Weird results from searches - spreading!!!!
 

Today, for no obvious reason, my LimeWire search function started bringing up large numbers of porno spam files, with a file size of 878.8 kb, regardless of the keywords used for the search query.

Has anyone else run across this problem? I keyed in "Walter Cronkite" as a test and got a bunch of teen porno files.

See WARNING: Viruses on network you should be aware of!

Yeah, I had read the Virii sticky, but none of the symptoms reported there correspond to the issue I face, where the search function is producing results that I did not ask for.

Explorer8939

First, forget about looking for answers, run your anti-virus scanner and clean your PC. It doesn't really matter if what the virus is doing is slightly different to what it has done before.

If, as I suspect, the people behind this virus are deliberately trying to bring down the P2P network then they have the resources to "improve" the type of damage it does.

Protect your PC as best you can.



UK Bob

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What type of file is it? If they are all the same ( like exe. or mov. ect) you could filter them in LW options.

Actually, the files that come up are not the same size, they come in clusters. Perhaps 10 results will be 878.9 KB, but there may be a cluster at 293.0 KB, as well.

After further searches, I am finding clusters of results at 1,827 kg and other file sizes.

:( :( :( :(

k so there's a slight variation in size from the ones in the link I gave above but probably something similar. If they are in clusters then that sounds hazardous/suspicious.

Either that or it's a new autospamming run by a system related to a porn site. autogenerated spam results Your report does sound like a new problem to hit the network.

I did the same search (after deleting .wmv from my keyword filter) & got similar results. So it does sound like a new autospamming set up.
Also see What you should know about WMA & WMV Files

Hmmm ... it sure does look like autogenerated spam. I tried filtering out search results with wmv in the file name, but the spam continues to appear in the search window, including files ending in .wmv

The difference between this spam & the other people are used to is these ones show up with their own name & not a replica of the search criteria.

You are correct - it could be autogenerated, but without duplicating the keyword within the search result.

This is either some sort of network spam, or my version of LimeWire has a virus. Its odd that almost no one else is reporting this.

I am having this problem too. Started last night.

I'm having the exact same symptons as you are! Please some help, it's slowing my search results, shopwing nothing but spam porn ¬¬

EDIT: I just ran Ad-aware and it's still comming up with weird results

I am having the same problem. It started last night. No matter what search I do it brings up all these wmv porn things. I didn't know what was wrong so I deleted my Limewire program and downloaded and installed it again. But it still has the problem. There has to be something we can do.

4 or 5 hours ago I typed [name of artist]albw into the general search (usually I use the audio search) and got a pile of multi hosted mpeg(as I recall) files with no relation to my search whatsoever. there does seem to be some clever spamming going on

I have this exact same problem, and so does my partner (on a seperate computer in a seperate location).
Every video search brings up results with the following titles:

- smoking teenager sl*t getting (...)
- watch me f* my sl*tty teenager girlfriend (...)
- lusty 19 year old teenager (...)
- the c*mshot my teenager girlfriend never thought would (...)
- very s*xy teenager does ******l insertion (...)
- dorm room s*x with super hot coed teenager


The list goes on, but the results are always the same. There's about 20 separate filenames that keep coming up and they are always the same size (although this size may vary from serach to search)

I have been dealing with it by organizing search results by filesize, as the files are always too small to be any tYpe of genuine result. But I'd still like to know if there is a way to block them. They annoy me, and I don't feel like looking at "HOTTT HOTTT HOTT TEENAGERS BLAAAARGH!!!" every time I search for movies.

Filter them out then. Use your Keyword filters. For LW 4 or FrostWire, Go to LW's menu bar, Tools>Options>Filters>Keywords & add the words .wmv & .jpg & remember you can add or remove keyword filters anytime so long as you use the Apply button. Also tick the Ignore Adult Content. See sample image: Adding to your Keyword Filter (click on this blue link). This includes instructions for both LW 4 & 5.

If you're using LW 5, you'll find the keyword filter in a different place. LW's menu bar, Tools > Options > Search, OR (if using LW 5.3 or earlier) tools > options > security. . . Click on the 'Filter Keywords' button. Now add whatever keywords to the list & click ok. Can add extensions separately in that section. Once that page has closed, click ok on the larger options page as well. (See sample image for LW 5 in above link)

Any extensions you add to the LW 5 extension filter will also prevent you sharing files with such file extensions. Instead you can use the keyword filter with a dot in front of it, example: .wma

You might want to add a few more keywords such as slut, teenager, etc.

A full list of terms you can add to the filter to eradicate porn search results: click on Text attachment below called BANNED_WORDS. (This file will open up formatted properly in WordPad & TextEdit, do NOT open the text document in Notepad!!!)
(be wary of some of these words, they may clash with what you are searching for, so they can be added & removed as you need.)

