The original movie file I attempted to download was .avi, 500-something mb. The file was corrupted, so I got a compressed .zip file instead, 212.6 kb. I wound up uninstalling LW and deleting my entire library before getting AVG, so I don't know if the songs go back to mp3s. But it's been a couple days since then and all my new downloads are working.

omg skellybones thank u so much cuz i have norton and i didnt kno wat was happening

but yea the same thing happened to me i turned on my computer and all my songs were gone from itunes and all my songs from limewire went to the programs folder and if i try to use the file it says limeiwre will not launch the speciefied file for security reasons so u think if i just do a scan with one of those things it well fix this problem??

Download AVG free from the link in skellybones's post. Scan your system & see how you go.
If you're still having trouble after that, post back here & we can link you to other help sites if needed.

If AVG does fix things for you, can you please let us know...to help other people in the same boat

i have the same problem i downloaded a virus a couple of days ago and all my mp3 files turned into .exe and nw the file size for all of them is 480.0 kb when they used to be about 3000-6000kb

i download AVG 7.5 and did a scan it picked up some kind of worm but my music files are still zipped and cant play........i need help

there is this empty file dat just appeared and says"qxdddd" something like dat plz help me birdy

same with me i did the scan and they still wont work

Hotshizzle55.
Make sure you update Deffs in AVG first then Re Boot your computer in safe mode, & scan again, Delete all found.
When you've done this restart computer, then try system restore to a point
before U D/L the bad file.
Please post back to give us feedback. Tell us if you have your files back, or not. thank you.
Peace.

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Hmmm, I'd say your files could be gone and there might be nothing more you can do to get them back...As this is a fairly new virus we are in the dark about the causes and symtoms of it as well...

I must say that you need to be really careful with every download, make sure files are always over 2000KBs, do not download any zip, exe, wma, wmv files...Don't download any programs or games...It's just to dangerous...

Always Scan your file before playing it, you can do this by going to your shared folder outside of limewire (to find this folder click on one of your files in your LW library and click on explore)
That will open up your shared folder, now right click on your file and you will see the option to scan it with your AV and Spyware Scanner....
If you make this a habit you will stay safe...
WARNING: Viruses on network you should be aware of!

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You die for nothing...

And don't DL any files that are 807kb. So far I have not heard that AVG will get rid of the virus. I have only heard that it will catch it and delete or quarantine it before you open the file. I believe that if you already have it your OS is toast. So far the only way I have found to get rid of it is to Re-Format and Re-install Windows. If any body knows of another way to get rid of it please let us know.

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