Hi

I've noticed recently in Limewire, that whatever file I search for, results are returned, that turn out to be wither invalid jpgs, or more likely, some toolbar for internet explorer.

I know that a P2P programme is only as good as the files that are shared on it, but I am curious as to where these files com efrom. Some programme is returning these results, that do not exist - for example I can run a search for something that i KNOW should not return results (e.g. a random phrase), and always the same file list is returned.

Where do these files come from? Does Limewire make files up so it can return more results? I cant believe this is true, so there must be an intermediate programme involved.

Apologies for length, couldnt explain problem succinctly!

Yes, there are many fake & infected files around these days. It's not LW doing it Many are spam, shared simply to sabotage p2p. Some contain more malicious malware & why these jerks spread virii around...good question. See here for virus probs on network:
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=41432

See also:
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...164#post104164

And:
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=41870

All the more reason to be really careful with what you download & to learn how to recognise crap

Thanks for the quick reply birdy.

About the viruses and spam on P2P, I've noticed it, and that is certainly some of the stuff being returned.
But I was just curious how, say if I do a search for my surname (which I know should return no results, as its pretty weird )LW still returns more than 10 results

they must come from somewhere, and theres no way they are actual files, spam or otherwise

J