I get adp installed every time I install. I always opt out on Gator and iText. I know for a fact that it wasn't there before LimeWire put it there.

I do not only get adp.exe coming from nowhere , i get another one too :

mdm.exe

I'm sure it was not there before I installed LW .

I have to agree with the sentiment expressed by a few other posters, and reiterate the question: why is 2.0.2 still available for download?

I just came back from the download.com website after having read the user comments. Boy oh boy, is Limewire ever taking a beating over there, with everybody recommending VERY strongly against installation. I too was somewhat ****ed off at having to clean out my system infection after installing this thing.

I note that there've been some defensive statements made by developers, moderators, and just plain Limewire lovers, and that's all fine and good. But in this game, perception is everything. Someone said that this trojan isn't "really" a trojan, but how far and wide is this opinion going to be spread, compared to the much-more prevalent view that it IS a trojan? Symantec thinks it is, and for 99% of your prospective users, that's all that counts. People hear the word "trojan" and they freak out, and they're NOT going to go searching the internet trying to determine if it's true or not. Norton Anti-Virus says "warning: trojan!" and that's as far as they're gonna go.

The longer this thing stays available for download, and the longer Limewire goes without making a full apology right on the front page of their website, the more damage is done to Limewire's reputation. That's a simple fact, and all the arguing we want to do about what is and what is not a trojan won't change that fact.

So the Limewire people have a choice. CORRECT this problem right away, or watch their market share plummet like a brick.

Joey Lindstrom
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Anyone ready for an alternative?

Here's a beta site:
Clean LimeWire

Thank you TruStarWarrior - I came back here to report that the link given for beta 2.0.3 doesn't work. Well, the link works, but the web-server is brain-dead. The download aborts at some random point through the download, but reports SUCCESSFUL download to both Netscape and IE. When you try to install, you get a 1628 error. I'm willing to bet that's the cause of a LOT of the installation problems people are having (because, as I said, the download SEEMS to have finished successfully).

I replaced the Windows version of 2.0.2 with 2.0.3, which has no clicktilluwin.exe.

Again, we apologize for this whole fiasco. When we built the 2.0.2 installer, we had no idea that clicktilluwin was so pernicious. The fact that Norton changed their classification of clicktilluwin two weeks after the 2.0.3 release made things more confusing. Not to mention that all of this happened on a holiday weekend when most of the LimeWire staff was out of town.

We don't like having to bundle software either, but it helps pay the bills. I don't have the number handy, but I think that banner ads alone only barely cover the bandwidth cost to distribute LimeWire, never mind salaries. This is why we encourage people to pay the $6 for the PRO version.

Again, thanks to everyone who helped us track this down.

Geocities is not allowing any more downloading. Bandwidth is already maxed out. But I said it would only be available for a little while. :-) Possibly, you can try back later.

If someone would like to host and/or be a mirror, please let me know!

The developer at LimeWire still refuses to answer some valid valid questions posted on this forum. Why has he/she refused to answer ??? What is he/she hiding ???

Again, why is there STILL spyware being installed on the new version of LimeWire without the user's knowledge ? It's one thing to bundle spyware, it's another to bundle it and make the user think he/she is opting out of all of the spyware.

Why is there options to prevent the install of some spyware, but others are still installed ? Is this to trick the user into thinking he/she has prevented all of the spyware from installing ? I don't understand, Crohrs...can you please explain these valid questions ???

crohrs:

I highly suggest that since this version was available as long as it was, and downloaded by many people, it is your duty to post a warning on your website about the problem you had and also post a fix to remove the problem software and trojan.