While downloading some movies, I will occasionally get a file corrupted window and it will ask if I want to canel it or not. I have always canceled them when I got the window asking me if I wanted to cancel them because they are corrupted, but I don't know exactly what it means by the file is corrupted; I had always assumed that they were trojans or had viruses. It would be helpful if anyone had any heads up on exactly what a corrupted file is & means, and whether or not it is ok to continue the download or not. Thanx

Check out this thread for more info: what does it mean if the file is corrupted?

Also, try another search for the same files. Find a single modem source & download the file from them. Is that any different?

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Even though audio files aren't often rated, if the files are crappy then there might be some info about them.

When LW detects a corruption, it doesn't necessarily mean that the file's infected, or even that it's unplayable. But there are lots of infected files on the network! So you need to make sure that you're using a good AV program. Keep it updated & use it to scan every file that you download - before you open the file

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 ! *

Extended Tooltips can help you detect such things also & also to see 'how much' of a file is lost due to corruption; http://www.gnutellaforums.com/lounge...tml#post335192 post by Lotr