marpiw,

LW is not a network; it's a client that uses the Gnutella network. Gnutella is very large and so it is the target of spammers and the RIAA.

The junk that appears in search results is either the junk that is on other users' computers, or spam that can be filtered or otherwiise avoided by using the Bitzi link. Some ISPs are limiting p-p traffic. If LW was working well previously, then that is likely the cause of some of your trouble.

I used LW for years, mainly for movies, and was quite happy with it. However, when I searched for older, obscure films, I had no luck. I began searching for torrents, which contained what I wanted, but LW is not very good at handling torrents. I've since switched to Azureus, which I now use exclusively.