851.7kb files
 

hi i'm pretty new to limewire! but i've noticed a lot of files of similar size(851.7kb)whats the significance? are they all virus carriers? i d/l a couple and norton anti virus delected them cheers franky

YES

You might want to check out the link below it will help you to avoid some of the viruses floating around on the Gnutella Net.


http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showthread.php?t=41432

NEVER DOWNLOAD THOSE!

Those are Worm Viruses usually in .zip files or .exe. Anyway, when downloading files in LimeWire, whether they're movies, songs, programs, always look at the file size and see if it makes sense. For example, a 30 min episode of uhh the Simpsons should be from 160 - 250 MB.

grandpa+1337-
 

thanks guyz i suspected as much!! how come limewire can't filter out this kind of crap?












IF KNOWLEDGE IS POWER I MUST BE DEADLY:eek:

They can, but the devs are too lazy to add a size filter :p
No prob for the help btw :)

re size filter
 

hi again thx for the reply...can i manually set a size filter on limewire? ......and frostwire?? similar to limewire ? better or worse cheers

Nope, if so, everyone would be doing it.