Limewire (Basic or Pro) has no built-in protection against, er, anything!

Your client needs to exercise caution and use protective software. Most of the problems that result from bad downloads are just that - a bad copy, wrong song, won't play, or an attempt to get you to install another player.

Some help here: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/open-d...uld-aware.html
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/downlo...h-results.html
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/downlo...note-them.html

It looks more complicated than it is.