti-virus, or the current definitions. They need to be provided some kind of fix, either manual or automatic, to remove this trojan. They also need to provide the users more details about this trojan. Many are well known now.

Also, it would be nice for them to provide answers to some of the very valid questions posted in this thread. What haven't they bothered to respond ?

Yes you can run LW by just doubleclicking runlime.jar .
Linking to it won't work but doubleclicking the file directly does launch LW fine .

If it aint supposed to work thatway why does it do om my comp ??

Limewire is getting a bad rep on some of the boards I go to, it even made the news in a negative way. I think it'll be awhile before people start trusting this P2P again.

Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,49430,00.html

Oh yes, and please get rid of the grumpy moderator trustar, Thanks...

So according to the Wired article, LimeWire's Bildson says bundling Spyware is dangerous:

"It is hard to monitor the behavior of bundled software over the life of that software," Bildson said. "Changes can be made on the server after the fact that allow the software to become dangerous. We are looking for safer ways to support our free software installations without the dangers that are always presented by third-party bundled software."

So I suggest that until they find a better way to test and prevent spyware from installing without the user's notice, and trojans from infecting the user's system...stop bundling them !!!

i just installed this tonight.... thanks for the trojan.... good luck with future releases... you guys are REAL pros...