Spyware with Limewire?
 

To all you people with un-protected spyware systems, I reccomend that you either get a spyware program, I suggest a well known one or goto www.microsoft.com and they have a new and wondeful spyware program absolutely free! As Limewire staff say..."Theres no Bundled Software of Spyware", Well I'm sorry to say that you are wrong and that EVERY version has "Grokster" It is something that gets into your online connection aka Internet and will infect it soon enough. Even if you download Limewire off of www.limewire.com you will still get this problem. Even though Limewire is now one of the best MP3 downloading programs it is also the most virus/spyware/adware componet out there. No need to offend you people who created Limewire, me myself like it, BUT you need to be ready for what comes for you with Grokster. Not much is detailed about it with Mircosoft Spyware program. It is a low threat to a computer but still pretty harmful. So I hope you learn from this and enjoy your stay with Limewire

Telling a story that Limewire contains spyware, OK.
But you have to come with some proof
So what is this grokster ?
Gan you give us a screenshot of this antispyware prog while it detects Grokster related to limewire ?
How does if infect, what does it do ?
So far you seem to be the only one that's having problems with it .
What version of Limewire are you talking about ?

Please see http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=32291 . It explains why Microsoft's Anti-Spyware tool is wrong.

Infact, I could provide screenshots and a another one of a software bundle script in the Limewire folder in program files... But I had just removed Grokster from my system. So you will need to wait a little intil it can come back. Also Grokster is an Internet Hijacker witch means it will infect your internet and can track what you do on the internet. Also Microsoft spyware program is not wrong at all. If you trying to play this safe so more people can download your program so you have a larger community thats plain dumb. Once Microsoft's Spyware is out in full most people will find this problem and will execute the problem and maybe goto a different file sharing network becuase they feel un-safe with Limewire. I'm not saying I dislike Limewire but it could have some built in spyware/virus protecion. Because just about an hour ago I downloaded a file and it was actually a high risk file that I had to use Norton Anti Virus to execute it. Microsoft is not wrong, you are and you arent checking it out yourself.

Actually people are having this problem search for "spyware" in the search thing on your forum and look for some topics about it. Also Grokster is related to Limeware because I just reformated my computer and I JUST downloaded Limewire again and it showed up as spyware.

If you'd like to provide screenshots, go ahead. It doesn't change the fact that LimeWire contains absolutely no bundled software. If a tool you're using detects LimeWire as bundling something, then the simple fact of the matter is the tool is wrong.

To re-iterate, LimeWire contains absolutely no bundled software, no spyware, no adware, no nothing. All LimeWire contains is LimeWire.

If you would like the technical answer ...

Microsoft's tool is detecting a registry key known as a "magnet handler". This key allows programs to use magnet links (see http://creativecommons.org/wired for some example magnet links) to download files via a p2p program, similiar to the way http links allow browsing within a webbrowser. The first tool that Microsoft found who used magnet links was "Grokster" (a competing P2P program). Because Microsoft did not know what the link was for, they falsely labelled it a threat (and named it Grokster). It is not a threat. It is perfectly legimate.

To repeat one more time: there is no spyware or bundled software in LimeWire.

You have prooved enough. I belive know that it is spyware free. One thing though if Grokster is a competeting P2P Program why add it in yours? Also if you wouldn't mind stickying this topic because I know some people with the same problems.

You're misunderstanding. We do not bundle Grokster. We bundle nothing.

For an analogy, consider a child learning what a "park" is. They see green grass for the first time in a park, and equate grass with the word "park". When they leave the city and go to a house with grass in the front, the child says, "Wow, a park!". But it's not a park, it's just grass.

Microsoft is the child. They noticed magnet links (the grass) with Grokster (the park), and now every time they see a magnet link they consider it a threat with the wrong label.

Got it ;)

Nice expanation Sam !

"microsoft is the child" :D

Anyway I downloaded it and it indeed labels Limewire as infected, it even found another thing that Adaware and Spybot didn't mention....I'm not to worried about it at this stage, i'll try and find out tomorrow.
Here's the screenshot: