Mysterious false search results ??
 

Often when I do searches i get results which seems to match my query completely. However they may be in the wrong fileformat (zip instead of mp3, asf instead of zip and so on). They often have the same size whatever I search for. Also when downloading them they seem to be only garbage.

I can get matches for complete nonsense words - for example like:

"bnasc brtstr mp3"

Gave a lot of hits like:
"bnasc_brstr_mp3" exe
"bnasc_brstr_mp3" mpg
"bnasc_brstr_mp3" zip

and also hits looking like this:
!!_YEEHAA_!!_bnasc_brkstr_mp3.zip

Everything garbage (or maybe virus?, I have a Mac so I can fortunately not run the exe-files).

Anyone knows anything about these things? It's a mystery to me.

// Tor

Its Gnutella spam,
Most of the files point to porn pages or something similiar

That's what I suspected. Thanks for the info.

Is there a way to get rid of it? I thought I could block the IP but Limewire doesn't show the IP-adress in the search window does it?

:-)

"IP-adress in the search Windows"

Yes it does. Filter out the IP Address show via the Options, Filter Hosts....

I am a windows user so the method may be different on your system if you dont use windows. Right Click on the title bar in the search window.... a dropdown list will appear, this is a list of optional fields for the search window... check the 'location' which is the IP address of the source.

In ol' Gnucleus you can set filter rules.
Like: All results containing [my search word] and porn
shall be discarted.

Seems to be [apple] + click on the title bar in the search window on Mac. Thanks for the help. Didn't know of this option.

:-)

No Location in Drop Down Menu
 

I can't seem to find the option "locate" in this drop down menu, only "identifier avec Bitzi" which opens a web page which tries to tell me something about this file.

I am using French version of LW 2.5.4 for Mac OSX

/Escudo

Re: No Location in Drop Down Menu
 

You must have the cursor on the title bar... that is at the top of the search window... to get the correct menu... I think you are selecting on a search result itself.

new to this forum
 

Originally posted by bobomon
I am a windows user so the method may be different on your system if you dont use windows. Right Click on the title bar in the search window.... a dropdown list will appear, this is a list of optional fields for the search window... check the 'location' which is the IP address of the source.

THANKYOU for that helpful tip!!!!!!!!

I am a newbie to this forum and I have found some very useful information to make my LW a better too and experience

Emmey

Re: new to this forum
 

My pleasure... I take pleasure in passing along what little knowledge I have...

Nice to see some folks are polite here <sigh>

Emmey

Its been my experience that the regulars at this forum are invariably polite and almost always helpful and insightful - plus - when confronted by the occasional dip-stick, Peerless can be relied upon for the appriate degree of retaliatory aggression

the ever so polite and not really very bad_vlad

Getting to know reg's on message boards are harder than joining a soroity (sp....I only have had ONE HOUR of sleep). :(

And regs have to get to know my sense of humor.

Vlad...ummm your name is familiar on other boards I have visited.

Emmey

now there's an ugly thought

too true - I saw things come unstuck for you a tiny bit on another thread - has happened to me occasionally as well

ummm - can't think where - I pretty much stick to this forum and the shareaza section as far as actually committing words to virtual paper goes - so whats this imposter been up to ?

HEHE...you and I may become fast friends Vlad.

The "imposter" has always been Vlad of somekind. Kind of has to grow on people.

Yes my humor gets the best of me...often dry and sarcastic. Oh well.

Thankyou

Emmey