Better still, get yourself a good anti-virus software! There's plenty out there & some are free. You can set it to scan all incoming files. For Windows that is wise management & very unwise not to if you use the internet for anything.

Make sure u set your Filters up to get rid of the nonsense out of your search results. Eg- Go to LW's menu Tools-Options & Filters. Tick all of the filter search types. In the Keyword section (depending on what types of files u normally dwnld) add the words: .exe .wmv .jpg These keyword filters can be added/deleted anytime.

If you don't share files you will incur: worse connections (uplding to others enable you to connect to more peers & thus improve your search & dwnld results & speeds.) Some people filter out people who are freeloaders & share less than a certain no. of files. This no. might be 5, 10, 20, 50, 500 or more. So you will be reducing greatly the no. of sources you'll be able to dwnld from.

Do a search on the forum for these words: 'freeloader', & also 'sharing'.

To not share, go to LW's menu Tools-Options & Sharing & highlight the folders listed & press Remove & press the Apply & ok buttons.

Heck it must have taken me a long time to write my post. Sorry Peerless.