I thought Limewire is considered open source now days. Shouldn't that mean you can download the source code and compile it without the spyware. Or at least change the code slightly to allow removal of the spyware. I would imagine that the code that renders Lime Wire inactive if the spyware is removed may be only a few lines long. Or perhaps just an if statement that checks if the spyware exists. Since I havn't looked at the code I really have no idea. If anyone knows anything about this please let me know because I will not download any software to which bundled applications can not be individually removed without de-activating the original software.