I AM NOT TRYING TO BE IN-SENSITIVE. I WILL GIVE YOU THE BEST SOLUTION. BUT UNDERSTAND THAT "LIMEWIRE" HAS NOT DOWNLOADED OR DONE ANYTHING TO YOUR COMPUTER. "YOU" HAVE. IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO CLEARLY UNDERSTAND YOUR PROBLEMS. FROM WHAT I GATHERED, YOU DO NOT HAVE A VIRUS. IT IS MOST LIKELY A BAD INSTALL. THE LIMEWIRE APPLICATION HAS A HISTORY OF BAD INSTALLATIONS ON THE LINUX STACK. AGAIN, THAT IS NOT DUE TO LIMEWIRE SOFTWARE,RATHER, YOUR PC'S JAVA ENVIROMENT BEING BAD OR OUT DATED. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MY LADY FRIENDS BROTHER. ALMOST IDENTICAL SYMTOMS. YOUR BEST BET IS TO BACK YOUR DATA UP AND RE-INSTALL. IF YOUR RUNNING XP, THIS WILL BE CAKE. ONCE YOU DO, MAKE SURE YOUR JAVA ENVIRONMENT IS FULLY UP TO DATE. THIS USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN (NOT ACCUSING YOU) A LIMEWIRE USER USES LIMEWIRE TO DOWNLOAD PRO WITHOUT JAVA RUNTIME. THE SYMPTOMS USUALLY SHOW UP RIGHT AWAY. SERVES THEM RIGHT. TRY NOT TO IGNORE YOUR LIMEWIRE .EXE WARNINGS. RUN PROTECTION SOFTWARE FOR AN EXAM OR PEEK. IF YOU DO THIS, YOU WILL BE FINE. ALSO, IF YOUR RUNNING ITUNES PC, YOU MUST MAKE SURE YOUR RAM IS WELL OVER THE MINIMUM LIMIT. DUE TO THE FACT THAT ENABLING ITUNES IMPORTING WITHIN LIMEWIRE IS JUST BEGGING FOR TROUBLE IF DON'T HAVE THE RAM TO PUSH ITUNES. I FEEL FOR YOU AND GOOD LUCK. I HOPE THIS WILL HELP.