can't play songs in iTunes

kitcat11848 · #1 (**permalink**) January 6th, 2009

I seem to be having similar problems as others recently have posted. i download my songs, they appear in my list under M Music but i cannot get them to play. This started just before Christmas. The only thing new to my computer is SP3 but I think I have done successful downloads that play since installing SP3. I did doublecheck some of the attempts today and the files appear to be on the virus/spam list according to KB/song. What's up with all the virus/spam on LW? I have XP 2002 with SP3, Intel Quad4 2.40 ghz, 4G Ram, Linksys router WRT 300N, LW 4.18.8, Java 1.5.0_06, McAfee but no firewalls except thru router. Everything use to work before Christmas but now I get spam sites plkus downloads don't play. What gives?

birdy · #2 (**permalink**) January 6th, 2009

There are lots of fake files around now, which won't play.
Virus thread: Typical virus spam file sizes - Make a note of them (click on blue link to see)
Also, look up files with Bitzi before download: How to use Bitzi
If other users have rated the file, you'll see whether it's good or not.

Some crappy files are being deliberately shared by companies who want to sabotage p2p.
Fake files showing up in search results

And a bit more info below...
How to find music

* WARNING: Viruses on network you should be aware of ! *

You can use the junk filter (tools > options > filters > junk) to mark bad files as junk, over time LW will 'learn' which files are junk. It's not a perfect filter & sometimes you may get good files being marked as junk. for that reason, it's a good idea to have the filter set to display junk at the bottom search results... that way you can mark good files as not junk if necessary.

You can also use this hostiles list - it might cut down on the amount of spam that you see.
The TechNutopia Fullsize Hostiles List for BearShare and LimeWire