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Old September 13th, 2004
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Note about the new Limewire signature:
the current version LimeWire is exempt from spywares or bundled softwares, whatever "PestPatrol" says.

I won't recommand using "PestPatrol" to fight spywares, but use instead "SpyBot S&D" or "Ad-Aware" to clean your PC from Spywares. The later two do not report any problem in Limewire, unlike PestPatrol that makes many false assumptions. In addition, PestPatrol is not a free tool, and owned now by ComputerAssociates who bought it; this tool is outdated and lacks a serious support, whatever ComputerAssociates says now. It is many months late face to Ad-Aware and SpyBot S&D, which have a much more reactive support.

PestPatrol causes lots of problems because it has many false alarms and even removes core components of Windows, such as DLLs needed to support Wireless connections (the "Windows Zero Config" DLL that it falsely identifies as a spyware), or the handler for magnet handlers (that it falsely claims is a part of Kazaa). PestPatrol causes many softwares to fail, and in some cases, it also make your Windows installation unbootable as it destroys some DLLs needed by some device drivers.

In the past, Microsoft recommanded using PestPatrol as well as "SpyBot S&D" or "Ad-Aware", but now the reference to PestPatrol has been removed. PestPatrol needs serious corrections, and support by ComputerAssociates before it becomes reliable again. ITS CURRENT VERSION MUST NOT BE USED WITH Windows XP Service Pack 2 or on any PC with WiFi 802.11b/54g adapters. If you've got various connection problems in LimeWire, try uninstalling PestPatrol and using another anti-spyware instead... Then reinstall LimeWire to make it functional again.
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