Limewire PHUK'D

Waffles · Post by **Waffles** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:02 pm

Do you have a virus scanner?

teg_timmyc · Post by **teg_timmyc** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:06 pm

torrents with malwarebytes and avg running is what i do.

any p2p or public downloads r gonna have some viruses

always wear protection

99PreludeSh · Post by **99PreludeSh** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:07 pm

OWNED;253859 wrote:have you had any virus issues using frostwire?

nothing as of yet, but I rarely use it.

OWNED · Post by **OWNED** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:08 pm

ok kool im gonna figure out how to do that then. i guess im lucky i never got viruses with limewire. i used it for about 5 years and downloaded over 7k songs with no viruses

and yeah tim i have protection lol

thanks for the help errryone

Waffles · Post by **Waffles** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:23 pm

teg_timmyc;253864 wrote:torrents with malwarebytes and avg running is what i do.

any p2p or public downloads r gonna have some viruses

always wear protection

exactly. I know my scanner is set up to scan on access, but I sill go the extra step and force a virus scan on any folder I just downloaded just to be sure. Music and videos are relatively low risk compared to apps/games.

Fenian · Post by **Fenian** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 1:18 am

BitTorrent. Just make sure you scan everything you download and download from trusted users from whatever site. Read the comments below the torrent to make sure it's legit.

Post by **stolle** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 4:24 am

i use audacity and record the stereo mix then export it as an mp3. it just records anything coming over the speakers. so pretty much you can get guaranteed virus free songs, not only that theres nothing showing you "downloaded" them because really you didnt you just recorded it while it was streaming. safest easiest way i have found.

mike93hatch · Post by **mike93hatch** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 4:48 am

ive been using frostwire for years without a single issue.

2ksi · Post by **2ksi** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 5:25 pm

99PreludeSh;253855 wrote:I use frostwire for individual songs

+1

i use frostwire for all my music.

Bwill9886 · Post by **Bwill9886** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 7:32 pm

Waffles;253856 wrote:If you dont need alot of songs, you can just rip them from youtube too.

Indeed. Youtube Downloader is legit. You just have to find a quality "video" off youtube for the song.

teg_timmyc;253864 wrote:torrents with malwarebytes and avg running is what i do.

Fenian;253871 wrote:BitTorrent. Just make sure you scan everything you download and download from trusted users from whatever site. Read the comments below the torrent to make sure it's legit.

Torrents are by far the EASIEST way to download albums, movies, and tv series. Like Fenian said, you just need to find legit sources (thepiratebay.org is almost always awesome).

There are several different programs for downloading them, including bittorrent. I happen to use Tixati and I like it, though it may not appear as "user friendly" as others.