The filter-words from the following page link have already been added to the text attachment below: Keywords worth adding to your Keyword Filter. These words include different types of spam: porn, advertisements, trojan-music/videos, etc.

Click attachment to download. Open with WordPad or TextEdit or a superior word processing program! :) (Reiterating, do not open the text document with Notepad! Notepad is too basic to read the formatting. A hopeless piece of programming by M$! lol) Banned Words updated 7 December 2010.

I've been having this same problem for the past few days and actually came onto this forum just to find out how to stop it. Thank you to all who posted solutions.

thanks
 

thank you so much for your reply, it is very much appreciated. All sorted now.
;)

Thank you for the helpful tip on blocking porny spam. It has worked a treat. This is an excellent file sharing site - to be recomended. :)

Im have closed all adult searches(on setup)
But Im getting files of FREE iPOD NANO,file of 134,4 kb size and more.......

same deal. add ipod nano to the keywordfilter

So by the size of the file, it looks like it's not really even porn?

size matters
 

Watch it PHUK ... they may tell you that size doesn't matter but it does... OH! the size of the file that is... I find that I get a lot of crap from searches which are about 108KB. They have a guy that sounds like Clinton saying her never touched the girl or paid for one but you can ....... and the ad goes on.....

Those clinton digitised audio files are very easy & quick to filter out using the junk filter. Apply the junk filter to it in 1-3 search results & you should be rid of it. More about this particular file here autogenerated mp3 spam results

BTW I would also recommend adding sponsored to your keyword filters. This is why: "Sponsored Results" (click on link) Doing this will also rid of these types of files.

thanks alot i will try it now

Whilst I gave that advice many months ago, now you need to be wary of fake file results;

Beware of search results where there's say 100 or one, 99 for the next, etc. These are highly possibly spammed fake files. You'll never downld them. Instead, look for those with 10 or 20 or so sources under the # column of the search results.

Files are also named wrong so they will avoid the filters so watchout for that too. Filters are not 100 percent bullet proof. Like a email spam filter, they find ways around it. Go for the largest file size, not the smallest. and no one here said size doesnt matter because it does filters cannot filter by the size of the file only the words.

What is the point of "Spammed Fake Files"? How are they made? While I'm here, what is a tracker? How can someone afford a T3 Line? I am tempted to believe that these are people who are watching the network- too closely.

Perhaps the offshoot links from this one might help answer the question: Recognising fake files (click on link)

Thanks For The Help !

weird results
 

Hey,
I haven't had this problem, but have have to admit I'm still cracking up about entering "Walter Cronkite" and getting teen porn videos. Dag nab it! Walter USED to be the "most trusted man in America"!

:tease: :yahoo: :xirokrotima: :Smilywais: :rolleyes_2:
Sorry - sorry I can't help with your prob, but at least I'm getting a certain amount of amusement out of the whole thing.

Otherwise, besides running your spyware, anti-virus progs; deleting cookies, etc. and usual maintenance I have no idea what to do. Maybe start watching Katie Couric???

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Maybe limewire and other p2p networks should sue the recording industries for releasing virus into the networks. I am positive that 99% of these are made and released by the same people who are suing p2p networks.
Maybe by offering large rewards for information leading to the makers and/or distributors of these, this thing could get turned around, because it is also illegal for someone to make and/or distribute viruses.
Just a thought.

Many Thanks To You

More junk - less Sources
 

I have to chime on all this too. Within the past month, while trying to search and download some talks (usually mp3s), I got lots (over 240 +) files I wanted. Most of them, since being added to my download list, "need more sources" - and when I now type in the keywords again which listed them in the first place, I get lots of junk titles (saying "Not related to ____" [keyword used]) and not many, if any, of the previous listed files. Hey, the subject couldn't have turned that cold! So I'm starting to loose faith in LimeWire Pro - but being a Mac user, have no other place to turn.

What's happening????? :eek:

THANK YOU! I have really been angry on that porn popping up! But now I don't have to be so angr about it anymore ;-)

Downloads
 

My first post. I am a new member. I tried to download what I thought was a legit movie (******* ** ** ******** *), but got a completely different movie. I also tried to download *** **** * with B***e W****s, but got some sort of porn. How do I kow which ones are the real deal so I don't waste my time and effort to get nothing?:confused:



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Edited to comply with the House Rules.
Warez, copyright violation, or any other illegal activity may NOT be linked or expressed in any form.

Spammers rename files just to screw with people and to discourage file sharing.

Check files with Bitzi Web Lookup before downloading. It'll help you sort out if it's a good file or not. While on the Bitzi site, search for the file there and use the magnet link to launch the file in limewire. Then search for it again in LW. That'll help find some good sources for the files.
Also preview the file when it gets to 10-15% to check that it's what the title says.

See this thread for tips on searching and downloading files. How to find music(and movies).

See: Fake files showing up in search results (Connecting for ages with many hosts & then Need More Sources when trying to download a file.)

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thanks