Ddwaner

I presume that because your files can be readily browsed that you don't have a firewall and, as such, you expect every P2P user to do away with their firewalls as well.

This is all well and good if all you use your computer for is to play games and run your P2P apps. You don't mind if your PC is hacked, virus and worm infected or that the criminal gangs on the Internet turn your PC into a botnet and make it part of their criminal activities, e.g. DOS attacks, distribute illegal porn, etc. Worse still, plant spyware on your PC in an effort to steal your bank account and credit card details.

After all, because you don't have anything on your PC worth stealing then that's why you don't need a firewall.

You know, it's a pity that the rest of us can't be as care free as you are.

You should read this: BBC NEWS | Technology | Arrests made in botnet crackdown

and about operation "BOT ROAST II" FBI — Bot Roast II - Press Room - Headline Archives 11-29-07


UK Bob

If You don't want to share, then "I" don't want to share. Easy enough...

Maybe....

My version of Limewire needs a Nice Big option to disallow ANYONE to Browse my shared file list.
(I haven't found that anywhere in the program I have.)

I would rather have a option to disallow any transfer to someone that doesn't allow their shared file list to be viewed by someone they are getting (or wanting to get) a file or files from!

Ddwaner

Sorry man but you have missed the point, just because I cannot be browsed that does not mean that I am not sharing.

Time after time, I have said in this forum that I have seen people, by their IP addresses and P2P app that they use (such as LW, Morpheus, Phex, Frostwire, etc.) downloading files from my PC. I have seen this by looking at the "Monitoring Screen" when LW is in action.

So, you have made two misinterpretations:-

a) Just because you can't browse somebody that does not mean they are not sharing because how could you then download from them as others have downloaded from me.

b) Some of us do more important things with our PCs than just use Limewire and so need our protective software, e.g. Firewall, Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, etc.

Finally, your main mistake is that you have made an assumption based a misinterpretation of what you have seen, rather than what you have read about Limewire or what an experienced user has told you.


UK Bob

PS. I dislike freeloaders as much as you do but hate being called one just because I cannot be browsed.

PPS. At the moment, Limewire cannot technically identify freeloaders.

No Assumption... No Misinterpretation...
One More Time
If You don't want to share, then "I" don't want to share. Easy enough...
Maybe....
My version of Limewire needs a Nice Big option to disallow ANYONE to Browse my shared file list.
(I haven't found that anywhere in the program I have.)