I am not and never have been a Limewire user, but I would like people to know what limewire really is. I have experience with the internal workings of windows, and have learned that Limewire installs spyware on the user's PC called a "rootkit" which creates a backdoor on your computer, enabling the software to access your computer and find files stored on your computer which match other users requests. the problem is that it is possible for a hacker to use it to get into your computer and modify the limewire files to allow them complete control of your computer, including but not limited to: copying all of your keystrokes: PIN Numbers, credit card numbers, social security numbers, usernames, passwords, etc; Your computer could also be used to send spam by sending a copy of itself to everyone in your address book. In addition your computer may become a zombie - one of many computers being controlled by a central computer, and forced to do what ever the "boss" computer does. There are safe alternatives such as eMule, which is also portable and is totally safe.