i have just downloaded the free version and i have picked up a virus. i had 3 files in my library and this increased to 1500 all 399kb files i delete them, and turn off computor and turn on and they are there again. when i turn on i get welcome to setup wizard ,before i turn on limewire and i think this is part of the virus i have macafee virus security centre please can someone help me as i dont want to do a sytem restore unless i have to

From where did you load that LimeWire version?
The only versions that we can be confident that they are exempt of virus are those made and distributed from the official website.

Note that an original Limewire may also get infected by a virus which preexists on your PC. In that case you have no other choice than cleaning up your PC: make sure you perform a FULL disk scan, and make the necessary reboots that your antivirus will require to terminate some cleanups.

If you have just rebooted after a cleanup, reperform another FULL disk scan to make sure that your PC is effectively cleaned.
This done, you have to reinstall the applications that were found infected: use only the official LimeWire installers, listed on the official http://www.limewire.com/ website (there's no reason to dowload a free Limewire Basic from any other sources).

Be careful: there are various tweaked versions of LimeWire available on the Internet that claim to be Limewire Pro. In fact they too often disable some embedded security systems, and contain malwares, like: virus, spamwares, spywares, trapdoors, ... or they are sometimes damaging the stability of the Gnutella network (when they don't simply remove some internal controls that allow LimeWire detecting corrupted dowloads, or eliminating fake sources).

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i downloaded limewire from downlad.com. i thought they would be safe enough. i think i have got rid of all the infected files but still get the welcom to install wizard screen each time i turn on computor. also the first couple of times i used limewire all downloads were successfull now almost every file i star to download is corrupt,could this also be due to a virus thanks for any further advice

just a quick add to ,some files tell me they are corrupt, so i stop downloading them, but when i check for viruses on the uncomplete file. none are found. is this also the virus playing tricks?

Is anyone here?