I seem to have been fairly successful marking them as junk, but there doesn't seem to be an option to not display junk results, so the mark isn't really that helpful.

I use Limewire.

It would seem to me that this problem would have to be solved at the network level, to not allow these files to show up in search results at all.

A good way to get rid of an undesirable file like this in the results is by going in the "Location" column on the right side of the search window (if enabled) and see who hosts it. Go to "Tools > Options > Filters > Hosts" and type in the IP (range)(s) you want to block. Sorry if I'm numerically dim--I've tried it before, and it's somehow effective.

Would that work even though most of these spam results are on multiple (usually 40-80) IPs?

Two things iv'e noticed re spam results, one as has been mentioned elsewhere, if you cant ' Browse' sources, they are often spam, second also a question, has anyone noticed that when the network is especially busy, i.e. saturday nights etc.. you get hardly any spam results in searches???? it does seem to be a function of how many genuine hosts are online !
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