This problem just started today. Limewire kept launching itself so I had to uninstall it. Now it is still trying to lauch and i get this message from Java:
(It is quite long, what should I DO?)


LimeWire version 4.12.11
Java version 1.6.0_03 from Sun Microsystems Inc.
Windows XP v. 5.1 on x86
Free/total memory: 31420088/33357824
com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader$StartupFailed Exception: invalid update.ver
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader.sanityCheck(G UILoader.java:278)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader.load(GUILoade r.java:48)
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:44)
STARTUP ERROR!
-- listing properties --
WINDOW_Y=0
WINDOW_X=0
PORT=14451
TOTAL_CONNECTION_TIME=86612460
LAST_FWT_STATE=true
RUN_ON_STARTUP=false
UPDATE_DELAY=25200001
UPDATE_GIVEUP_FACTOR=49
FILTER_HASH_QUERIES=true
INSTALLED=true
UI_LIBRARY_TREE_DIVIDER_LOCATION=180
AVERAGE_UPTIME=4332
TOTAL_UPTIME=90979
MAX_UPLOAD_BYTES_PER_SEC=2
MIN_CONNECT_TIME=4
CONTENT_AUTHORITIES=fserv1.limewire.com:10000
LAST_SHUTDOWN_TIME=1195348731609
APP_WIDTH=1024
SESSIONS=22
UPDATE_MIN_ATTEMPTS=1999
SHOW_TOTD=false
SEARCH_WARNING=Only search results with a {0} are of...
SHARE_DOWNLOADED_FILES_IN_NON_SHARED_DIRECTORIES=f alse
ALLOW_PARTIAL_SHARING=false
LAST_ACCEPTABLE_BUG_VERSION=4.13.15
FRACTIONAL_UPTIME=0.040783506
UPDATE_RETRY_DELAY=1800001
CONNECTION_SPEED=350
LAST_EXPIRE_TIME=1195135908656
TOTAL_CONNECTIONS=30
DIRECTORY_FOR_SAVING_FILES=C:\Documents and Settings\Administrat...
MAX_DOWNLOAD_BYTES_PER_SEC=31
UPDATE_DOWNLOAD_DELAY=14400001
LANGUAGE_DISPLAY_ENABLED=false
RUN_ONCE=true
AVERAGE_CONNECTION_TIME=2887082
CRAWLER_IPS=76.8.67.2;76.8.67.4;64.61.25.172;64.1. ..
APP_HEIGHT=738
EVER_SUPERNODE_CAPABLE=true
EVIL_HOSTS=BearShare 5.2
DAAP_ENABLED=false
MAX_SIM_DOWNLOAD=8
UNSET_FIREWALLED_FROM_CONNECTBACK=true
EVER_ACCEPTED_INCOMING=true
CLIENT_ID=163F757FD925F1FA69F240CE6BEEE400
FLUSH_DELAY_TIME=5
CONTENT_MANAGEMENT_ACTIVE=true
IDLE_CONNECTIONS=2

FILES IN CURRENT DIRECTORY:
C:\Program Files\limewire\clink.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1171227368303
SIZE: 307949
C:\Program Files\limewire\commons-httpclient.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1171227368396
SIZE: 459988
C:\Program Files\limewire\commons-logging.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1171227368818
SIZE: 59154
C:\Program Files\limewire\commons-net.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1171227369521
SIZE: 355370
C:\Program Files\limewire\daap.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1171227369709
SIZE: 388504
C:\Program Files\limewire\GenericWindowsUtils.dll
LAST MODIFIED: 1170106419698
SIZE: 12279
C:\Program Files\limewire\i18n.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1171227369865
SIZE: 25678
C:\Program Files\limewire\icu4j.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1171227369959
SIZE: 741440
C:\Program Files\limewire\id3v2.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1171227370115
SIZE: 94430
C:\Program Files\limewire\jcraft.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1171227370240
SIZE: 136693
C:\Program Files\limewire\jl011.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1171227370600
SIZE: 255016
C:\Program Files\limewire\jmdns.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1171227370740
SIZE: 69306
C:\Program Files\limewire\LimeWire.exe
LAST MODIFIED: 1170106421573
SIZE: 122880
C:\Program Files\limewire\LimeWire.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1171227367412
SIZE: 7174700
C:\Program Files\limewire\LimeWire20.dll
LAST MODIFIED: 1170106420807
SIZE: 40960
C:\Program Files\limewire\log4j.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1171227371006
SIZE: 677952
C:\Program Files\limewire\looks.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1171227371162
SIZE: 630634
C:\Program Files\limewire\MessagesBundles.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1171227368037
SIZE: 2951044
C:\Program Files\limewire\mp3sp14.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1171227371209
SIZE: 40064
C:\Program Files\limewire\ProgressTabs.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1171227368162
SIZE: 5786
C:\Program Files\limewire\themes.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1171227371334
SIZE: 620179
C:\Program Files\limewire\tritonus.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1171227371443
SIZE: 152711
C:\Program Files\limewire\vorbis.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1171227371584
SIZE: 27215
C:\Program Files\limewire\WindowsFirewall.dll
LAST MODIFIED: 1170106420964
SIZE: 61440
C:\Program Files\limewire\WindowsV5PlusUtils.dll
LAST MODIFIED: 1170106421104
SIZE: 12808
C:\Program Files\limewire\xerces.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1171227372068
SIZE: 2147687
C:\Program Files\limewire\xml-apis.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1171227372146
SIZE: 207655

Sounds like your computer is infected. There are different fixes to try in this thread.
2 probs (LW keeps restarting & can't access options)

thanks illtry it

Just tried it, BFU stalled when the sript was 99% done. (it said running heuristics)... It did not fix the problem. Anything else?

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