Cathapedia,

I would first try to uninstall Limewire and Shareaza to see if that solves your problem.
Uninstall Java (under configuration screen, software)
Allso delete the LW Preferences folder called .limewire (whilst LW is closed!) found here:
C:/Documents And Settings/ your_username/ .limewire

After that, perhaps you could do a system restore to get your computer as close to new as possible.

Further, what firewall(s) do you use and do you use a router ?

If you reinstall Limewire use the English installer and install a new java

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