im not so much new as much more worried. i downloaded limewire on to my brandspankin new computer a few months ago and did not like the results! yes i know it was limewire to all you doubters because as soon as it was gone problem was solved. so here i am at the mercies of free downloads to wonder .. am i better off paying the big bucks with lime wire pro? (ok so not huge but whatever) or is this frostwire (is that what its called?) a good option or does it really not even matter?

You didn't like what results? What problem, exactly, did you experience? LW Pro has a few minor advantages over LW Basic...not knowing what problem you had, however, makes it difficult to make any recommendations!

Good Luck

Dan

FW's free & doesn't contain any malware. You could always give it a try.
If you don't like it...uninstall it