katesohm
First, I would delete all the rubbish you downloaded from the scam site because it could be stuffed with spyware and/or trojans.
Download LW or LWPro from here:
http://www.limewire.com/english/content/download.shtml
I use LW Pro but you might want to familiarise yourself with LW first, that way if you don't like it you have not lost anything.
Finally, get the VLC media player, which I use along with WMP. I have found this player to be very good, it was recommended by members of this forum, and it can virtually play any valid windows media file thrown at it.
It is available from here:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Hope this helps
UK Bob