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lw firewalled Hi every one as this is my first post i am sorry that i have not included all required details but this is urgent , iam using vista business and connecting thru a wireless system at coffee house , LW indicates that its firewalled i have ensured that Vista is allowing LW access i am using the latest version of LW Pro but nothing will download thank you |
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There might be nothing you can do about the brick wall - if you've made sure that your Windows firewall's allowing LW, then the firewall's probably a coffee house thing. Sounds to me like you might be seeing fake files. Try this: Use the All Types search > search for artist name or album name, rather than song title > choose a file with 10 sources or less, or even a file with a single modem source. Stay away from files that have heaps of sources. If that doesn't help, in LW click on your Connections tab. Now you'll see 5 hosts that you're connected to. Right click on a host > remove. Do this for all hosts that you're connected to & new hosts will replace the ones that you've removed. Start a new search & see whether you get different sorts of results & whether you can successfully download. There are lots of spam/junk files shared by companies who want to sabotage p2p. There are also lots of infected files being shared. Make sure that you have a good antivirus program. Keep it updated & use it to scan every file that you download - before you open it Check out these threads for more info about what to avoid, some general virus info & info about fake files: Virus thread: Typical virus spam file sizes - Make a note of them (click on blue link to see) * WARNING: Viruses on network you should be aware of ! * Fake files showing up in search results How to find music |
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