I think I have a virus. Something installed itself on my laptop, and limewire started loading over and over. I removed limewire and dug through the registry and removed any reference to limewire. My antivirus program which is updated cannot find any viruses, however, I keep getting this alert:

ONE OR MORE NECESSARY FILES APPEARS TO BE INVALID. THIS IS GENERALLY CAUSED CORRUPTED INSTALLATION. PLEASE TRY DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLING LIMEWIRE AGAIN.

LimeWire version 4.14.10
Java version 1.6.0_03 from Sun Microsystems Inc.
Windows XP v. 5.1 on x86
Free/total memory: 31416288/33357824
com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader$StartupFailed Exception: invalid xml.war
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader.sanityCheck(G UILoader.java:292)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader.load(GUILoade r.java:57)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Nativ e Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknow n Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Un known Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main.main(Main.java:45)
STARTUP ERROR!
-- listing properties --
SESSIONS=57
DISABLE_DHT_NETWORK=false
CUSTOM_FD_CRITERIA=ups;atUpSet;<;cups;cUpSet;<;OR; NOT;la...
AVERAGE_UPTIME=5833
LAST_FILECHOOSER_DIR=C:\Documents and Settings\Mickey\My D...
FILTER_HASH_QUERIES=true
APP_HEIGHT=706
MIN_PASSIVE_LEAF_DHT_INITIAL_UPTIME=1500000
MAX_ALTS_PER_RESPONSE=11
INSPECTOR_IPS=76.8.67.2;76.8.67.4
MAX_SIM_DOWNLOAD=8
TOTAL_CONNECTIONS=110
SEARCH_WARNING=Only search results with a {0} are of...
DHT_MODE=PASSIVE
MAX_UPLOAD_BYTES_PER_SEC=188
IDLE_CONNECTIONS=2
CONTENT_MANAGEMENT_ACTIVE=true
DHT_BOOTSTRAP_HOSTS=76.8.67.2:6002
MIN_ACTIVE_DHT_INITIAL_UPTIME=3600000
UPDATE_GIVEUP_FACTOR=49
MIN_PASSIVE_LEAF_DHT_AVERAGE_UPTIME=360000
CONTENT_AUTHORITIES=fserv1.limewire.com:10000
SHARE_TORRENT_META_FILES=false
EVER_SUPERNODE_CAPABLE=true
FLUSH_DELAY_TIME=10
LIME_SIGNED_RESPONSE=VTWQABLTOIACAY3PNUXGY2LNMVTXE 33VOAXGO...
WINDOW_Y=17
WINDOW_X=838
CRAWLER_IPS=76.8.67.2;76.8.67.4;64.61.25.172;64.1. ..
DISABLE_OOB_V2=0.999f
EVER_ACCEPTED_INCOMING=true
MIN_CONNECT_TIME=4
ENABLE_PASSIVE_LEAF_DHT_MODE=true
MAX_DHT_ALT_LOC_QUERY_ATTEMPTS=500
LAST_HTTP_FAILOVER=1192343214234
TOTAL_CONNECTION_TIME=293475600
AVERAGE_CONNECTION_TIME=2667960
UPDATE_DOWNLOAD_DELAY=14400001
MAXIMIZE_WINDOW=true
UI_LIBRARY_TREE_DIVIDER_LOCATION=185
MIN_ACTIVE_DHT_AVERAGE_UPTIME=1800000
UPDATE_DELAY=25200001
FRACTIONAL_UPTIME=0.05254589
LAST_ACCEPTABLE_BUG_VERSION=4.13.15
FORCED_IP_ADDRESS_STRING=67.166.190.59
UNSET_FIREWALLED_FROM_CONNECTBACK=true
LIME_QRP_ENTRIES=lime;wire;limewire;pro;limewirepr o
INSTALLED=true
CONNECTION_SPEED=350
MAX_DOWNLOAD_BYTES_PER_SEC=667
APP_WIDTH=709
UPDATE_MIN_ATTEMPTS=1999
ACTIVE_DHT_ROUTETABLE_VERSION=1
ALLOW_PARTIAL_SHARING=false
ENABLE_PUSH_PROXY_QUERIES=true
ENABLE_PASSIVE_DHT_MODE=true
LAST_UPDATE_TIMESTAMP=1191968274234
RUN_ONCE=true
SHARE_DOWNLOADED_FILES_IN_NON_SHARED_DIRECTORIES=f alse
DHT_NODE_ID=896C8E492D2D172962BDD0F4603CF0B05E6493 44
LAST_SHUTDOWN_TIME=1194091570828
UI_MONITOR_UPLOAD_TAB_DIVIDER_LOCATION=519
UPDATE_RETRY_DELAY=1800001
PUBLISH_ALT_LOCS=true
PORT=27481
HOSTILE_IPS=128.108.*.*;208.109.*.*;64.59.64.0/18...
RUN_ON_STARTUP=false
DIRECTORY_FOR_SAVING_FILES=C:\Documents and Settings\Mickey\My D...
SEARCH_BANNER=Only search results with a {0} are of...
CLIENT_ID=FA589EE5C83EF287629D8EC3D83D6C00
EVIL_HOSTS=BearShare 5.2
LAST_EXPIRE_TIME=1193355525421
TOTAL_UPTIME=326661
LIME_SEARCH_TERMS=lime;wire;limewire;pro;limewirep ro
PUBLISH_PUSH_PROXIES=true

FILES IN CURRENT DIRECTORY:
C:\Program Files\limewire\lib
LAST MODIFIED: 1194091551875
SIZE: 0
C:\Program Files\limewire\LimeWire.exe
LAST MODIFIED: 1190038754281
SIZE: 147456

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Hey man,

I want to thank you for taking time to help me out.

I will give this a try and let you know how it worked out.


Thanks again...

Mickey